As Fiery and Octavia entered the house, they stopped immediately to see the guest that was currently there. “Princess Luna!” Octavia said in surprise.

Vinyl and Luna turned to focus their attention on the new ponies entering the home. ‘Oh Crud.’ “Um, hello there.” Luna said nervously. “I did not expect you two to be home so soon.” She said smiling, trying to play off the fact that she was there.

“Fifi! ‘Tavi! What are you two doing home so early!?”

“We came home because I had a shorten day at work today, and Fifi met me there as I was just ending work. What are you doing here with the princess Vinyl!?”

“Wait, this pony is a princess?” Fiery asked stupidly, which got Vinyl and Octavia to facehoof. But as he got a closer look at the new pony, he saw that not only did she have a horn, but wings as well. “Wait…”

“Well I am so very sorry to be an inconvenience, but I really must be going.” Luna said and started to head out the door, but was stopped by a brown hoof.

“I’m sorry ‘Princess’, but before you go I must ask you a question.” Fiery stated.

“Fifi! What do you think you’re doing!? That’s the princess of the night for Celestia’s sake!”

“I’m sorry ‘Tavi, Vinyl, ‘Princess’, but there is something that is bothering me now I have gotten a better look at the ‘princess’.”

Luna gulped thinking she and her sister were caught. ‘Crud, what to do, what to do!’

‘Can’t you just push him out of the way? Ooh, or better yet, knock him out!’

‘Maybe, bu-‘ But Luna’s thoughts were interrupted by Fiery’s voice.

“Princess… Are you by any chance related to a white unicorn with wings?” Fiery asked bluntly. Fiery started to pressure Luna back and caused her to move back near the stairs.

“Um, uh…” Luna could only get out as Fiery pushed her farther and farther back.

“Yes or no?”

“Fiery, stop this at once! You can’t treat the princess like this!” Octavia called out.

“I’m sorry ‘Tavi, but I have to know. Now Princess, yes or no? Are you related to that horse in any way shape or form?”

Luna knew that if she did not tell him right here, that the other two ponies in the room would only tell him later, and with Celestia currently seeing what was happening through her head, it may have been the best time to get it over with without making a huge spectacle publicly. She breathed in deeply. “Yes, I am the younger sister of the pony you describe. I am Luna, Princess of the Night, and she is Celestia, Princess of the Sun. We know about you as well Joseph.” Luna stated.

‘Luna! What are you doing!?’

‘Just leave it to me Tia, he was bound to find out some other time anyways, so it’s best to get it over with. And besides, wouldn’t you want it to be in a controlled place rather than him finding out somewhere public and causing a huge scene?’

‘I-I guess so, but that still doesn’t exc-‘ But Celestia was cut off from Fiery talking once more.

“So you know then. You know of how I’m not a pony? And that I’m really a human?” Luna nodded. “… Why did you two bring me here?”

“Joseph! Enough of this!”

“No ‘Tavi! I must know. Princess, why did your sister bring me here?”

Luna knew there was no chance he would react well to him knowing the truth, so she only did what she could do in this situation, lie. “She… She brought you here because… Because she felt terrible for you.” Luna smiled while lying.

Fiery raised his eyebrow. “Terrible? For me?... If that is the truth, then tell me, why me?... Why not any of the other people on Earth who are much worse off than me? There are people out there who cannot even eat on a daily basis or get the education and job they need to house and feed their children. So why me?” Fiery said in a calm voice. Luna took this in surprise thinking he would be much more upset.

“Be… Because she only had enough time to choose one human and you were closest one nearby!” Luna said quickly and closed her eyes, fearing at what he may say next.

Fiery stood there for a few moments before turning around and walking away from the Princess. He took in a deep breath trying to calm his nerves. “Although what you did to me at first I thought was cruel, and was a horrible thing to do.” Luna only tried closing her eyes tighter as she feared him yelling at her for the mistakes that Celestia made. “But…”

“But?” Octavia interrupted.

“But after these past few days…” Fiery turned back to face the princess once more. “I thank you…” He smiled and bowed towards the princess. This shocked everyone in the room as well as Celestia who was miles away.

Luna opened one of her eyes to see him bowing in front of her, then raised his head once more. She finally was able to find her voice. “W-why? Why are you thanking me and my sister?” She asked, the situation now killing her.

‘Well this is unexpected.’

