You know when you’re talking to your friends about the times you had sex and one of them says how one girl they were with was so good, they came buckets? Well, they obviously have no idea how much cum can fill a bucket. And neither do I, but I was told by Velvet, in a pretty disgusted tone later that night, that I came about 2 gallons. While I was impressed by the number, I was also disgusted by the fact that she actually took the time to figure that out and made a mental note to do something nice for her when the week was over.

And boy, what a week it was. Consultations in the mornings with the same ponies everyday, minus the two guys, and sex with those same ponies later that night: I was living every straight, single, furry, man’s dream. But as you can guess, my body started failing me towards the end. Even with all my new strength and endurance, fucking for six hours straight for five days wore me and my magic out. Luckily, Celestia decided to stay the whole week, having seen that coming, and comforted me during my few hours of sleep.

As the weekend rolled around, the number of mares that showed up thankfully decreased by a lot, giving me, and Alex Jr. a break. As I sat around in my study on Sunday morning waiting for mares to show up, Velvet and I were playing games on my phone.

“Yes!” she exclaimed when she won the fifth game we played.

“Goddamnit!” I exclaimed as I threw my hands in the air, “This doesn’t make any sense! You don’t have hands! You shouldn’t be good at this!”

“Oh, do not get upset, Sir,” she teased with the smallest of smirks, “I am sure there is a game you are better at than me.”

“No, that was the last one,” I said as I hung my head and she patted my shoulder, “and I’m supposed to be good at video games. If we had actually games, I could- wait... We do!” I was about to jump off the couch we were sitting on when a knock distracted me and made me trip over the coffee table right in front of me. I fell face first and sat there for a while as I heard Velvet suppress her giggles.

“Just get the door,” I mumbled into the floor before I got up.

“Yes, Sir,” she giggled into her hoof before taking a second to calm down as I sat at my desk and rubbed my nose. There was a short conversation between her and what sounded like a few ponies before she stepped to the side and let them in. To my extreme surprise, I watched the Cutie Mark Crusaders along with Silver Spoon trot into the room as their little heads spun around and looked about the room. It took the three a second to notice me and happily jump onto me, breaking me out of my surprised trance. There’s no way they’re here for that.

“Hey, girls,” I greeted as they hugged me, “what’s going on?”

“Ya said you were gonna go crusadin with us, remember?” Applebloom said as she squeezed out of my hold.

“Yeah, I know. I’ve just been really busy, but is that why you’re here?” I asked, hoping to god it was.

“Yeah!” Scootaloo answered, making me sigh in relief.

“Well, not really,” Sweetie Belle corrected, making me pull that breath back in.

“W-what do you mean?” I asked nervously as I looked at their sheepish smiles.

“Well,” Applebloom started as she hopped off my desk and stood next to Silver Spoon who was staring at her hooves, “Silver Spoon here asked us for some help.”

“Yeah, and since we’re helping somepony out, we might get our cutie marks in-” Scootaloo started but was cut off by Sweetie Belle’s hoof.

“We’re just helping her out. She said she wanted to come see your castle and we did too, so here we are,” she explained.

“Oh, well I guess I can give you a tour,” I said as I got up, holding Sweetie and Scootaloo in my arms, “even I could use the tour. I’ve yet to see everything around here.”

“Yay!” the three exclaimed.

“Sir, what about your appointments?” Velvet asked as we headed for the door.

“Ugh,” I groaned as I flopped my head back, “if anybody shows up, just let me know.”

“Yes sir.”

“Alright, let the tour begin!” I said as I kicked open the door and headed down the hall, the three girls giggling the whole way. Walking back to the lobby, I started off the tour by showing off the throne/ball room and its ability to change between the two. From there, we headed to my room and I showed off a few of the bedrooms in that hall, all of which were completely different form one another in terms of décor.

When we reached my room, it wasn’t until I had already opened the door that I realized I probably shouldn’t let them in because of how disgusting it had become over the week. I was going to say something, but it was too late when the three jumped into the pit and rolled around on the soiled pillows. I cringed as I watched them bounce around and cover themselves in filth, making me turn my head and look down at Silver Spoon who was standing next to me. Like she had been doing most the time she’d been with me, she had her eyes fixed on her hooves, but I caught her stealing a glance up at me when she thought I wasn’t looking.

“You okay, Silver Spoon?” I asked her, making her jump.

“Y-yeah, I’m fine,” she replied as she traced her hoof on the floor, “I’ve just never been to a castle before.”

