Twilight had gotten to Rarity’s boutique and entered. As she got in she saw the white unicorn already at work with the impatient Rainbow Dash trying to get her to stay still. “Please Rainbow! The more you move the more time it’s going to take to make this dress for you!” Rarity tried reasoning with the cyan pegasus.

“Ugh… But it’s soooo boring! Can’t you hurry it up Rarity? I can’t stand still without wanting to stretch my wings!”

“Didn’t we already go through this with the Galloping Gala dress Rainbow?”

Both Rarity and Rainbow Dash turned to see where the new source of noise was coming from, and saw that Twilight was the source. “Twilight! It’s so good to see you darling. As you can see, I’m currently busy with Rainbow here with her dress, but as soon as I’m done I’ll be able to help you with yours.” Rarity said with a smile, or at least tried to while holding her tailoring needles in her mouth at the same time.

“Making a new dress? I thought I was only getting fitted?” Twilight said with curiosity.

“Where would you ever get such an idea Twilight? No no no, we need to make only the most exquisite dress for the party. I’ve already got the other the other girls their dress, I only need you, Rainbow’s, and your Canterlot friend’s dress. Speaking of which, where is she?”

“Waaaait wait wait wait, Twilight has a friend besides us, from Canterlot of all places?” Rainbow said with a shocked voice.

“Rainbow! That’s quite a rude thing to say. Apologize!” Rarity commanded.

Twilight only chuckled. “It’s alright Rarity, I can see where Rainbow is coming from. But yes, I do in fact have a friend from Canterlot Rainbow, no matter how hard it is to believe. Moonlight and I go way back, all the way back to magic kindergarten… As for where she is right now, well… We sort of got into an argument this morning over something really stupid. It was my fault mostly, and we sort of… Said some things I wish I could take back. I’ll have to be sure to apologize to her as soon as I get the chance to do so…”

“While that is unfortunate Twilight, I wish I could have met her today, she sounded so wonderful the way Spike talked about her. Oh! Um, even though it shouldn’t be any of my business, did Spike… Did he tell you anything… Shameful?” Rarity said while blushing.

“You mean how Caramel flapped his lips? Yeah, I heard. I’ll have to go over to talk to that stupid idiot the next time I see him…”

“Wait, what’s this about Spike? What about Caramel?” Rainbow’s curiosity got the better of her.

Both Rarity and Twilight blushed. “Oh nothing darling, it’s nothing you need to worry your silly little head about.” Rarity lied, trying to get Rainbow to forget about it. “But anyways, how are you doing Twilight? You know, ever since the party a couple of night ago…”

“Ugh, that’s another thing I hate! If I ever see that stupid stallion again, grr, I just get so frustrated thinking about it!” Rainbow stomped her hoof in frustration in remembrance of that night.

“Please Rainbow! Stand still. I’m almost done… But I understand darling, I would be frustrated too if THAT ever happened to me, why I might have even died of embarrassment if it DID happen to me.”

“Oh Rarity, you wouldn’t die of something like that. But to answer your question, although it’s frustrating, I think I’ve gotten a start on it, with the help of Fluttershy of course.”

“Fluttershy?” Rarity and Rainbow said in unison. “Why in the world would she ever agree to help to be nice to that jerk!” Rainbow said in anger.

“Well, she IS the Element of Kindness Rainbow. Just like how you’re the Element of Loyalty, she would never be mean to somepony no matter how cruel they were to her. She can always bring out the kindness out of somepony.” Twilight said right back. “And even though it was hard to at first do it, she was finally able to get some stuff out of him.”

“And?...” Rarity asked in anticipation.

“And… She didn’t tell me anything…” Twilight said in defeat.

“Then how do you know she succeeded?” Rainbow asked.

“Because Rainbow, this is Fluttershy we’re talking about. Even if she’s shy, she could never lie, not even if her life depended on it, so long the pony asking her told her not to tell anypony else.”

“I guess that makes sense… But how will you get the information out of her then?”

“I guess I’ll just have to get him to open up myself… But enough of that, what’s going on with you guys?”

“You mean besides waiting for Rarity to finish my dress? Nothing really I guess.” Rarity gave Rainbow a look for being impatient. “What?”

