Rarity, Luna and I remained in our loving embrace for a long period of time before everypony was at a calm, or more so Rarity has calmed down. We released our embraced and Rarity looked away nervously.

"Oh dear, I must look like such a mess. Please forgive me darling, but I need to get cleaned up, it'll only be a moment." Rarity stated as she turned to her room, but stopped when she passed her door and turned around to face us.

"Oh, by the way, I have your clothes ready now Vincent, but I must ask that you stay a little while longer. So don't go anywhere dear, I will be right back." Before I had a chance to say anything, Rarity closed the door as I turned to face Luna with a questioning expression.

"I wonder why Rarity wishes for me to stay here longer." I said in wonder as Luna placed her hand on her hips and gave me a teasing smile.

"Dost thou not wish to enjoy Rarity's company, even after such a heartwarming speech thou hast delivered?" I returned with a smirk as I crossed my arms.

"Of course I do, I was just wondering what her intentions are for me staying. That's all." I hastily replied. Luna looked at me with a sly smirk as she leaned forward and spoke in a teasing manner.

"Dost thou wish to be alone with Rarity, hmm?" I blushed immensely when I caught her intention and looked away, trying to avoid her teasing gaze before I grinned and looked back from my side vision.

"It depends, does my dear princess wish to join in our company?" I voiced back smoothly as her elegant blue face burned a dark purple, but she only swayed her hips as she approached me seductively before she was upon me, her breasts smashed against my chest before her arms gracefully lifted and wrapped themselves over my shoulders. Her hands rose and placed themselves behind my head as her soft fingers ran through the back of my hair tenderly, touching my skin with such sensitivity as I closed my eyes and melt in her touch.

"Perhaps we might take thou up on that offer but..." Luna cooed before she leaned forward, her lips drawing beside my ear as she whispered seductively. "we wish to have our first with thou...alone." My eyes widen in surprise as I could hear her cute giggle before feeling her soft velvety touch upon my earlobe and rubbed them sensually. My eyes then relaxed as I then felt her soft lips being replaced by her tender wet tongue, lifting my earlobe into her small awaiting mouth as she softly nibbles on it, and my natural response, clenching my eyes and sighing in content. Although the moment was cut short as Luna giggled once more and kissed my cheek as I looked at her, a little disappointed that it had to end so soon before I realized that Rarity was standing at the door, watching us as she was enjoying herself to our little moment. Her mascara no longer stained her rosy cheek, and was now adorned around her eyes professionally and charmingly, and her hair was well kept with a brilliant shine gleaming from its bouncy strands.

"I hope I didn't interrupt anything dear. If I would have known you two wanted to be alone, you two are more then welcome that time to yourselves and I would have gladly offered you a room for some...privacy." I blushed upon hearing Rarity's offer as I looked at her.

"N-no no no, its...its fine. Um...so Rarity...what exactly did you wish for me to stay for by chance?" I asked with a fluster, trying to avoid any further awkwardness that which I have involved myself in. She approached me with something in her hand without saying a word, only keeping her eager smile contained as she was in now in front of me.

"Turn around please darling." I raised my eyebrow at her sudden demand and crossed my arms with a smile.

"You still didn't answer my question though." She only kept her smile as she replied.

"It's a surprise and I do not wish to spoil it yet. Now please darling, do turn around so we may continue for the unveiling." I sighed through my nose and turned around with my back turned towards her.

"Okay, I turned around. So...now what HEY!" My eyes were covered with a blindfold as Rarity giggled along with Luna before I felt a small pair of hands touch my shoulders and was now guiding me before I heard Rarity's voice in the darkness.

"Come this way darling, and please do be careful with where you step. I don't want you to fall on the way to the dressing room."

"The dressing room?" I asked in curiosity.

"Why yes. That's where your surprise is after all." Rarity replied as we made our way down the hall I assumed, but then stopped before I felt somepony grabbed my hands and gently lifted them to guide me forward. I knew it wasn't Rarity because her hands were still on my shoulders, so that led me to believe it was Luna's and was confirmed when I heard her voice in front of me.