“Ah, I get it. Well, just think of this as your home away from home. You can come over whenever you want, you know; if your parents say it’s cool and nothing’s going on. I’ll play with you whenever you want,” I said before looking back at the three who stopped bouncing and were watching me, “that goes for you three too.”

“Awesome!” Scootaloo exclaimed.

“Uh, Alex?” Sweetie Belle called as she stepped out of the pit.

“What’s up?”

“I’ve got something sticky on my hooves,” she said as she pressed her hooves together and they stuck together for a second as she struggled to pull them apart. Oh god.

“And what’s that smell?” Applebloom asked as she sniffed the air.

“Alright, we’re all taking baths,” I said before snapping my fingers and making a window open before motioning to the door, “right this way, girls.”

“Aw, I hate baths,” Scootaloo groaned as she and Applebloom got out of the pit.

“Well, you might like this one,” I said as I scooped all of the fillies into my arms and made my way to the bath, “it’s pretty much a swimming pool.”

“I do like pools,” she replied as she climbed out of my arms and onto my left shoulder. Sweetie Belle copied her and got on my right as Applebloom hung from the spot between my wings, while I just kept holding Silver Spoon. The three talked amongst themselves as they got a new perspective on the hall we already walked through and Sliver Spoon kept quiet and still in my arms, making me worry a little. When we made it to the bath, Scootaloo was definitely singing a different tune as she hopped off of me and dived into the bath, being quickly followed by her two friends.

“It was mostly for them, but you can join us if you want,” I said to Silver as I put her down and followed after the three, stripping my clothes as I went. I sighed in relief as I got in the large pool and the warm water washed away my stress, making me only realize then that I hadn’t taken a bath the whole week. I magiced a bottle of body wash onto my hand before calling the three over and scrubbing them down thoroughly. As I tickled the filth from their coats, making them giggle cutely, I glanced behind me and found Silver Spoon standing a foot behind me with slightly red cheeks.

“Mind getting the base of my wings?” I asked her as I set the bottle on the edge of the pool, “It’s impossible to do by myself.”

“O-okay,” she answered, her cheeks getting a littler redder as she got closer and took the bottle. I sat up straight, giving her better access to my back as I focused back on the fillies in front of me. While hooves aren’t the best at washing backs, they’re certainly better than claws, so I welcomed her dainty rubs on my new appendages. When I finished, I dunked each of the girls; taking them all by surprise and making them tackle me under after they came back up. They wrestled me in and out of the water while I tried my best to tickle them off of me, but failed due to their small and agile bodies.

“Uh, P-Prince?” I heard Silver call when I came up for air.

“What’s up?” I replied as I wiped the water from my face and felt two of the girls jump on my shoulders.

“T-there’s somepony-”

“Alex, what are you doing?” I heard a familiar voice ask in a disgusted tone, making me freeze. I slowly turned towards Silver Spoon and found Trish standing a few feet behind her with a towel wrapped around her.

“…Uh-”

“Hey, what happened?” Scootaloo asked as she came out of the water right in front of me and held onto my chest, “You guys just stopped all of a sudden.”

“Oh my god, Alex,” Trish groaned as she face palmed.

“I swear to god, it’s not what it looks like,” I said as I waded over to the edge of the pool, “we were just taking a bath cause they went in my room that’s disgusting because of all the mares that have been coming over the whole week, and-”

“I know what you were doing. Rosewing told me,” she interrupted as she stared daggers at me, “it’s disgusting. I could hear all the noises from my room.”

“…S-sorry,” I mumbled as I looked down at the water.

“What’s she talking about?” Sweetie Belle whispered to Applebloom.

“They must be talkin about that bug that was goin around this week,” she whispered back.

“I can’t believe you’d stoop so low as to mess around with little girls,” Trish scolded, making me tense up, “just as I was starting to get over the other thing, I find out you’re fooling around with every mare in town.”

“…B-but-”

“L-leave him alone!” Silver Spoon exclaimed, making me look up and see her staring down Trish, “He didn’t do anything wrong! They were just playing!”

“Uh,” Trish mumbled, seemingly thrown off by the filly’s intervention, “look here, little girl: you might not know what’s going on yet, but he’s just taking advantage of you. He’s only-”

“No! He wouldn’t do that!” Sweetie Belle spoke up this time, “He helped out my sister a bunch of times and never did anything mean to her!”

“That might be what it seems like, but-”

“No, she’s right!” Applebloom joined in, “He helped mah sister get over that bug and now she’s better than ever!”