“Well if you must know Twilight, I did hear that apparently Pinkie’s sister, Octavia, is going to be playing at the party, so it’ll be good to see her again. We might also be able to get a chance to ask more about Mr. Strings…”

“Octavia is playing at that party? I guess that is good news… Perhaps you’re right Rarity, maybe that will be a good chance to ask more about him for my project.” Twilight said.

After about fifteen more minutes of mindless chatter, Rarity had finally finished Rainbow’s dress. “There Rainbow, all done, and I must say you look absolutely fantastic if I do say so myself.” Rarity said, admiring her own work.

“Wow Rarity, that dress really does look great!” Twilight also complimented.

“Well I don’t care what it looks like, so long as I’m able to move in it.” Rainbow said, earning looks from both Rarity and Twilight once again. “What? What’d I do?”

“If you’re really that bored Rainbow, let me get that dress off you and put away so I can save it for the party.” Rarity said. She then began to take off the dress, and as soon as it was off, Rainbow leaped into the air.

“Ugh! Finally! Now time to-“ Rainbow began, but was cut off by Twilight.

“Wait a minute Rainbow, but correct me if I’m wrong. Is… Is that Fluttershy and the new stallion out there?” Twilight said, pointing to the window. Sure enough, all three ponies had looked outside to see Fiery and Fluttershy walking next to each other talking.

“What the hay is Fluttershy up to!? Talking to that pony, why I otta-“

“Wait Rainbow, maybe this is the perfect chance for me to see what he does with Fluttershy. Come on girls, let’s follow them.” Twilight said and started to dash out of the store, but before she got out of the door, she turned to see the two of them not following. “What’s wrong you guys? Don’t you want to know if Fluttershy is going to be alright?”

Both Rarity and Rainbow looked at each other. “I know how you’re feeling darling, but isn’t a bit rude to spy on them?”

“Rude, shmude, if he touches one hair on her… Count me in Twilight.”

“Rarity?” Twilight asked now that Rainbow Dash was with her.

“Oooh, you girls. Fine, I’ll go, but I still don’t feel good about spying on them.”

“Alright, then let’s go you two, we need to catch up with them, but try to stay out of their sight.” They all nodded understanding the situation and rushed out the door of the boutique.

Fiery and Fluttershy were walking down the road towards the market side by side. As they got closer to the market, Fiery started to notice the change and turned to Fluttershy. “I’m guessing this is the market, right Fluttershy?”

This startled Fluttershy as she leaped up in air using her signature ‘eep’. She had calmed down though when she realized what he was talking about and that he was right. “Oh, I guess we are…”

“So… What are we looking for exactly Fluttershy?”

“Huh? O-oh, um, we need to get some things for my animals back at my home, as well as some ingredients for dinner tonight.” Fluttershy said in her usual shy voice.

“Oh, alright… So where do we start then? Sorry, but I haven’t been here long enough to really know the place and all…” Fiery said in shame.

“Oh! Don’t worry Fiery, there’s nothing wrong about that, just follow me and we’ll be done in no time.” Fluttershy had said with a smile. This got Fiery to smile back.

“Alright.”

“So first we need to get some carrots for the bunnies and some feed for the chicken and the other birds. Then we need lettuce for the tortoises, then after that we need some nuts for the squirrels and other little critters. Then finally after that we need to get some medical supplies for the injured animals.”

“I never knew you were a veterinarian Fluttershy?” Fiery asked in amazement. ‘Wait, why am I so amazed that she’s a vet?’

“O-oh, well, I’m really not. I-I mean that, yes, I do take c-care of some of the animals around here, but not all of them, as it’s not my job. I just really enjoy being with them.”

“Well if you enjoy being with animals so much, why don’t you become a vet?” Fiery asked with curiosity.

“Oh, I could never do that, I mean, what about Dr. Treats?”

“Who?”

“The current veterinarian here in Ponyville, they’re the only one around.”

“Oh, well, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind having an assistant. I mean, it’s not like you would be taking their job, and hey, maybe they would even appreciate it since it would give them some time off probably.”

“I suppose so… But what if-“ Fluttershy began, but was silenced by Fiery’s hoof.

“I’m just saying think about it Fluttershy, I’m not telling you to do it, okay?”

Fluttershy smiled at Fiery. “Alright, thank you Fiery… We should probably get those groceries, don’t you think?” She perked right up again.

Fiery smiled. “I suppose we should.”

Not far behind the pegasus and earth pony, there were two unicorns and another pegasus following. “Dangit, I can’t hear anything they’re saying. Don’t you have any spells to fix that Twilight?” Rainbow asked in frustration.

