Octavia was on her way home from work and was just reaching the front of her house when she saw two ponies with their mouths agape standing in front of the house. She had walked up closer to see who they were. As she got closer she had recognized the purple unicorn as Twilight Sparkle, however, she did not recognize the other pony that Twilight was with. As she approached them she spoke to them to try to get them out of their daze. “It’s a very nice house don’t you think?”

As Twilight and ‘Moonlight’ heard this, they were snapped out of their dumbstruck state and forced back into reality. “Oh, hello Octavia.” Twilight said with a smile, trying to play off the fact that she was stunned just a few moments ago. “What are you doing here?”

“Um… This is my house Twilight. I thought you knew that?”

“Oh! Of course I did! Well silly me, look at the time, I really must get going.” Twilight was in a panic now trying to get as far away as possible so she could come up with a new plan.

“But Twilight, why don’t you stay for a while? I want to apologize for what Fiery did last night at the party after all.”

“I really wish I could Octavia, but Moonlight and I here have to get back home before it gets dark and all.” Twilight then nudged Moonlight to get her moving and they went on their way back to the library.

“Oh… Alright…” Octavia said to Twilight as she was leaving.

After Twilight went back on her way to her house, Octavia did the same and entered the house to immediately see Fiery sitting there playing his guitar. “Oh, hey Fiery, how was your day?” For some reason she was able to sense that Joseph was troubled about something.

Fiery looked up to see Octavia there standing in the doorway. “Oh hey Octavia, didn’t hear you open the door. I guess my day was alright and all, had some fun with Vinyl.” He said casually.

“I see… What exactly did you two do?”

“Well, I guess it was along the lines of me feeling upset about something earlier and having to play my guitar to help me forget about it. Right as I was about to play that Fluttershy girl came over and wanted to get to know me better I guess, apparently doing it on the will of her friends who thought they were hiding in the bushes but didn’t realize their horns were sticking out.” Octavia had snickered at the last part.

‘Well at least that explains why those two were out there, though I still wonder who that other mare was with Twilight…’ “I see, so what happened then?”

“Well, because of how down I was feeling I had played a song to make me feel better, then played another song for Fluttershy and Vinyl who had come down from her room at this point. After that though we just sat around talking for a few hours getting to know each other better.”

“I see…” Octavia said with a smile, but before she could continue, Fiery spoke up once more.

“So how was your day, ‘Tavi?” This shocked Octavia as she wasn’t really expecting it from Fiery considering how he acted earlier that morning and the day before.

‘Did something happen between those three that somehow changed him?’ “Uh… it was great Fiery, thank you for asking. It was pretty good as we-“ But was cut off by a flying white and blue blur heading for her.

“’TAVI!” Vinyl pounced onto her friend. This surprised Joseph but apparently Octavia was completely okay with it.

“Oh, hey Vinyl.” Octavia said to Vinyl as Vinyl was squeezing her tight in a bear hug.

“Weren’t you getting ready for work Vinyl?” Joseph asked her trying to help Octavia by pulling Vinyl off.

“Yeah, I was, but then I heard ‘Tavi so I just had to come and get her before she noticed I was here.”

Octavia rolled her eyes at the statement as Joseph looked quizzical. “Vinyl, do you really need to do this every time I come home? You’re like a dog waiting for its owner to come home.”

“Yes, I do, because I’m your dog ‘Tavi.” Vinyl said with a grin, then began snuggling her.

Joseph coughed to get their attention so Vinyl would stop. “Ahem, if you don’t mind, I think it’s about time for dinner time, as well as time for Vinyl to leave for work, from what I can tell.” He said while pointing to the clock that was conveniently placed on the wall near them. It had the big hand pointing between the 6 and 7 while the little hand pointed at the 6.

Vinyl got off Octavia while Octavia began brushing herself off. “I suppose it is, me and Fiery can have dinner while Vinyl gets finished getting ready for work, isn’t that right Vinyl?” She said in a somewhat stern voice towards Vinyl.

“Yeah, yeah, I guess. Well, I hope you two guys are able to get along while I’m not here, and ‘Tavi?”

“Yeah Vinyl?”

“No doing anything dirty with Jojo here.” Vinyl said to Octavia, who immediately began to blush, alongside Joseph.

“VINYL! You know I’m not dirty like you!” Octavia scolded Vinyl as Vinyl was walking out the door.

Joseph had turned to Octavia to try to calm her down. “Just forget about it ‘Tavi. I may have not been here for long, but I know that you’re no slut, (considering my history I would know what a slut would look and act like.) and Vinyl is just acting like Vinyl.” He said with a smile.