“Yeah, so stop being mean to him!” Scootaloo added. There was silence for a few moments as the girls stared down Trish who only raised a brow at their words.

“…I see you’ve done a fine job of brainwashing them,” she said coldly before walking around to the other side of the pool and getting in, “get out.”

“…Alright,” I mumbled before complying and getting out with the three fillies still clung to me. I walked past Silver Spoon who was still staring angrily at Trish before grabbing some towels.

“Come on, Silver,” I called to her and she quickly followed me to a dressing room where we dried off.

“What’s her deal?” Scootaloo asked as I dried her mane, “Who is she anyway?”

“Old friend from my world,” I answered weakly, “if you’re around and you see her, just leave her alone.”

“Ah wouldn’t want to talk to her anyway,” Applebloom huffed.

“If she’s your friend, why is she so mean to you?” Sweetie asked.

“…To put it simply, she doesn’t like my new job.”

“But all you do is help ponies. What’s not to like about that?” Scoots asked after I finished drying her.

“She wasn’t lying when she said you wouldn’t understand yet, so don’t worry about it,” I said as I started drying Applebloom.

“I-I think I understand,” Silver Spoon spoke up, making all of us look at her, “why all those mares came here, and why they all leave really late.” I looked and squinted at her as she fought to hold my gaze.

“And why’s that?” I asked.

“…B-because they l-like you,” she answered meekly as she quickly dropped her head. There was silence for a second before I chuckled lightly.

“Heh, yeah I guess so,” I said before I finished drying everyone and putting my clothes back on. When Sweetie finished fixing up her mane, we left the room and continued the tour, but not before I scooped up Silver and carried her for my own comfort. As we walked down a random hallway, we came across the room I was going to run to before the girls came: my game room. In the large room were video games of all kinds from the old-school cabinets that I had no interest in, to the newest game consoles that I had back home.

This room was the most interesting to the group by far because of all the flashing lights, screens, and buttons waiting to be pressed. I didn’t even wait for them to ask if they could explore before I gave them the go ahead. The three ran off to separate corners of the room and I was about to put Silver down, but she held onto me.

“What’s wrong?”

“C-can you show me how that one works?” she asked as she pointed a hoof at a Street Fighter cabinet a ways off.

“Sure,” I replied with a smile before walking us over to it. We spent a great deal of time in the room as we went from machine to machine as the four played various games and I watched on in frustrated silence. They don’t have hands and they’re kids, so I don’t know what I expected. By the time lunch rolled around, Velvet came and got me telling me as much. I invited the little fillies to eat with me, neglecting to mention that the princess would be there, but the three crusaders declined, saying they had some business to attend to. A little disappointed, I led the group back to the front door and said bye to the three with the usual hugs and kisses, leaving a nervous Silver Spoon alone with me.

“How about some lunch?” I asked her as I closed the door.

“S-sounds good,” she replied as I started to walk, but stopped when I felt her tug on my pants, “b-but… can you hold me? This place is really big.”

“Sure,” I said as I picked her up again. When we got to the dinning room and walked the long way to other side of the table, we found Celestia already sitting in her seat right next to mine at the head.

“There you are, Alex,” she said with a smile before noticing Silver in my arms, “and who’s this?”

“My friend Silver Spoon,” I introduced as I sat in my seat.

“H-hello, Princess,” she greeted as she bowed her small head.

“Silver Spoon?” Celestia repeated as she thought for a second, “I believe I’ve met you parents at an event a few years ago. I hope they’re doing well.”

“…W-well, my daddy is,” is answered after a brief silence, telling Celestia and I all we needed to know.

“Well, that’s good to hear. Now, why don’t you eat something?” the princess said as she floated food onto both of our plates. Silver sat in my lap as she nibbled on some flowers and Celestia and I talked.

“So it seems you’ve made it through the week,” she stated.

“Yeah, somehow. And it seems you’ve been handling it pretty well,” I replied as I threw a grape in my mouth.

“Seeing you at the end of each night helped with that, but unfortunately, I must return to Canterlot. As much as my dear sister says she enjoys working, I imagine she’s quite tired and could use a break.”

“You should tell her to come hang out with me then,” I offered, “we haven’t seen each other face to face in a while.”

“Hmm, that does sound nice. I’ll let her know she’s welcome,” she said before we fell into a comfortable silence. Though the silence was comfortable, I wasn’t. That short encounter with Trish threw me off quite a bit, so much so that little Silver Spoon noticed.

“Prince?” she called as she put a hoof on my arm, “Are you alright?”