‘Hush Tia.’

Fiery took in another deep breath. “I thank you because… Because for the first time, in a long time, I have found happiness in my life.” He smiled at the princess. “Ever since I’ve come here, there may have been some up and downs… But after meeting Vinyl, Octavia, even that Fluttershy girl… I’ve never been happier in my life.”

Just then, a bright flash came from the living room as a new pony entered the house. After the light faded, Luna yelled out. “Sister! What are you doing here!?”

Twilight and the rest of the Elements (except Pinkie) had finally reached the park as they started to search for Fiery. “Alright girls, if you find him, try not to scare him away, we just want to apologize to him, that’s all.”

“Oh, I’ll apologize alright.” Rainbow said under her breath.

“I heard that Rainbow! Fine, Rainbow? Fluttershy? You two are with me. Rarity and Applejack? You two go that way and search the southern and western part of the park.” She said while pointing to the appropriate ponies and directions.

“Will do Twi’! And don’t ya be worrying none, Ah’ll make sure he won’t get away.”

Twilight facehoofed. “Please Applejack, we don’t want to make him more mad than he already is. Just slowly walk up to him and try to explain the situation, that’s all I’m asking. I-“

“Found him.” Rainbow suddenly said from the air.

“Huh? What do you mean you found him Rainbow?”

“I mean I found him, he’s over there!” She said pointing in a direction. “He’s sitting there on a bench talking to somepony I think… I think it’s Octavia…”

“Octavia? You mean Pinkie’s sister? Why in Equestria would she ever be with him?” Rarity spoke up.

“I don’t know, but apparently they’re talking about something.”

“Alright girls, let’s get close, but not too close so we’re seen, we don’t want to be caught after all.” Twilight said which got nods from all but Fluttershy.

“B-but wait, I thought we wanted to have him see us?” Fluttershy asked logically.

“No, well, I mean yes, but… Ugh! Look, now that we know where he is, we want to talk to him, but if he’s talking to somepony else it’s rude to interrupt, right? Right. So we just have to wait until he’s done talking to Octavia then we can come out and apologize.”

“O-oh, alright, I guess…”

“Good. Now, come on girls, let’s hide in that bush nearby.” Twilight said to the others. They all nodded in compliance and were able to dive into the bush without being noticed by the other two ponies.

As they dove into the bush, they were able to hear the two ponies talking. At this point, Octavia had already pinned Fiery to the bench. “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 was something from a book.”

‘He lied to me?’ For some reason this had hurt Fluttershy, but she tried to put together as to why this hurt her, and why he lied. ‘Why would he lie to me?... Wait, what’s so important that he had to lie to me?’ The other girls were listening close as Fluttershy tried to put together the puzzle, when a sudden scream from Octavia broke her concentration.

“You idiot!”

“Yeah, get him good Octavia!” Rainbow whispered quietly, but got hushed by the others. “What?”

“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 skull of yours that we love you!”

As Octavia yelled this, Twilight and the others began to blush, but Fluttershy felt differently. For some reason she understood Octavia’s pain… Then she realized it, it was because she too was in love with him… ‘Oh my… B-but, how? Why? Is it because he treats me differently from the other girls?’ She began to crawl away when something Octavia said made her stop.

“Why… Why won’t you return our love Fiery?” The next part made Fluttershy even more interested.

“It’s… It’s because I’m afraid…”

‘Afraid? What’s he so afraid of? Does he feel guilty about loving us? Wait, how do I even know if he loves me?...’

What Fiery said next shocked Fluttershy as she couldn’t believe her ears. “Of you two leaving me…”

‘Oh Fiery… What has happened to you?... Why won’t you open up to me?’

“For so long… For so long I’ve had people I’ve loved betray me and walk out on me… I was so afraid of you two doing the same…”

‘Fiery… I would never do such a thing to you…’ Fluttershy wanted to reach a hoof out to him right there, right then, but held back. She knew she couldn’t reveal herself just yet, she would have to wait for the appropriate time to get him to acknowledge her feelings. She then heard Octavia call out a different name.

“Never, EVER, think we would abandon you Joseph.”

‘Joseph?’ This shocked Fluttershy. Fiery’s name was really Joseph?... Why would he have lied to her about it? Her mind was already going into overdrive trying to figure out her own feelings for this stallion, but now this was driving her even more insane as she tried to comprehend everything she was hearing. But she wasn’t the only one who heard it.