Octavia turned back to look at Joseph. “What’s a slut?” She asked.

Joseph looked at her like he was shocked. ‘How could they not know a slut is? They have alcohol but no cigarettes AND whores? …Well I guess the whores part makes sense, I mean, what would your Cutie Mark even look like?’ “Uh… I’ll tell you about it after dinner…” He said trying to get out of the conversation.

As they were eating dinner Octavia had spoken up to try to strike up a conversation. “So… Is there something troubling you Joseph?”

Joseph looked up to see Octavia leaning on her hooves looking at him with a look that looked like she was trying to see right through him. “Um… Why do you say that?”

“I don’t know, it just seems like you’re troubled by something right now.”

Joseph stayed quiet for a few moments thinking about the situation. ‘Should I tell Octavia? I mean, she’s probably just as close to me as Vinyl is, but… Damnit! Why should I hesitate at all? Alright, here we go Joseph, I’ll tell her.’ Joseph took in a deep breath to get ready to talk. “Alright, I’ll tell you.” Octavia responded with a smile. “Earlier today I was having a nightmare that was really bothering me because it involved me back on Earth with my mom, as well as you and Vinyl doing… things…”

Octavia looked at him with a worried look as he mentioned his mother and Earth, then her and Vinyl. “I’m sorry Joseph, this may sound silly because I don’t think we have them here in Equestria, but… what’s a nightmare? The only nightmare I’ve heard of was Nightmare Moon who was really Princess Luna that apparently got really jealous of her sister and became enraged with that jealousy.”

Joseph hung his mouth in disbelief. ‘They don’t know about nightmares? Jesus, this place is too god damn perfect…’ “A nightmare is… A nightmare is basically a really bad dream, where you think of horrible things and it seems like you can’t escape from them. They usually come when you’re feeling stressed and such that would cause your mind to think of horrible things.”

“Oh… I guess that’s the reason why I’ve never heard of it before then. Equestria really hasn’t had anything bad happen to it since Nightmare Moon and Discord, but even then it wasn’t all bad, just minor inconveniences.” She started. “So… What was this nightmare about then? With your mother and such…”

“Well… It was my mother and I standing in our kitchen back home on Earth. We were yelling at each other about my grades I had received from college. They were really bad because to tell you the truth… I really didn’t give a shit about what I was doing there. I would always skip class because the classes I went to were things I hated doing, the only reason why I did them was because my mom forced me to do it. She found out about the grades and we got to arguing. We said some stuff to each other that… That I’m sure if it really happened we would regret it later, even with how much we can’t stand each other sometimes.” Joseph chuckled at himself thinking about his past life.

“You know, I guess I never realized it until now but… I guess she only told me what to do in life because I wouldn’t speak up… She would always work and try to get me to do things I hated because I thought she hated my guts… I guess she really wanted me to just succeed in life so I wouldn’t end up like my dad…” He was now crying without realizing it while at the same time laughing at himself for being so blinded about his past.

Octavia looked at him with sympathy. “Joseph…”

“She worked day and night so I would have a comfortable life style. Meanwhile, there are kids out there with parents who have to work two jobs a day, sometimes three, just to get by and not have to worry about their kids starving… Jesus, what the fuck have I been doing my entire life…” He said, now no longer laughing, but rather just crying his eyes out. Octavia came over by him and wrapped him around trying to consult him like a mother would with their child.

“Shh, it’s not your fault Joseph, I’m sure your mother understands.” She said trying to soothe him, just like Vinyl did earlier in the day. She had no idea what he had gone through though and had no idea how to really make him feel better.

“No, you don’t understand ‘Tavi, I’ve been a complete ass my entire life, and it took one fucking dream and some in this world to make me realize that.” He said while crying in her bosom.

After a while of crying he had finally calmed down. “Hey ‘Tavi?”

“Yeah Joseph?” She responded to him.

“Do you… Do you still want to hear the rest?” He asked her. He wanted to get it off his chest, but at the same time he knew it would hurt him for telling her about it. He also knew that by keeping it inside it would probably just hurt more.

“I guess… But only if you’re comfortable talking about it Joseph, I don’t want to pry it out of you…”

He shook his head. “It’s alright. I think it’ll be better for me to talk about it than to keep it in.”

“Alright Joseph, whatever you want.” She said, while still keeping his head in her chest. “But perhaps we should move to the couch to talk about it, my back legs are killing me for standing upright for so long.”

Joseph chuckled at this. “Alright, fair enough ‘Tavi.” He said. They both took their plates and placed them in the kitchen sink for washing later, then went back to the living room to sit on the couch.