“Wha?” I mumbled as I looked down at her worried face, “Y-yeah. I’m fine, guess I’m more tired than I thought.”

“Well, why don’t you go and rest,” Celestia offered as she got up from her seat, “I’ll see little Silver Spoon home before I head back.”

“That doesn’t sound like a bad idea,” I replied as I too stood up and I walked the two to the door.

“T-thank you for having me over, Prince Alex,” Silver said before I placed her on Celestia’s back.

“No problem. Feel free to come over whenever,” I said as I scratched her ear before focusing on Celestia, “and I obviously don’t have to tell you that.”

“Of course not, my love,” she said before we kissed. Hearing Silver Spoon squeak in surprise, I opened an eye and saw her staring at us with a deep blush that only got darker when I winked at her.

“See ya,” I said as Celestia trotted down the road. With a heavy sigh I closed the door and turned around, finding Velvet standing in front of me expectantly.

“Since it looks like nopony else is going to show up, go ahead and take the rest of the day off, Velvet,” I said before heading to my room, “and feel free to use that little bit of money to go do something.”

“Thank you, Sir. But what are you going to do?” she asked.

“Go to sleep and never wake up,” I replied as I climbed the stairs and left her in the lobby. I trudged my way to my room where I quickly collapsed into the pit, almost breaking my neck doing so before getting comfortable. I lay there for a few minutes waiting to fall asleep, but soon pulled out my phone to distract myself with reddit like I used to, and was quickly disappointed. With a huff, I closed the app and looked for some music to lull me to sleep, but was interrupted when my door suddenly opened, making me sit up and see Chrysalis trotting over.

“Need something?” I asked as I watched her step down into the pit and sit in front of me.

“Did you already forget?” she asked.

“…Forget what?”

“The plan!” she exclaimed.

“Oh,” I sighed as I laid my head back down, “can we start that tomorrow? I’m tired and I’m pretty sure I have next to no magic anyway.” I could feel her deadly gaze on me as I continued to distract myself with my phone before she pulled it out of my hands.

“You’re not stalling for time, are you?” she asked as I sat back up and watched her use my phone like she had been all week.

“Stalling? What would I be stalling for?”

“Perhaps you’ve told Celestia about our plan and she’s readying a countermeasure as we speak,” she said as she played a song.

“No, I didn’t do that, and didn’t you hear me just say I was tired?” I said as I tried to snatch the phone out of her magic, but failed and fell on my face, “Can you just give me a break today?”

“I’ve been kind enough to give you a break this whole week,” she replied as I felt a tap on my head.

“Not really,” I mumbled into the pillows, “you were taking my love every morning and leaving me pretty tired until lunch. If you leave me alone for today, I promise we’ll start tomorrow. As long as nothing crazy happens, of course.”

“…Fine. I guess there wouldn’t be any point in forcing you if you weren’t at your best anyway.”

“Thank you,” I said as I flipped over and stared at the ceiling. There were a few more moments as I tried to force myself asleep, but it just wasn’t happening.

“If you’re so tired, why aren’t you asleep yet?” Chrysalis asked as her face came into view right over mine.

“I don’t know,” I sighed as I sat up, putting her right behind me, “I guess I got too used to having Celestia here.”

“What are you talking about?” I heard the princess’s voice say after feeling a small surge of magic and a pair of white hooves wrap around my neck, “I’m right he-”

“Don’t. Fucking. Do that.” I said as I flexed my wings, knocking Chrysalis off of me before I stood up, “In fact, don’t impersonate anyone I know.” I stepped out of the pit and headed for the door as I felt another surge of magic from Chrysalis.

“And where are you going now?”

“...I think a little party will do me good,” I answered as I opened the door.

“Wait. You’re not going to see the Element of La-” she started to say, but was cut off by a hard knock from the front door.

“Looks like that’s her now,” I said with a small smirk as I glanced back at Chrysalis’s terrified face, “don’t worry, it’ll be a small get together.” It wasn’t. Within a few hours, the ballroom was decorated like a nightclub with a stage where Vinyl Scratch, who I got to know pretty well over the past week, played her and my stuff. With Berry Punch running a bar on one side of the room next to a large spread of food, the rest of the room was used as it was supposed to: as a dance floor.

I stood at the door to the busy room, watching the ponies enjoy themselves as I greeted the few that kept coming in every few minutes. After an hour or two passed, my second favorite princess showed.

“Alex! It has been too long!” Luna greeted as she approached me all smiles.

“Hey, Luna!” I shouted over the music as I gave her a hug, “About time you got here!”