“I do, but… It’s not really perfected. I can’t cast it yet without ponies noticing the effects. All we can do right now is follow them and make sure he doesn’t do anything to her.”

“I still don’t see why you guys won’t let me go in there and just get Fluttershy out of there. I mean, for all we know he could do something to her without us noticing!”

“Oh Rainbow, you’re much too paranoid. There’s no way he could get away with doing something without us noticing. Besides, if he did do something, this is Fluttershy we’re talking about, it’s not like she would tolerate it.” Rarity said, trying to convince not only Rainbow, but Twilight as well as she could tell that Twilight was thinking the same thing.

“Maybe you’re right Rarity, but that still doesn’t mean we should take off our eyes on them, and besides, I- Crud! Where did they go!?” Twilight said frantically as she noticed that the two ponies had gotten out of their sight.

“There they are Twilight! They’re heading into the market.” Rainbow called out from the air, confirming the ponies’ position.

“Alright, try to keep track of them Rainbow, but also try not to be seen.” Rainbow saluted Twilight and rushed off behind a roof to keep track of their targets.

“Are you absolutely sure this is alright Twilight? I mean, maybe he’s just helping her shopping. Maybe he doesn’t have any alternative motive.”

“Who said anything about an alternative motive?”

Rarity blushed. “Well, I mean, usually when a stallion agrees to go shopping with a mare, it’s usually to do something else afterwards… At least that’s how it’s been for me…” Rarity said in embarrassment.

“Well I hope you’re right then Rarity, I do hope he is just helping her shop and nothing else. But that still doesn’t mean we should watch out for our friends does it?”

“I suppose not…”

“Alright then, let’s get going.” Twilight said while rushing off.

“*Sigh* The things I do sometimes for friendship… Wait Twilight! Wait for me!”

After Fluttershy had gotten all her groceries, Fluttershy had turned towards Fiery. “Since we’re around here, and because it’s near lunch time, why don’t we get something to eat? I, uh, mean, if you want to…” She ended up trailing off.

“That sounds great Fluttershy, but sadly, I forgot to bring any money.” Fiery responded. Though it was partially true that he didn’t have any money with him, the truth was that he actually didn’t have any money at all ever since he came to this world. ‘Shit, why haven’t I thought at all about my money situation since I got here? Maybe Vinyl and ‘Tavi will help me out… No, that’s not right man, fucking man up and earn your own money, don’t ask your friends for money… But… Maybe it is alright, I mean, what the fuck am I even doing for a job? It’s not like I’ve been called to do anything yet…’

“Oh, that’s alright Fiery, I can pay for you if you want me to.”

“That’s very kind of you Fluttershy, but are you sure? I mean, you already have your groceries, and I haven’t done anything other than carry them.”

“Oh it’s alright, making you carry my groceries is more than enough… I mean, I’m not usually used to this situation…” She said while turning away blushing.

‘God damnit she’s so fucking cute.’ “Alright Fluttershy, I’ll take you up on your offer.” He said with a smile.

“Oh wonderful! So, um, where do you want to go?...” She said shyly.

Fiery laughed a little. “It doesn’t really matter to me, I really don’t have any preferences. ‘Hell, I don’t even know what they have to eat here. Apparently it’s all vegetarian crap since I’ve gotten here.’ Whatever you want is fine with me.”

“Oh, um, alright. Um, maybe we can go to The Three-Leaf Clover?” She suggested.

“Oh, um, sure… That sounds great Fluttershy…” ‘What the hell type of name is ‘The Three-Leaf Clover? Some type of bar?’

“Okay then. All we have to do is go through this- Oh, um…”

“What’s the matter?”

“Um, m-maybe it’s best if we went this way instead.” She said pointing in the opposite direction.

“Why? What’s the matter going through the original way you were pointing at?”

“Oh! Um, nothing, nothing really.” She smiled, sticking out her tongue while doing it. “It’s just that they have… Construction! Yeah, construction going on in that direction.” She lied.

“Oh, okay… Well if you say so…”

“Okay then! Let’s hurry then before-“ But Fluttershy was cut off suddenly by a new voice calling out her name.

“Fluttahshy? Is that you hun?” An orange pony with a blonde mane and tail called out while rushing over to her.