"Watch thou's step, we are descending down some stairs."

"Thanks girls, although I don't see why the blindfold is necessary right now. Couldn't you have blindfolded me when we were already downstairs."

"No can do Vincent, besides, we've already come this far, might as well go all the way." Rarity responded. I decided to just go along with it as we descended down the stairs and made our way to another room before coming to a stop. I looked around, expecting the blindfold to be coming off as I asked.

"So...do I take off the blindfold now?"

"Don't be so impatient darling. We still haven't given you the surprise yet." Rarity responded.

"Um...okay? So what is the surprise anyways?" I asked between curiosity and anxiousness.

"Well if thou knew, then it wouldn't be a surprise, correct?" Luna replied back. I chuckled at her response and maintained my position before Rarity spoke.

"Darling, would you be so kind as to remove your sword please?" I did as I was asked as I unfastened the strap and removed the weapon, allowing it to gently lay upon the floor. Before I new it, I heard a popping sound before the girls giggled like little flirts as I felt a bit of breeze.

"Did they just undressed me?" I thought to myself before I spoke to confirm my question.

"Um...did you girls just strip me naked?"

"Why of course not darling..." Rarity responded compassionately.

"Indeed, thou still have something wrapped around thou's waist." Luna continued. I reached down and felt only my boxers as everything else was bare naked. "Yep. I'm naked alright...um, I hope this doesn't lead to anything." I then felt something covering my head and my head slipping out, feeling whatever it was wrap around my body as another object gently wrapped over me, as well as me being levitated as something slips around my legs. I would only assume that which I was being dressed before I was placed back down on the ground before I felt something envelop my arms and then drape upon my shoulders before whatever it was gently slaps my back. Whatever it was, it had a little weight to it as it rested upon my upper body. It wasn't too heavy, and it was...actually quite snug and comfortable.

"Okay darling. Now lets get rid of that blindfold." Rarity stated as the blindfold was magically lifted from my eyes as I was now facing a large mirror. I stood there dumbfounded, literally freaking out over what I was looking at.

"Feast your eyes upon your new outfit. Hehe, I do hope you like it Vincent. Oh! Don't forget about your sword darling." Rarity chimed, pulling me back into attention as I looked down at Salvation and picked it up, strapping back onto my body as I was admiring my new look. I had a padded chest piece that complemented my actual body tone with a black duster Trench coat draping over it, with a red interior and cuffs, black pants with red patches along the side of my calf and forelegs, a red belt that wrapped around my waist and another hanging on my left side. It was simply incredible, and adding my large sword strapped on to my back, I looked pretty damn kickass.

"Damn Rarity, this is simply amazing. How did you make the chest-piece though? I never took you for one to making battle outfits." I asked Rarity in pure delight as she chuckled with her hand gracefully on her chest.

"Oh darling, of course I'm capable of doing as such. But...I did need to ask for some assistance regarding some of the metal pieces I have implemented into the attire, but I believe it turned out quite nicely, plus I asked for an input and another males perspective." I raised my eyebrow in curiosity on who she could have asked to rate his outfit.

"So...who did you go to to ask for their opinion?" I asked curiously.

"Why Spike of course, he's always been so helpful whenever I needed his assistance. Even to this day and point he has been very helpful. I'm glad I could have a friend like him and I'm glad to see Sweetie Belle and Spike are together, they deserve each other and, quite honestly, I see them as a wonderful couple." She beamed with adoration as her face clearly showed her approval for the couple. Speaking of Spike, it reminded me of when I went over to Twilight's with Lyra and meeting him. I remembered that Spike mentioned that he approached Rarity and confessed to her, but sadly was rejected and only to end up dating Sweetie Belle instead. I'm quite impressed to know that Spike is mature enough to look past the rejection as a bad sign and can still stay by Rarity's side as good friends.