“My apologies! I could not pull myself away from my work!” she explained as she looked over the festive atmosphere with amazement, “But I was not expecting such a warm welcome! Did you put on this party for me?”

“Uh, sure!” I said before turning towards the crowd, “Yo, Princess Luna’s here!” Everypony screamed and cheered from at my words, making her blush.

“You should not have!” she shouted at me with an embarrassed smile.

“Well, I didn’t,” I mumbled to myself.

“What was that?”

“I said, I was saving my first dance for you!” I said as I nodded towards Vinyl and she nodded back as she started mixing something, “Let’s go!”

“W-what? Me? Dance?” she stuttered as she stood in place, “I-I could not see myself doing such a thing!”

“Aw, come on!” I said as I grabbed her hoof and pulled her into the crowd, “It’s fine! Everypony’s doing it!” When we were in the middle of the mob, I started bouncing around with the music as I watched Luna watch me nervously.

“But everypony’s watching!” she shouted as we were bumped into every so often.

“No their not!” I yelled back as I waved a hand over the crowd, “They’re too busy having fun!” I watched her as she looked over the ponies around her and saw exactly what I said: ponies with huge smiles on their faces as they bounced and shifted around each other with most of their attention on Pinkie who was dancing on stage with a few others. I watched as Luna gathered her courage and started to jump with me. Seeing her finally let down her guard, I focused my attention on Pinkie as well as she somehow pulled off moves I was pretty sure only humans could do.

And just like that, the evening went by in a flash and I did actually feel my energy and magic return as I danced with Luna and the six. When Vinyl started playing some of my trap, I sensed someone watching me. As I looked around for my stalker, I spotted an unfamiliar, but beautiful mare surrounded by five other ponies as she bounced her head to the beat. When our eyes met, she winked at me, flashing her green slitted eyes and letting me know who it really was.

Not worrying about any Changeling attacks that night, I continued to dance, drink, and be merry with the nice folks of Ponyville. By the time midnight rolled around, a bunch of ponies started leaving, which made sense since it was Sunday. That meant though, that the second part of the party was about to start: the karaoke part. I begrudgingly agreed to Pinkie’s idea when she pleaded for half an hour straight, saying it would be fun for everyone to sing songs from my world. While I did want to hear and see most of the girls sing, I wasn’t too keen on the fact that I had to at some point.

“Alright!” Pinkie exclaimed into the mic she held, making everyone cover their ears in pain, “Oh, my bad! So who wants to go first?” Literally no one volunteered, making Pinkie hop of stage and walk around the small crowd looking for someone she could force on stage without scarring them for life too bad. Picking a stallion and dragging him on stage by his tail, she picked a song and sung with him, making it a little better for him.

Thankful I wasn’t picked, I went to the back of the room and sat down, giving my feet a break. As I did, Applejack approached my table and sat down with me.

“Having fun?” I asked her as I drained the random drink sitting in front of me.

“Darn tootin,” she replied with a smile, “most fun ah’ve had in while.”

“Oh, so this past week doesn’t count?” I asked with a raised brow, making her blush and punch me.

“Ya know what ah mean!” she said as I chuckled and rubbed my arm, “Anyway, ah got that stuff ya wanted.”

“What?” I said as she took off her hat and pulled out a bag significantly bigger than the one I gave her, filled with Mary Jane, “Wha-how-it’s only been a week! How’d you grow it so fast?”

“Ya said yerself, ah’m the best farmer around,” she said with a grin as I took the bag from her.

“And prettiest, don’t forget that,” I said as I opened the bag and the smell smacked me in the face, “holy shit that’s dank.”

“What?”

“Nothing,” I replied as I snapped my fingers and a grinder appeared and dropped into my hand, “wanna try some of your own handiwork?”

“Ya still haven’t told me what it is,” she said as she watched me grind and pack a bowl.

“It’s a… fun enhancer. It won’t kill you, I promise,” I said as I flicked my thumb, making a flame appear on the tip, and used it to toke up.

“Ya have to smoke it?” she asked as I held my breath for a second before coughing up a lung and making her pat my back.

“As of right now, yeah,” I said as I calmed down and took another hit, releasing it a lot more smoothly, “tastes like apples.”

“What’s going on here?” an unfamiliar voice asked, making me look up and find a disguised Chrysalis, a disguise that stayed somewhat true to what she actually looked like, minus the holes.

“Smoking a bowl,” I answered as I already started feeling it, “want some?”

“Alex, who’s that?” AJ whispered to me.

“Chrysalis,” I answered nonchalantly, making her tense up as she stared menacingly at the Changeling queen.