“Joseph? Who in the hay is Joseph?” Rainbow Dash asked quietly to the others. They could shrug.

“I don’t know Rainbow… Perhaps we should leave now. I’ll ask Princess Celestia about this. For the mean time, We’ll just keep this to ourselves and nopony else, alright?” All of them had agreed when Twilight suddenly realized there was one more pony missing from their group. “Wait, where’s Fluttershy?”

They all suddenly began searching around them to see if they could find the yellow pegasus. “Ah don’t know sugahcube, Ah thought she was righ’ here next ta us.”

Unbeknownst to the other ponies, Fluttershy was already on her way home, trying to figure out everything she had just heard. ‘Why would Fiery lie to me? What is he hiding that he couldn’t tell me about it? Why did Octavia call him Joseph? Was it his real name? Why would he want no one to know about it…’ Then it struck her. ‘Wait… If what he told me earlier was really about him… Then what was he before he turned into a pony?...’

The rest of the way home, Fluttershy had gone over what he could have possibly been and why he wanted to keep it a secret. ‘Perhaps I should ask him tomorrow… But maybe he doesn’t want me to know…’ But then out of nowhere, she seemed to find a surge of courage. ‘No! I must know! Even if it means him hating me, I must know!’ And with that she stormed off in the direction of where the musicians lived.

Princess Celestia had just entered the home of the musicians via magic and stood there in all her elegance. “Sister! What are you doing here!?” Luna had called out.

When Fiery had seen her though, he had a different reaction to what he originally thought he was going to have. “It’s you…” He said quietly.

“Yes Joseph, it is I, Princess Celestia, Co-Ruler of Equestria and Master of the Sun. I have come here to ask you something personally.”

“S-sister? What do you mean?”

“Tell me Joseph, why do you find happiness here in this world, when you could not even find happiness in your own?”

This caught Fiery completely off-guard as he was not expecting the pony that sent him here to not only show up, but to ask such a question as well. Even though she asked it, he still had an answer for her. “It is because I have found peo-err, ponies, whom I love.”

“And they would be?”

Fiery looked back at Octavia and Vinyl who were standing there still stunned by Celestia’s sudden appearance. “Their names are Octavia Pie and Vinyl Sratch.” He said with a smile, then turned back to Celestia. “That are their names your highness.”

“Oh? And what of the third?” She said smugly.

“Third?... Um, well, I uh.”

“You love her as well don’t you?”

“Well, I mean, she’s nice and I like her and… Alright! Yes, I also love Fluttershy! Are you happy now?” He said in an irritated voice. It wasn’t that he was upset with admitting his love for her, it was just embarrassing for him to say it in front of the other two ponies that he loved, as he clearly wasn't used to being in love with three separate girls, especially when it was okay to do that.

Celestia only smiled back at him. “And what do you plan to do if you were allowed to stay here? Would you settle down with them and care for them? Or would you try to get others as well?”

“Sister!” Luna pleaded.

Celestia looked at Luna. “Yes dear Luna?”

Luna knew she couldn’t say anything out loud so she instead used her mind to communicate with her sister. ‘What are you thinking sister!? Wasn’t our entire goal to STOP him from falling in love?’

‘Oh Luna, you’re much too uptight about this. It is obvious from the four of them that they all love each other, and to tear that apart would be so mean.’

‘That still isn’t an excuse! What happens if he gets all his emotions and abilities back! He might be a threat to Equestria!’

‘…’

‘Tia? You have an alternative motive don’t you?...’

‘… Trololo’

‘Damnit Tia! I’m being serious here!’

‘Oh Luna, lighten up! Besides, I’m only kidding. And not only that, but I was also getting to that part, so just leave it up me.’

‘I have a bad feeling about this…’

The other three ponies in the room stood there completely silent and confused as the two goddesses were completely silent as well but seemed to be communicating somehow. Then, Celestia spoke. “I’m very sorry about that Joseph, now, where were we?”

Fiery snapped back into attention as Celestia called his name. “Oh! Um, you were talking about something about me staying here?”

“Oh! Right. Ahem, as I was saying before my beloved sister interrupted me, what would you do if you were allowed to stay here? Would you settle down with the three of them? Or would try to get more?”

“Excuse me princess? I don’t quite seem to understand…”

“It’s very simple, I’m asking if you would be willing to allow more into your harem.”