"Heh, men can actually learn something from a guy like that." I muttered to myself, smiling with a nod of approval. I managed to capture Rarity's attention as she tilted her head in question.

"Hmm, did you say something darling?" Rarity asked.

"Oh I was just making a compliment about Spike. Back in my world, not everybody is as committed and true like Spike, instead some would just...use the girl and if things don't work out, then they just ignore them entirely." I stated. Rarity lifted her hand to her mouth as she gasped in repulse.

"Why that's...that is just horrible. What kind of pony would do something so...so..." Rarity stammered in disgust.

"Selfish!" Luna finished.

"YES! How could anypony do something so selfish as to attempt to commit with a mare, only to satisfy their own desire and not have any consideration for said mare? Its...its foul." Rarity fumed in frustration. I understood her frustration, and I began to wonder, "Does this world have ponies like that as well, I mean this can't be all that perfect right?" I placed my attention back to Rarity as I approached her with intent to comfort her as I grasped her shoulders tenderly. She lost some of her tension as she closed her eyes while facing down and exhaled before looking back up at me. She placed her palms on my chest and let her body rest against mine as I completed the action by holding her close. She sighs in content as she spoke.

"I'm quite amazed Vincent. You speak of these troublesome tales of your world and these questionable influences but yet...here you stand, as a strong, kind, and honest gentlecolt. How did someone so amazing as you come out of a world like that?" I looked up to see Luna as she looked with interest, probably curious to know the same thing herself as I smiled, caressing the back of Rarity's hair as I replied.

"Because I don't live my life for the world to change me into something from its eyes. I live my life so I can be happy, or at least...that's how I used to live my life. But now...I have a focus, something to strive for and to make a difference. Even though my world has its troubles, there are good things to be said about my world as well, and that it is an ever-changing and ever-growing planet. But...the greatest thing about it, is that I call it home. I want to be a good man to protect my home, and now...to protect you girls, as well as this land. For this has become my new home."

"Vincent." Rarity softly said as she grips her hand, holding on to my chest. I closed my eyes as I stopped caressing Rarity's hair and held her head close to my chest, facing slightly downward as I stated.

"I will always be there for you girls, through both good and bad times. You all mean a lot to me, and I will do my best to keeping you all happy and safe." Rarity slid her arms down and wrapped them around me in a tight embrace.

"Thank you Vincent. I'm glad I can be in your Herd." Rarity said sweetly before she released her embrace and looked towards Luna and continue. "And thank you Luna for accepting me in as well." Luna smiles as she replies.

"Thou dost not need to thank us. We are more then happy to have you among us. We hope that thou would allow us the opportunity to learn more about one another." Rarity's eyes glowed as she rushed to her and cupped Luna's hands in her own.

"Why that's a wonderful idea. If you like, you both can stay over and we can spend some time together. We're a herd now after all, and this is a wonderful opportunity for us to get to know one another. Oh, Vincent. Are you available at the moment?" Rarity suggested as I looked to them both, and when Rarity asked me that question, I remembered that I had something in mind that I was going to do. But I didn't want to come off as a jerk to my new Herd mates.

"Well, I did have something planned that I was going to do. But maybe I can spend some time with you girls before I go. I was going to go over to Twilight's because I needed to ask her about something important." I stated as Rarity looked at me with interest as Luna understood my reason for wanting to speak to Twilight.

"Thou wishes to learn more about this 'dark dimension', correct?" Luna guessed as I nodded in reply. Rarity was even more confused, listening to Luna's question before she looked back at me.

"Dark dimension? What is this you are speaking about darling?" Rarity asked. I looked at Luna as she nodded and looked back at Rarity and decided to explain everything to her about what happened at Applejack's orchard when I was racing Rainbow Dash. It took a bit of time, but when I was done Rarity was wide-eyed with shock. The thought of being in a dark place with the only source of light being the scattered windows all around sounded pretty maddening. Luna placed her hand on Rarity's shoulder as Rarity looked at me with understanding.