Octavia sat right next to Joseph and leaned next to him to try to make him more comfortable. “So what was the next part about?” She said to him, trying to get him ready to tell her.

Joseph took another deep breath to get ready for telling his story, then proceeded. “It was about you and Vinyl…” He started. Octavia looked up at him with a quizzical, almost identical to the one Joseph had earlier.

“What were me and Vinyl doing?” She asked him trying to be as polite as possible…

“You… You guys were…” He was so afraid of remembering it that he was almost unable to say.

“We were what Joseph?” She asked, now at this point being curious of what possibly could have happened.

“You two were… Having sex…” He finally got out. “It was a stallion I couldn’t see, but for some reason just seeing you two doing it with that guy for some reason… For some reason it had pissed me off so much that all I could think of was going into a rage and kill you three.” He said with a sad look on his face.

“Joseph…” Octavia started, shock to hear it. She was also shocked not because of the story, but because of the fact that Joseph would get jealous at that. ‘Does he have feelings for us? What if he does? Would it be acceptable? I mean, he even said that it was illegal to have sex with ponies from where he was from. But if he’s also a pony, wouldn’t that mean it would be alright? Wait, why am I thinking about that? Focus ‘Tavi, focus, he needs your help here.’

“It wasn’t only that made me mad though.” He suddenly spoke, which made Octavia jump a little.

“It, it wasn’t Joseph?” She asked hesitantly.

“You two were apparently mocking me. You were mocking me saying that I was a loser and that I shouldn’t even be here, that you were just treating me the way you are now because you felt like it would be fun to toy with my emotions…” He said, trying to not to burst into tears again.

“Oh Joseph… I don’t know why or how you got this bad dream, but I would never do such a thing…” She said, nudging his arm, trying to make him realize that she was there for him, that she wasn’t going anywhere.

“Thanks ‘Tavi… I don’t why I had that dream either…” They both stayed silent for a while until Joseph spoke up once more. “’Tavi?”

“Hmm?”

“I… I know I already asked Vinyl this and I know it’ll sound strange, but… Would you ever leave me?” He hesitated asking in fear of her rejecting.

Octavia looked confused before she realized what he was asking. “I know I would never do such a thing Fiery. I don’t know why but for some reason it feels like you’re suppose to stay here, with us…” She said. Joseph then began laughing at it. “What? You asked and I answered!” She said, feeling insulted.

“I know, I know, I’m sorry ‘Tavi. I know I shouldn’t laugh but, it’s just that Vinyl had said the exact same thing earlier today when I asked her the same question. That’s why I’m laughing.” He said, trying to control his laughter.

Upon hearing this, Octavia also began to laugh. “I guess why that would be funny then.” She said. After a while of laughing, they began to look at each other. They didn’t know why, but for some reason it felt like an outside force was forcing them to look at each other. They began to get closer and closer to each other with each ticking second.

Right as their mouths were about to touch, Joseph snapped back into reality. He held his hooves on Octavia’s shoulders and pushed away. “I’m sorry ‘Tavi, I can’t do this…” He said while he turned his head away from her.

“Wh-why not?” She asked him, while mentally cursing him for stopping.

“Because, it’s… It’s wrong in too many ways.”

“Like what?”

“Well for one I’m not a pony.”

“But you are one now Joseph! That’s why it’s okay!” She pleaded with him, wanting to continue.

“I may have this body but that doesn’t mean I still have a human heart.” He said to her, trying to get her to stop. “Besides… I do like you, but I also like Vinyl… I wouldn’t want to hurt you be it in pony form or human form…”

“What does Vinyl have to do with anything?” She asked him.

He turned to her with a face that said ‘Are you for real?’ “Well, it’s just that… I like you both. Like, like LIKE you both.” He said, trying to get her to understand.

“And like I said, what does that have to do with Vinyl?” She asked once more.

Joseph facehoofed. “The reason why Vinyl matters in this is because I don’t want to hurt either of you, so I can’t have a relationship with either of you.” He said to her. He then began to look down at the ground. “I know what it feels like to find out someone you love cheats on you… I have had it happen to me twice in my life, and I wouldn’t want to have that pain on anybody else, err… Pony, I mean, anypony else. Not to mention the fact that I feel the same way around that Fluttershy girl that I do around you two.” He said, then realized what he just said and instantly regretted saying it.

Octavia looked at him for a few seconds before finally figuring out what he meant, and then began to laugh. “You think you would hurt us if you had relationships with the both of us? As well as Fluttershy?” She began to laugh even harder at this.