‘TIA!’

‘Hush you.’

Fiery became red in the face as she said that. He wasn’t sure if she was only kidding or if she was being serious. “Um… I’m not sure how to answer that…”

“Well how about this then.” Fiery looked back up at the princess, despite being completely bewildered by how she addressed him. From what he heard, princesses were supposed to be incredibly uptight and such, but this princess seemed to be… Completely relaxed about everything… It was an incredibly weird sight for him.

“If you promise to NEVER do anything that would create chaos for my little ponies, or do anything that would hurt them in any way, then I’ll allow you to not only stay here, but have as many mares in your harem as you like, as it seems to be that most of the stallions in Ponyville only wish to be with only one mare or don’t want to be with any mares at all. With that, we need more… Selections, for the next generation…”

Fiery stood there shocked at what he was hearing. “Uh… I can promise you not to create any chaos… But for the harm, that might be a little hard.” He said truthfully.

“Oh?” Celestia raised her eyebrow. “And why is that? Do you not wish to have a harem?”

“Yes! I mean, uh, it’s every guys dream to have a harem of his own, being the horny greedy guys that we are… But the thing is that what you mean by harm…”

“I mean not attacking any of my ponies physically or causing any type of psychological harm.”

“Does that include cursing at them?”

Celestia sighed. “I don’t suppose cursing is technically psychological harm, but I would appreciate it if you didn’t try using it too much.”

“Done.”

“Wait! Don’t we get a say in this!?” Octavia yelled out. Fiery turned back towards to Octavia and Vinyl to see them not happy about the current situation.

“Oh shi- Girls! Um, uh…”

“Save it Fiery.”

“B-but! This is every man’s dream! There are some people who would literally kill for a chance for something like this! You have to understand!” He tried pleading to the two of them. Octavia was having none of it, but Vinyl stood there with a grin.

“Oh come on ‘Tavi, lighten up won’t you? I mean, wouldn’t it be more interesting anyways? I mean, what would it be like have 5 of us in bed?” Vinyl said with a smile. Fiery nodded alongside her.

Octavia knew she couldn’t change Vinyl’s mind once she was stuck with something. “Ugh! Fine, but don’t you DARE forget about who comes first mister!” She said pointing a hoof at Fiery. “Otherwise it’s bye bye to Mr. Testicles!”

Fiery suddenly covered his crotch and nodded nearly breaking his neck doing so, making sure Octavia understood that he understood the situation. “You and Vinyl first, then Fluttershy, then any others, got it.” He said with a large grin.

“Fine… Excuse me princess, but are there any other situations we should be aware of?” Octavia said in a frustrating tone to the princess. The princess only giggled at how things turned out.

“All I can say is make sure you keep your mares happy Joseph, as I believe you humans have a saying. Oh what was it. Oh! I know! ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn.’ Is that not correct Mr. Henderson?”

Fiery lowered his head knowing he was beat on this. “Yes ma’am, that is correct.”

Celestia giggled some more at how everything turned out. “Very well then, I do believe that is time for me and my little sister to leave now.” She said with a smile, then with another large flash, she was gone.

After the bright light was gone, Luna finally spoke up once more. “Well then… I suppose it’s time for me to leave…”

Octavia spoke up to the princess. “I’m terribly sorry about this Princess Luna, had I known something like this was going to happen-“ But was stopped with Luna raising her hoof to silence Octavia.

“It’s quite alright young one, I can understand your frustration. Just… Try to stop him if he starts getting out of control, will you please?” Octavia gave a little giggle at this.

“Will do Princess, and don’t worry, so long as I’m with him, we won’t get out of control.” Octavia said, as she looked back at Fiery who sat there on the floor with a grin on his face. She turned back to the princess. “You have nothing to worry about.” She smiled.

The Princess of the Night smiled back. “Very well then Ms. Pie, I’ll leave it at there. But I suppose I really should get going back to my sister, shouldn’t I?” She said. “Very well, goodbye you three, I hope everything works out for you all.” And with that, Luna exited the house in the very same manner that Celestia did.

After the two princesses left the house, Vinyl walked up to Fiery. “So… What happened to make you suddenly change your mind about us?”

Fiery looked at Octavia, then to Vinyl. “Let’s just say I finally snapped out of my stupidity and found out where I belonged.” He said with a smile. She smiled back.