“Relax, Honesty. I’ve no plans on destroying you and your friends today,” Chrysalis said as she pulled up a seat next to me, “so what is this?”

“A fun enhancer. I’m sure you’re down to try some,” I said as I held the pipe up to her.

“…It won’t kill me, will it?” she asked suspiciously.

“Uh, no. I’m smoking it and I’m fine,” I said, but it wasn’t enough to convince her, “alright, I get it. The great Queen of the Changelings is too afraid to-”

“I’m not afraid of anything!” she said as she pulled my hand towards her, “How does this work?” Similar to Pinkie’s first time, I lit the pipe for her as she took a hit and coughed it up the first time, but redeemed herself the second time. Not being able to handle getting shown up by an enemy, AJ took a few hits too and soon, there was a cloud of smoke at our table as we sat and stared at things through squinted eyes. We were so out of it that we didn’t notice Pinkie had left the stage until she appeared right behind us.

“You guys smoking a doobie over here?” she asked suddenly, scaring the shit out of Chrysalis just enough for her to drop her disguise.

“Yo, Chrys,” I said slowly as I pointed at her, “your real self’s showing.”

“Huh? Oh,” she said before taking a few tries to change back to the disguise she was using a second ago.

“Can I have some?” Pinkie asked as she sat in my lap and didn’t wait for my response. After passing another bowl around, Luna came over with the rest of the six.

“What’s going on over here? And what’s that smell?” Twilight asked and we all stayed silent as she looked over our stoned faces, “Uh, hello?”

“Wha, oh hey,” I greeted as I looked at each of their faces before looking down at the pipe still in my hand, “you girls want some?”

“No time!” Pinkie said suddenly, “I just remembered why I came over here! It’s your turn too sing, Ally!”

“Wait, what?” I said, but before I could really react, I was on stage with a mic in my hand. I squinted even more than I already was as I looked over the small crowd and spotted my group way in the back. Thank god I’m high, I thought with a shrug before thinking of a random song and snapping my fingers for it to start.

“This song goes out to a certain someone,” I said as the song started up.

“Don’t you mean, ‘somepony?’” someone called out.

“Nope,” I answered before I started.

Somewhat surprised by how well I think I sung, I took in everpony’s applause and cheers with a goofy smile before stepping off stage and handing the mic to another pony. When I met up with my group, I was pounced on by Pinkie.

“That was super duper awesome, Ally!” she exclaimed with all the energy she could muster before sliding off of me and onto the floor, “but I got noodle hooves again.”

“Yes, I did not know how well you could sing. We should sing a duet for my song,” Luna proposed.

“Sure,” I replied, “I guess we could sing-”

“Master?” a voice called from behind me.

“Oh, hey Rosewing,” I greeted as I faced her, “decided to join the party, huh?”

“Well, I’m not much of a party griffon, but this one might be ruined in a minute.”

“…What do you mean?” I asked slowly. She didn’t say anything as she pointed a claw at the stage, slowly drawing my attention to it and finding Trish up on it. It took me a good few seconds to figure out what was going on as the surrounding ponies murmured and whispered to each other about who she was.

“…This can’t be good,” I said as a song started, “you girls might want to stand back.”

“Why?” Rainbow asked as she kept her eyes on Trish.

“Just in case I catch fire from how bad she’s about to burn me.”

As painful as all that was to hear and know it was directed at me, the worst part was how she didn’t even finish the song and just dropped the mic before walking off stage. A few of the ponies applauded her, but thinking back, I’m pretty sure almost everypony knew that song was for someone, if not me. I watched as she walked around the crowd of ponies, past me, and towards the door of the ballroom. It took me second to get myself to follow after; both because of the weed and the huge bomb she just dropped on me.

“W-wait, Trish,” I called as I followed her, “I might just be high, but I think you meant the part about leaving.”

“You are high, and yes, I did,” she replied as we left the room and once outside it, she picked up a big bag, “bye, Alex.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa!” I said as I jumped in front of her, “You’re not serious, are you?” She just stared at me with a seriousness that I could understand no matter how high I was.

“Y-you can’t just leave by yourself!”

“And why not?” she asked as she stepped around me.

“I-you-wha! …It’s really late! You could get hurt or killed by some dangerous monster!”

“I’ve survived before, I can handle myself.”

“B-but!” I stammered as I looked around and spotted Twilight among the group that followed us, “What about going home?! W-we’re still working on that!”