"That sounds pretty serious darling. I've never heard of a spell that can have such a dire consequence on the user like that. This may be best taken to Twilight since she knows more about magic than any of us. If you wish, you can go over to Twilight's to have this matter settled. Meanwhile, Luna and I will stay and get to know one another a bit more." Rarity stated as Luna looked to her with a smile.

"We would like that very much. After all, as a Herd, we learn to love not just the leader, but to love one another as well." Luna remarked. "Wait a minute...did I hear that right?" I wondered to myself as I was caught by surprise.

"Wait...so does that mean that when you two join the herd, you also learn to love each other as well?" I questioned as they gave me an amused expression.

"Darling, its not like we are obligated to love one another. But yet it does build a stronger relationship with each other, and it'll make it easier on you as well. Rather then spending time with us both individually, you would have the option to spending time with us together. Makes sense?" Rarity explained. I rubbed the back of my head, taking in what she was saying into account and...it did make sense. I mean, we won't really have to do scheduling for days with each other and nopony will feel like they are being left out, so if anything, its pretty respectful to everypony all around.

"Yea, that makes sense. Well then, if you two aren't busy, would you like to accompany me to the library. Besides, as you said, it'll strengthen our bond because its my way of showing you two that there is nothing to hide and I want you both to be involved with what I do, respectfully of course." The girls giggled with my reasoning as Luna approached and took my hand, caressing it tenderly.

"Thou need not have to explain anything or feel like thou isn't trustworthy. We should only need thy words as enough assurance, if we can't even do that, then that shows that we don't trust you, and trust is one of the most important qualities in a relationship." Luna expressed as Rarity nodded in agreement. I smiled in knowing that the girls have such faith in me, even though such a short time was shared between us.

"So does that mean you girls would like to come with me then?" They nodded in response to my question as I took Luna's hand and walked her with me towards Rarity before I took her hand as well.

"Then let us make way with our day. The sooner we finish this, the sooner we can have some time to ourselves. Who knows, maybe we can have a nice picnic." I encouraged as the girls glowed from the suggestion.

"Why that sounds simply divine, and its such a wonderful weather we are having as well." Rarity beamed in delight as she emphasized on the reasoning for our little 'date'.

"Then let us not dally and make haste to the library so we may have the day to ourselves." Luna stated, and with that, we made our way out of Rarity's place as she locked the door behind us. With Luna to my left and Rarity to my right, we were the attention of the town as we made our way to the library. I don't know if it was that the Princess of the Night was dating, or if some ponies were happy to see Rarity glowing with happiness, or if it was me having a bashful smile on my face while adorned in Rarity's amazing design, but all I know is that we were very happy and we did not mind showing it to all of Ponyville.

It didn't take us that long to arrive to the Golden Oak Library, and as we approached the doorstep, I released Luna's hand and knocked on the door until we heard galloping from the other side as the hand glowed purple and the door opened up to reveal Twilight in her usual formal attire.

"Hi girls, hi Vincent, what brings you over to my home?" Twilight greeted. She looked down and noticed that I was holding Rarity's hand, and Luna seemed to have caught her gaze as she grabbed my other free hand as well before Twilight's jaws dropped and she looked up at us with a look of disbelief.

"Don't tell me you three are...in a Herd together!" She almost screamed out, I wasn't too sure if it was from surprise or anger but the question was still out there.

"Actually, yea. Luna, Rarity, and I have started a Herd together." I stated happily. Twilight's face then grew into an enthusiastic smile as she beckoned us inside to tell her the entire story, and naturally, we did.

As she let us in and we took our seats in the living room, we took the time to explain to her everything that has happened, with me meeting Princess Celestia, confessing my feelings towards Luna, learning about what a Herd is and what it means to be in one, and finally meeting Rarity to invite her into our Herd. Twilight was simply thrilled to hear about it, and was a bit surprised to hear Celestia's reaction regarding Luna and I, but understood her intention on the matter, and I didn't blame her. If somebody was to ask my sister to be in a committed relationship, I would be on guard with her mate to see if he, or she, is a stand up person and is not trying to use her.