“O-oh, h-hello Applejack. H-how are you today?” Fluttershy said nervously, obviously scared of what Applejack was going to do if she saw her with Fiery.

“What are ya-“ Applejack began to say as she approached Fluttershy, but stopped once she noticed the new stallion next to Fluttershy. “Oh, it’s you. What in tarnations are ya doing standin’ next ta Fluttahshy?” She asked suspiciously to Fiery.

“Um… Excuse me?” ‘The fuck is wrong with this bitch?’

“You heard me, what are ya doing with Fluttahshy and tell me why Ah shouldn’t be bucking ya in the mouth for what ya did!”

“Whoa whoa whoa, I don’t know what the hell is happening, but you need to calm down.” Fiery said, trying to keep his cool as best as possible, nearly on the verge of cussing Applejack out for suddenly coming up to him and threatening him.

“P-please Applejack! It’s not like that! He’s not like what you think he’s like!”

“Wha? What you do ta Fluttahshy? She would nevah try ta defen’ somepony as mean as you!”

“P-please Applejack, don’t!” Fluttershy tried pleading.

Fiery finally snapped. “Look bitch, I don’t know what the fuck you’re problem is but I don’t take kindly to pe-err, ponies, that suddenly decide to attack me for no damn reason. Now, are you going to calm the fuck down or am I going have to hear you bitch some more for no reason?”

“Wha? Why Ah otta-“ Applejack suddenly and raised her legs ready to buck him. Fiery saw this and was able to dive out of the way when she came through.

“What the fuck is you’re problem bitch!? Why the fuck you doing that for? You trying to fucking kill me!?”

“Stand still!” Applejack called out, trying to buck Fiery in the mouth.

“No fucking way you fucking crazy bitch!” Fiery yelled back.

Fluttershy was able to get in front of Applejack before she was able to raise her legs again. “Wha? What are ya doing Fluttahshy!? You’re in the way!”

“Fiery! Run!” Fluttershy called out to Fiery. He nodded figuring out what she was doing and turned the other way, dropping Fluttershy’s groceries in the process. He ran and heard the orange pony call out at him.

“Come back here ya no-good yella bellah!” Applejack called out trying to come up with the best insults she could think of. After Fiery got away, Applejack turned back to Fluttershy. “Why ya do that Fluttahshy? Ah could have had him!” She yelled at Fluttershy, clearly frustrated. Fluttershy recoiled and shrank back. “Ah darnit, Ah’m sorry sugahcube, Ah didn’t mean ta yell at ya’ll like that…”

Fluttershy got back up. “No, I’m sorry Applejack, I should have told you.”

“Tell me what sugahcube?”

“He’s… He’s not what you think he’s like.”

“Huh?” Applejack said, clearly confused.

“H-he doesn’t remember what happened at the party at all… He’s not as bad as you think he is…” She said, trying to get Applejack to understand.

“… Well shoot… Ah’m sorry sugahcube… Ah guess Ah was jus’ so frustrated remeberin’ that party when Ah saw him that Ah guess Ah just sorta blanked ya out…” Applejack said, clearly embarrassed and frustrated herself. “But still, he shouldn’t have said those things at all! Him going around saying those things, just ain’t right!”

“Well, he-“ Fluttershy began to say.

“Applejack! Fluttershy!” Twilight came running up them with Rarity behind her.

“Twilight! Rarity! What are you doing here?” Fluttershy said confused as to why they were running to the two of them.

“We saw *pant* what happened. We *pant* tried to *pant* get here as *pant* fast as *pant* possible.” Twilight said, clearly out of breath.

“You alrigh’ there sugahcube?” Applejack asked, worried for Twilight.

“I’m alright *pant* Applejack, just *pant* out of *pant* breath.”

“Really Twilight, I’m *pant* really not used to *pant* this type of *pant* work.” Rarity also panted behind Twilight.

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash came flying down from the sky. “Geez, you guys really need to get into better shape.”

“Shut *pant* up *pant* Rain *pant* bow *pant*” Twilight said still trying to catch her breath.

“What are ya’ll doing here anyways?” Applejack asked the three of them. Twilight finally answered after finally catching her breath.

“We were following Fiery and Fluttershy because we worried about her.” She began, but got interrupted by Fluttershy.

“Why would you ever be worried about me Twilight? He wasn’t going to do anything, besides, I asked him to come along with me.” This earned Twilight a look from Rarity.