“I’ve talked to Spike. You haven’t done anything to help and according to him, Twilight’s at a dead end because she doesn’t have anywhere to start.”

“B-but… Where are you going to go? Wherever you go, you’ll be treated like you were in the griffon kingdom!” I asked desperately as she reached the front doors.

“I made it through that, I’m sure I can do it a few more times,” she said as she fought to open the door, “and I’m sure with this world full of magic, I can find a way back home.”

“But-but-”

“Just stop, Alex,” she said after she opened the door and kept her back to me, “this is hard enough already. As much as I don’t really want to leave and hope that Twilight finds a way back for us, I just can’t sit around and wait on others to solve my problems for me, especially when one of those others doesn’t help.”

“…But-but I-”

“And you. This place has changed you- changed you into someone who would take advantage of and have sex with animals. That disgusts me and I can’t stand being around you knowing that.”

“But how can you still say their animals after all this time?!” I asked, now a little hysterical, “You’ve seen how intelligent they are, they’re practically human!”

“But that’s just it!” she exclaimed as she turned and faced me, a single tear sliding down her cheek, “They’re not human! You can’t love or be in love with something that isn’t like you!” Completely dumbfounded by her statement, I just stared at her as she wiped the tear from her cheek and turned back to the door.

“Good bye, Alex. Maybe I’ll see you when I get home,” she said before leaving. I fell to my knees as I watched her disappear into the night, leaving me to wonder when or if I would see her again. …I guess I fucked up…

“Alex!” I heard a few voices call, though two were a few seconds off as I heard a herd of hoof-steps behind me.

“Are you alright, Alex?” Luna asked as she put a hoof on my shoulder, “Who was that? And how dare she insult the prince of this castle!”

“That was beyond rude, especially after you were kind enough to let her stay here,” Rarity said as she sneered at the door, “I think it’s for the best that she’s left.”

“I know she wasn’t lyin, but she could’a said that a little nicer,” Applejack said as she stood in front of me and flashed me a smile, “but don’t you worry none, Sugarcube. I’m sure she’ll be fine and-”

“Yeah,” I muttered as I looked up and put on a fake smile, “I-I’m sure she’ll be alright, so enough about that.” I slowly stood up, my smile unwavering as I turned and headed back to the ballroom.

“Come on, we still got a party to enjoy.” With that I climbed the stairs back up to the party with the girls following close behind. For the next few hours, I sat with my stoic smile and watched the girls and others sing various songs and have fun. The whole time though, Trish’s hurtful words played in my head over and over, making me start to doubt my actions so far. I mean, sure: if I was back on earth, I probably wouldn’t sleep with a talking horse… but I know they’re more than that… but I guess, somewhere deep down, I do feel like it’s wrong in some way… Maybe that’s what keeps me from admitting I ‘like-like’ Celestia. Jesus, I can’t even think the word. And it doesn’t help I still have feelings for Trish… Maybe I’d be better off if I let go of those feelings, especially since it seems like she did…

“Alex?” Luna’s voice called, bringing me out of my thoughts.

“Yeah, what’s up?” I asked as I flashed her a smile.

“Everypony has departed.”

“What?” I replied as I looked around and found absolutely no one left in the large room, “Oh… Well, I guess it’s time for bed then.” Getting up from my seat, I stumbled a little and Luna caught me with her wing.

“Heh, thanks,” I said as I stood up straight and started towards the door, “I’ll uh, I’ll show you to your room.”

“That will not be necessary,” she replied as she followed me.

“Oh, are you leaving?”

“No, I would just prefer to spend the night with you. I think it would be best for you to not be alone.”

“Uh,” I muttered as I looked at her, my smile failing.

“Is that not alright?” she asked with a tilt of her head.

“…No, it’s fine,” I answered as I fixed my smile and led the way to my room. When we got there, I was almost hesitant to let the princess lay down, but I was surprised to find that all the pillows in the pit were clean and free of bodily fluids. Once I plopped down, Luna quickly stepped in and lay right next to me. We sat there for a while as I stared at the ceiling and she stared at me before eventually speaking up.

“I recognize that smile and what it means,” she said, making me turn my gaze to her.

“Oh?” I replied with an even tone.

“Tia began smiling like that when she was told she could not bear any foals of her own,” she explained, “and while I know that is not what concerns you right now, it did concern her a great deal and is partly why she had not involved herself with any stallions before you. Like her, I believe you put on that empty smile to cover up something that pains you.”

“…Is it that obvious?” I asked, but couldn’t drop the smile.