“What! What’s so damn funny?” He became slightly irritated that she was laughing. “I’m being serious here! I wouldn’t want to hurt anybody like that.”

After a few seconds of laughing Octavia was able to calm down enough to explain why she was laughing. “The reason I’m laughing is because, well, is because Princess Celestia has allowed harems for males for the past 100 years.” She began laughing as hard as before again while Joseph looked at here with a confused look.

“Wait, what do you mean she’s allowed harems for males for the past 100 years?”

“It’s exactly what I said.” Octavia said trying to get through her fit of laughs, finally being able to explain the situation. “1000 years ago, then Princess Celestia banished Princess Luna turned Nightmare Moon to the moon, she became somewhat of a tyrant. She basically ensured that in order for all of Luna’s supporters didn’t reproduce as much and try to keep the secret of Nightmare Moon alive. For about 900 years she had a one-child only policy for the entire country, and for the most part it was pretty much 50/50 for the males and females born, but that all changed 100 years ago.”

Joseph looked at her with the same confused look. “How did it change 100 years ago? And if she wanted to keep the secret of her banishing her sister to the moon gone, then how do you know it?”

“Hold on, I’m getting to that silly.” She said in a very Pinkie-like voice, even with slightly tapping the edge of Joseph’s nose with her hoof.

The very first thought that went through Joseph’s mind at this was ‘Dear god almighty, they are fucking sisters.’

“100 years ago something happened which forced her to change her policy which she completely forgot about. 100 years ago, there was a sudden baby boom, but unlike the other baby booms of the other 900 years, this one was about 90% female, and 10% male. Didn’t you notice there were almost no stallions outside yesterday when you first came to town?”

Joseph had to think back long and hard to remember, but sure enough, he had met almost no males on the way to town hall. The only ones he could think of was a large bulky crimson red stallion with half of an apple for his Cutie Mark, as well as a brown stallion with a what looked like a very old-style timer as his Cutie Mark. “I guess you’re right…” ‘Would also explain a lot of why the mares at Pinkie’s party last night were crowding me and wouldn’t let me go…’

“In our town of about 1500 residents, about 1350 of them are female, while the remaining 150 are male, and that’s for all generations. And even with that, about 25% of the male population is homosexual, so that makes even less mates for the females around here to mate with. That’s why Celestia made it possible for males to have harems again after nearly 1000 years.”

“I guess that would make sense…” Joseph responded. ‘Would also make sense why Vinyl didn’t get upset earlier today.’ “But just because that means it’s legal doesn’t mean-“ But he was cut off as a certain grey mare pushed him down on the couch and began pressing her mouth onto his. For a while he was in shock and had no idea what was going on until he finally snapped out of it and pushed Octavia off of him. “Please ‘Tavi! I’m being serious… Just please, let me have a little time to think about it…” He said, trying to plead with her.

“But… But it’s okay now, now that you know that it’s okay for males to have harems, right?” She tried pleading back, becoming sort of desperate, as she had never felt this way before.

“No ‘Tavi…” He responded, trying to stand firm but also trying to be kind at the same time. “Please, don’t force me… I’m still confused about if this is even right for me since I’m still human on the inside… Besides, I’m tired and such…” He said, now trying to use every play in the book to get out of this.

She finally let out a huff. “Fine.” She said and laid her head down on his chest as the two of them just laid there on the couch, starting to fall asleep as they both had a long day. Finally, Octavia spoke up. “Won’t you at least let me squeeze your lemon?” She said, trying to catch him off guard with an innuendo.

For a few seconds Joseph had no idea what she meant, until he finally caught on. “NO ‘Tavi! Besides, don’t you remember what Vinyl said?”

Octavia let out another huff of frustration. “Fine, but don’t think I won’t give up just yet.” And with that she just laid on top of him for the rest of the night.

‘Jesus, and I thought Vinyl was the dirty one. Great, now I got two Vinyls…’ Joseph thought to himself before finally falling asleep with Octavia on top of her. But before he did… “Hey ‘Tavi?”

“Hmm?”

“You never did tell me how you knew all of this…”

“And you never told me what a slut is, so we’re even.” She said with a grin.

‘Yep, defiantly two Vinyls…’

There’s Chapter 7 everyone (or everypony if you’re into that and such)! I’m sorry if the quality of this chapter isn’t as good as the other ones. For some reason I feel like I did worse in this chapter writing it than I did with my other chapters, but I don’t know. Anyways, hopefully I’ll get chapter 8 out soon and such. See you guys in Chapter 8!