“Ehehe. Ahem, well Fluttershy, you have to understand that he hasn’t exactly been on good terms with us…”

“I-I guess…” Fluttershy said weakly, unable to come back with a counter for them, as she knew that they still didn’t trust him.

“Sorry Fluttershy, darling, but we were only trying to look out for you, nothing else.” Rarity said with a smile, trying to cheer the yellow pegasus up.

“I-I know Rarity… Thank you.”

“Well, Ah guess that now we know that Fluttahshy is alrigh’, that maybe we should go look for that Fiery fellah and apalagize for this…” Applejack spoke up, clearly embarrassed for not giving him a chance to explain himself.

“Nuh uh, no way am I forgiving that jerk!” Rainbow said in angered voice.

“Oh come on sugahcube, Ah’m sure he’ll apalagize for doing wha’ he did at the party.”

“No way Applejack, you weren’t the one who had scrub puke out of your mouth for the rest of the night! There’s no way I’m ever forgiving that jerk.”

“Oh Rainbow…” Twilight shook her head. She then lifted her head to notice something out of place. “Hey, has anypony seen Pinkie these couple past days?”

“Hello!” Pinkie seemed to jump out of nowhere, scaring the rest of the girls. “Someone call for me?”

“Gah! Pinkie! Don’t do that!” Twilight said, nearly having a heart attack. She looked over to where Fluttershy was and saw her petrified on the floor. “Look what you did to poor Fluttershy!”

“Oops, sorry.” Pinkie apologized, then began to laugh. Twilight only rolled her eyes.

Applejack was able to get Fluttershy back up while Twilight talked to Pinkie. “Where have you been Pinkie? We haven’t seen you since the party.”

“What do you mean where have I been Twilight? I’ve been at SugarCube Corner making delicious goody-good treats! Where else would I be?”

“Oh… I guess that makes sense…”

Pinkie began laughing again. “Why are you asking silly?”

“Oh, well, I was just curious is all.” Twilight began to say, but suddenly remembered. “Oh! I heard your sister visited you after the party, did she explain anything at all?”

“Who? Octi? Yeah, apparently she says that Fifi is actually a really nice person!”

“Person?”

“Oops! Forget I said that Twilight!” Pinkie said, then began laughing again.

“Okay… So what you’re saying is that he’s actually a really nice pony?”

“Yep!” Pinkie said with a grin that could compete with Vinyl.

“Okay… So what you’re saying is that he’s actually a really nice pony?”

“Nope!”

“Ugh, fine, thanks Pinkie.”

“No problem Twilight! Now if you excuse me, I have to go back to SugerCube Corner before the Cakes notice I’m gone.”

“Alright, bye Pinkie.”

“Bye Twilight! Bye girls!” All the girls waved Pinkie bye as she hopped her way back to her workplace.

“So… What do we do now?” Rainbow asked Twilight.

“Well I guess the only thing we CAN do is look for Fiery and apologize for the mistake…”

“Um… If you don’t mind, I need to bring my groceries back home, I mean if that’s okay with you girls…”

“Of course Fluttershy. I guess we took you’re carrier away huh?” Twilight said with a smile, trying to apologize.

“Oh! It’s no worry Twilight, really! I’ll join you girls soon, just as soon as I get back home with these.”

“Alright then Fluttershy, we’ll meet near the fountain at the park, alright?”

“Okay Twilight.” Fluttershy said with a nod.

“Hold on there sugahcube, Ah need ta get Big Mac ta look after the stand while Ah’m gone.”

“Alright Applejack, you do that, just meet us there alright?”

“Will do sugahcube.”

After Fluttershy and Applejack left, Rainbow Dash turned to Twilight. “Ugh, we’re not really apologizing are we?”

“Rainbow! How could you! He might be a jerk but that doesn’t mean he’s at fault this time!” Rarity tried telling her.

“Rarity’s right Rainbow, we’re the ones who made the mistake of attacking him without giving him the chance to explain, it’s only fair for all of us to apologize for what we did.”

“Ugh, fine.” Rainbow said with her front legs crossed, clearly upset about what they had to do.

Fiery had finally run out of breath as he finally reached the park. Nearby, he saw a gazebo that apparently some musicians were playing in. As he got closer, he noticed that the one with the cello was Octavia. Before he could get closer though, she spoke up. “Alright everypony, that’s enough for today, we should rest if we are to be ready for the party this weekend.”