“To others, no, but it is only obvious to me because I have seen it before. And while I mistakenly did nothing to comfort my sister in her time of need, I will be a better pony and help you now.”

“I’m fine,” I said as I turned to my side, putting my back to her, “I really don’t want to talk about it.”

“That is fine,” she said before I felt the pillows shift and was suddenly pulled back into her hooves, her chin resting above my head, “then let us dream.” I was about to say something back, but was suddenly hit with a wave of drowsiness as I watched a serene and warm blanket of darkness resembling her mane cover me and put me to sleep.

…

The next thing I knew, I was standing in a grassy, moonlit field surrounded by similar grassy hills and meadows, reminding me of a similar, but much more colorful dreamscape. Once I realized this, I looked out over the hills and found a large weeping willow on the highest hill, its droopy branches and leaves swaying in the cool breeze. Not needed to think, I spread and flapped my wings as I jumped, launching me up and over to the tree. When I landed, I found Luna sitting peacefully under the tree as her mane mimicked the branches and she watched me walk up to her. I sat down next to her and leaned back against the strangely soft tree and waited for her to start talking.

“So,” she started as she looked out at the starry sky, “how are you doing, Alex?”

“Not great,” I sighed with a sad face, but quickly changed it to my smile, “I mean- I’m fine.”

“I see. And you are not having any problems with anypony?”

“Well, there was that thing with Trish earlier,” I started, but reeled it in again, “I mean- no. I’m getting along with everyone and not totally bummed that one of my friends just literally walked out on me.”

“I see. How does that make you feel?”

“Like shit,” I replied, not realizing that I completely gave up on lying, “she was one of my closest friends and I had no idea she thought like that.”

“Are you upset about that?”

“I mean, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. When you come from a society that says you’re only supposed to like those like you, you tend to hold onto those ideas, even when you go to a different world but… she’s made me question myself.”

“How so?”

“…Like,” I tried to start as I looked down at my hands, “like, I don’t know if my feelings for certain ponies are real. Like… what if it was only because of this place and its magic that I’ve developed these feelings?”

“Feelings are the most complicated things, are they not?” she mused as she scooted closer to me, “In all the years that I have lived, I have yet to understand them. But one of the many things I have learned about them, is that one must always trust one’s own feelings, no matter how wrong they may seem.” I glanced at her and saw a sad look on her face as she kept her eyes on the sky.

“Had we met before my banishment, I would have said that with more confidence, but I still believe in that idea,” she said as her frown turned into a small smile, “even if you come to learn that your feelings were misplaced or even wrong, you can learn from them and find comfort in becoming a better pony.”

“…Yeah, I guess,” I sighed as I turned my gaze back to the sky, “but… I'm not sure how to move past this .”

“What do you believe you should do?”

“I feel like I should be making some kind of effort to find a way back home, but- in all honesty… I don’t really want to leave. This world is so much better than mine, but I know there’s no place like home.”

“…Do you want to know what I believe?” she asked, making turn and look into her bright blue eyes.

“Sure.”

“I believe you should not concern yourself with returning home. As your so-called ‘friend’ said, she will look for a way to return, and if she really is your friend, she will come back and offer to let you go with her. So in the mean time,” she said before wrapping her hooves around me and holding me firmly, “enjoy your time here. While I cannot speak for anypony else, I have enjoyed having you here in our world.”

“Heh, thanks,” I said as I hugged her back, putting my face in her mane, “…blueberries.”

“Hmm?” she hums into my neck.

“Thanks for listening to me ramble,” I said as we released each other, but she kept her hooves on my shoulders and I kept a hand on her neck, “I guess talking about your problems does help, especially with somepony so beautiful. Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to-” Without warning, my words were cut off by Luna’s mouth literally crashing into mine, making me bang my head against the tree. It only lasted a second before she quickly pulled away and stood up as I rubbed the back of my head.

“Ow,” I said as the pain quickly faded away and I looked up and the princess’s blushing face.

“F-f-forgive me!” she shouted before quickly turning to mist and floating away with the wind.

“…Well, that was something. So much for having a strong mind or whatever,” I said as I looked up at the mare in the moon that also seemed to be blushing. With a small smirk, I closed my eyes, put my hands behind my head, and leaned back against the tree, content with letting my mind rest within Luna’s.

Author's Notes:

Character problem solved! Even if getting rid of her was the bitch way out, but I didn't really have any intention of having her be a permanent character anyway, so whatever. Depending on how long this story ends up being, she may make a return, but how's Alex going to get over this? And will he actually be able to cop a feel of Luna's donk? Probably not.