"Wow, I never would have imagined the Princess being a bit...bold with her words. But was it necessary to stab her floor?" The girls giggled at Twilight's teasing as I rubbed the back of my head awkwardly.

"Come on Twilight, not you too. I already had to hear it from Celestia. I just got caught in the moment and...one thing led to another. But Twilight..." I explained myself before turning the conversation back to the point at hand, the reason why I came to Twilight as I gained her attention. She noticed the shift in my behavior as I was more concerned about something as she replied.

"Yes Vincent?"

"Before I was teleported to the castle, I was at Applejack's place working for the new job..."

"Oh really, how did it go?"

"It was actually pretty good. AJ is a hard worker and knows how to keep a good conversation. Makes working more lively. But anyways, we got to our break and Rainbow Dash stopped by to say hi and everything, one thing led to another and...we ended up racing."

"Haha, I take it you lost then."

"I'm pretty sure I did, but we couldn't tell because, something happened to me during that race..."

"Wh-what do you mean 'something happened to you'?" Twilight asked with great interest and concern.

"I can't really explain what it was but...as I was chasing Rainbow Dash down, we were flying towards the ground and...she managed to pull up quick enough but I didn't, I thought I was going to crash into the ground and I closed my eyes, expecting something to happen but...when I opened them back up, I was in another place. It was completely dark and I felt this strange sensation, it was, welcoming and warm but...I felt like I wasn't really safe. Plus there were lighted windows all around me, each with little sections of what I figured was Sweet Apple Acres. For some reason, during my time in there, everything seemed to have slowed down, and out of nowhere, I felt like I was being choked to death, like the place was...trying to kill me. I saw Rainbow Dash in one of the windows, moving very slowly and I tried to hurry my way over there before I...well, you know. Anyways, I made it through the window and Rainbow Dash was really confused because...apparently to her, I was behind her only a couple seconds at the time, but...I felt like I was in the place for much longer then that." As I finished explaining to Twilight what happened, she was worried for me as she began bombarding me with questions. Asking me things like 'How fast was I going?', 'Did I use some sort of spell?', 'Was I heavily bruised or had any head injuries?', she kept asking me questions as I answered them one by one until I put my finger on her lips to silence her.

"Twilight, you're attacking me like you're Pinkie right now." I teased at her as she closed her mouth shut and blushed. I giggled at her reaction before I pulled my hand back to resume to my question.

"So Twilight, what I wanted to ask you was if you have any idea what this place could have been?" Twilight immediately was deep in thought for a moment before she looked up at me and replied.

"I'm sorry Vincent, I can't really think of anything that sounds like the description that you gave me." I sighed in disappointment before I looked up at Twilight and smiled.

"It's okay, I just thought I'd ask you. But, it seems that I am capable of using some sort of magic and I heard that you were quite exceptional with using magic. So, I wanted to ask if you can...maybe teach me how to use magic, or see if I can use Natural magic at all?" Her face lifted with happiness as she jumped off the couch and was hopping around excitedly, chanting 'Yes, yes, yes, yes' repetitively. It was very nice to see her so happy before she stopped and gave me a sheepish smile as she apologized, then turned to face me as she became more like herself.

"Okay then. I'll teach you as much as possible. Do you think you can come back tomorrow after your work?" Twilight requested.

"Absolutely. I have free time and I haven't planned anything with the girls yet for tomorrow." I replied honestly.

"Great, then I'll see you here tomorrow at...let's say 12:30 in the afternoon. Does that sound good?" Twilight suggested as I smiled.

"That sounds perfect." I agreed. So now, with that begins another form of training in my path to help saving my home. I just hope that all this effort will be enough.