“Ugh, I still can’t believe that we got our time slashed to make time for that stupid DJ and that new stallion.” The tuba player exclaimed. Octavia turned to her.

“That ‘stupid DJ’ and ‘new stallion’ are my roommates and friends Brass. I know it’s frustrating that our time got slashed, but be happy that we’re still being paid for our original time.”

“I’m sorry Octavia, I just don’t see how slashing our time to make room for them will benefit us at all, despite us being paid the same amount for the party.”

“Just stop complaining Brass, just be happy we don’t have to stand there for a longer amount of time and that we’re still being paid.” The violin player told the tuba player apparently named Brass.

“Sorry Fiddle, but it just makes me really mad.”

“That’s enough Brass.” Octavia finally commanded the tuba player. “Today’s practice is over, just go home and get some more practice in if it makes you upset so much. Then you can show them off and show they should have kept us.” Octavia nearly yelled at the tuba player, clearly upset at her for complaining so much.

“Fine, I will then! Good day to you all then.” Brass nearly yelled back and stormed off.

“Geez, will she ever stop complaining about our times? No matter how much time we get to play she always has something to say about it.” The last pony of the band, a pianist apparently, said.

“I know Keyes, but what else can we do? I mean, she’s the only tuba player that we know of!”

Fiery had walked up to the gazebo trying to get the attention of Octavia. He coughed. All three of them turned to look who it was, fearing that Brass hadn’t left yet, but were relieved to see it was Fiery. “Oh, hello Fiery, what are you doing here?”

“I, um, I was just walking around remember?” He said.

“Oh, right…”

Suddenly, the pianist spoke. “Wait, this is the new stallion Octavia?”

Octavia turned to him. “That’s right, something wrong with that?”

“Oh, no, was just curious is all.” The pianist spoke, backing away as he sensed Octavia’s frustration of not only of the tuba player, but of something else.

“Um, ‘Tavi, perhaps we should go talk in private…” Fiery spoke up, trying to get Octavia away from the other players.

“That sounds great Fiery, just let me put my cello away and I’ll join you shortly.”

“Alright then, I’ll just be over here…” He said, pointing towards a bench nearby. He walked over to the bench waiting for Octavia to come. She put her cello away and said goodbye to her fellow band members.

Octavia walked over to where Fiery was with her cello on her back and sat down next to him. “So what’s up?” She caught him off guard.

“Oh, um, hi.” He said nervously.

“Um, hi?”

“I’m, uh, I just came by to see how you were doing, that’s all.” Fiery lied, trying to strike up a conversation while he tried to figure out why he was feeling uncomfortable around Octavia.

“I’m… Fine, just fine…” Octavia responded.

“Really? Because you don’t sound like you’re fine.” Octavia gave him a glare.

“And who do you think is to blame for that?”

“Um, I don’t know.”

“*Sigh* So you don’t know anything yet?”

“Know what?”

Octavia let out another sigh. “The party in Canterlot I was supposed to play at this weekend, my time was cut to make room for two other performers…”

“Oh… I’m sorry to hear that ‘Tavi…” Fiery said, trying to be sympathetic.

“Please, don’t be, as it turns out the other two performers are you and Vinyl…”

“Wait, me? I haven’t heard anything about this.”

“Apparently… Anyways, the reason why I’m so frustrated is because of this, that Brass girl is giving me trouble for it, thinking you and Vinyl are somehow to blame, and because I live with you two, she lets out that frustration onto me.”

“Oh… I’m sorry to hear that…”

“It’s alright, we had first heard about it today anyways, so it’s no wonder why she would get so upset at you two.”

“I’m sorry it had to come to this ‘Tavi, I really had no idea…”

“Like I said Fiery, it’s not your fault… Anyways, what’s going on with you?”

Fiery had remembered what happened earlier and decided to talk about it with Octavia. “Well… As you know, I’ve been feeling confused lately about things…”

“You mean like how you won’t have sex with me and Vinyl?” Octavia said bluntly.

“Err, yeah, that.” ‘Jesus, when the hell did she become so blunt?’ “Anyways, earlier today I came across what seemed to be a park and sat on a bench there thinking about it. That’s when Fluttershy showed up.”

“Fluttershy? You didn’t do anything to her did you?”

“What? No! Why does everyone think that I did something with her!?”