“Good enough for me!” With that pounced onto Fiery and started to give me some kisses as Octavia walked over to them.

“Alright you two, enough of that. I’m tired at the moment so I’m going up to rest in my room. Please don’t try to do anything while I’m up there, as I want our first time to be together...” She said bluntly but still became red in the face.

Fiery smiled back at her. “Fair enough ‘Tavi, we’ll wait for you.”

“Yeah ‘Tavi, we would never leave you out of the fun.” Vinyl added.

Suddenly, the three of them heard a knock coming from the front door. “I wonder who that could be?” Octavia asked, and walked to the door.

Back in Canterlot, Celestia and Luna were in Celestia’s bedroom as they got back. “What was that Tia?” Luna asked her older sister.

“Whatever do you mean dear sister?”

“What I mean is why did you tell him that stuff? Wasn’t our entire goal to make it so he WASN’T going to mate with any mares in fear of him doing something horrible afterwards?”

“Which is exactly why I gave him that option Lulu. Besides, if he did decide to do something, it’s not like we could easily interfere and send him back, that would show him a thing or two.”

“I guess…”

“And Lulu?”

“Yeah Tia?”

“Why are you still here?”

“Whatever do you mean Tia?”

“I mean, why are you here? Why aren’t you back in Ponyville helping Twilight?”

“Wha!? I thought I just had to help her until he found love!”

“Oh Lulu, so simpleminded…”

“What is that suppose to mean!?”

Celestia pulled out a piece of paper and showed it to Luna, she then proceeded to read the words off of it. “’By order of Princess Celestia, Twilight Sparkle’s next assignment is to be able to have all of the Elements of Harmony become friends with the new Ponyville resident, Fiery Strings’… Oh come on! You’ve got to be kidding me!”

“Sorry Lulu, but until she’s able to have ALL of the Elements to at least make friends with him, you’re stuck with her.” Celestia said with a devilish grin.

“So unfair…” Just then a letter coming from some green flames that had entered through the window landed in front of the Princess.

“Oh! Speak of the nightmare.” The Princess of the Day unrolled the letter and began reading it. After finally finishing it, a look of worry crossed her face.

“What is it sister? What’s the matter?”

“It seems Twilight has heard some things she probably shouldn’t have…”

“Wha- What do you mean?”

“It seems she overheard a conversation between Mr. Henderson and Ms. Pie. She apparently heard his real name…”

“What!? What are we going to do Tia!?”

“Calm down Luna! Everything is going to be alright, trust me… I just need time to think is all…”

After a few moments of silence, Luna finally spoke up. “Should… Should we lie to her? Tell her that she might have misheard?”

“No, that’s impossible… The other Elements were apparently present alongside her when she heard it, and they also heard it…”

“Then what should we do?”

“She apparently only heard his real name, as well as something about him making up a story about him turning into a pony… Maybe we can use that to our advantage somehow…”

“If that’s the case, do we tell her that he’s really a gryphon? You know, they usually have bad attitudes and all, and I’m sure she would believe that more than him being a human and all.”

“I suppose… I guess that has to do until we can tell her and the other Elements the truth about him…”

“Alright then, where’s some paper and a quill?”

“What do you think you’re doing Luna?”

“What? I’m just going to write the response is all.”

“Oh no, you’re not doing that, you’re going there directly and telling her about it.”

“But Tia!”

Celestia gave her a smile. “Now dear sister, didn’t you agree to help young Twilight out with this project?”

After a few moments of Celestia smiling at her, Luna finally budged. “Ugh, fine, I’ll go…”

“That’s my baby sister.”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever…” With that Luna flew out of the window and headed back towards Ponyville. Celestia stayed back in her room and began thinking.

‘Please Twilight, don’t you or any of the other Elements do anything that you would regret…’

Well, there’s chapter 11 everyone! Yay! I would also like to say to remind you guys, if I were to write sex scenes for the story, I would end up releasing two versions of each chapter that had the scenes in it, and labeling them differently. That way, for those who wish to see the scene could read the version that has the scene, and for the people who wish to not read it, would be able to do so with the other version. One other thing I would like to say is that if you feel this chapter wasn’t as good as the others, it’s probably due to the fact that right now I’m not really thinking my best at the moment. Hopefully that’ll change with the next chapter. See ya guys next time! And remember, stay classy.