“I’m only asking because if you did something to her before me, I would make sure that you could never have children!” Octavia nearly yelled at him, clearly frustrated with him.

“Jesus ‘Tavi!” Fiery leaned back on the bench. “I didn’t do anything to her! I promise!”

“Good… Go on…” She said, nearly right on top of him now.

“Right… Um, anyways, she came by and saw me sitting on the bench where she asked how I was doing. I basically lied to her telling her I was fine and then proceeded to ask her about my situation, but made up a story where I said my problem was something from a book.”

“Uh huh, okay…”

“Um… You know, you leaning on top of me is really making me uncomfortable.”

“Too bad, keep talking.”

“Err… Well…”

“Well what?”

“She gave me an answer for what I should do…”

“And?...”

“And… She said that because I’m a pony now, it really shouldn’t matter…”

Octavia nearly had a grin as large as Vinyl when she heard this. “See? I told you!”

“I know, I know… I don’t know ‘Tavi, I don’t know if that’s still the right answer though…” Octavia turned her grin into a frown and then punched Fiery in the stomach, then got off of him and crossed her front legs with the same frown on her face. “Ow! What was that about ‘Tavi!” Yelled as he was getting back up rubbing his stomach.

“You idiot!”

“What!?”

“Both me and Vinyl are practically throwing ourselves at you, and you still deny us! What else can we do to get through that stupid thick skull of yours that we love you!” She screamed at him. At this point other ponies at the park had heard what was going on and turned to look. Fiery saw this and was clearly embarrassed.

“Um, ‘Tavi? Perhaps we should move this conversation to home, come on, let’s go.”

“Don’t you ‘Tavi’ me! I... I just don’t know what to do to get through to you Fiery.” Octavia had begun to cry at this point because of how frustrated she was. “Ever since you’ve come here, I’ve had this feeling in my chest that you were somepony special…”

“’Tavi…”

“Why… Why won’t you return our love Fiery?”

After a few moments of silence and of Octavia sobbing, Fiery had finally come up with an answer. “It’s… It’s because I’m afraid…”

“Afraid? Afraid of what? What could you possibly be afraid of!?”

“Of you two leaving me…” Fiery finally admitted. It wasn’t about him being a human on the inside, or being a pony on the outside. It was about him still feeling the hurt of someone he loved leaving him. Too many times in his life had this happened before. Ever since college, he’s only had one-night stands with random girls he picked up at the bars or at parties, he never tried to get into a relationship in case the harsh memories of his past came back to haunt him. “For so long… For so long I’ve had people I’ve loved betray me and walk out on me… I was afraid of you two doing the same…”

Octavia began to clear her eyes when Fiery finally admitted his troubles. “Fiery…”

“I’m sorry ‘Tavi… I’m sorry for causing you and Vinyl so much trouble…” Without saying anything, Octavia wrapped her hooves around Fiery’s neck and brought him closer. “’Tavi?” What she did next didn’t shock Fiery, but rather made him happy.

On the bench there on that warm afternoon, were two ponies who finally admitted to each other their love for one another, and embraced each other in a deep kiss. After many minutes of their passionate kissing, Octavia finally broke away. “Never, EVER, think we would abandon you Joseph.”

Fiery smiled at Octavia. “Thank you ‘Tavi, both of you, thank you so much.” He leaned back in and gave her another kiss.

The two of them both sat there for a while kissing until Fiery finally let go gasping for air. “Perhaps we should continue this at home.” He said with a smile.

“That would be wonderful.” Octavia responded back with another smile.

Both Octavia and Fiery had finally reached their house walking side by side. As they got in though, who they saw shocked both of them. Octavia yelled out. “Princess Luna!”

Well, here’s chapter 10 you guys, hope you enjoyed it. One thing I would like to say is that I’m currently 50/50 on writing the sex scenes for this story. At one point I thought about not even touching it, but after a while I realized it wouldn’t really make as much sense afterwards without the scene exactly. That’s probably why I’m going to have two chapters for chapters that have sex scenes in it, one chapter would be the one with the scene, while the other one would be the sex scene edited out. You guys would also have to keep in mind that A) This is only my 2nd fanfic ever made, and B) If I did write a clopfic, it would be my first one and would probably be really really bad. Another thing you might have noticed is that I reuploaded/changed the names of the latest chapters as I realized I could just change the chapter names and keep the Canterlot saga in the party itself. Welp, see you guys next time!