Chapter 15:

The Beginning Of A Party

(*****)

The alarm clock went off with a few beeps, announcing to Sterling that it was time to wake up in the morning. The same announcement also showed that it was just five minutes until 8:00 AM. Sterling could only groan from how annoying the sounds were to him. His hands pressed the button to silence the alarm before switching the alarm to 'off'. As he shuffled back to the warm spot on his bed, his hands moved around for a bit to see if he could sneak in a few more hours of sleep if he was successful with pulling more of the covers to him.

“Rrrrgggh! These.... mornings.... suck!” he griped into his pillow as he covered his eyes away from the light of the sun that was raised up by Celestia herself. “And Celestia is not making it any better for me,” he complained as well trying to move away from the light, praying to himself that someone would tell him it was gone right now. But that's what happens when a person drinks a little bit during the night. And Sterling was paying the price of that great night with a slight headache that paled in comparison to the pain that he was feeling in his lower regions. “Ugh.... And I so curse myself for being able to make love to the Princesses,” he started to grumble before he said, “but at least I'm alone in my bed, finally.”

“Hardly, deary.”

Only Rarity could make such a remark. And Sterling sighed deeply from how he knew that she was going to intrude on him anyway, despite wanting to be alone for that moment.

“Yeah, well, I'm not a morning person like you, Rarity,” he greeted her with a groan. “And more to the point if I have a hangover, just like I have right now.” He moved his hands to his forehead and felt the pain in his temples throbbing with a punching-like force.

“Here, darling, take these,” Rarity instructed him with her magic on his hands. He was able to see a glass of water and a pill being levitated to him by a blue aura that was already summoned by the seamstress in his room. Sterling takes the pill into his mouth and swallows it whole with all of the water taken in. “And I do hope that you will be in a better mood than you are at the moment,” she said to him with a loving voice as a small grin nearly escaped her lips.

“I'm sorry, Rarity,” he began to apologize to her. “It's also the fact that I am quite sore down here-” - he waved at his lower area - “- and I so blame myself for that. All of you ladies gave me such a great night last night, and I still feel pooped out.” Rarity then walked over to his left bedside and crawled up to him. And when her body got close enough to his, she wrapped her arms around him in an embrace that was soon followed by a long kiss that got him to close his eyes from how wonderful it felt to him. She was able to know that he had felt his energy coming back to him within that instant. And after the kiss was done, Rarity moved over a little bit to get a bit snuggling done with him.

“I'm only happy if I get to be at least this close to you,” she explained to him as her face had moved between his chest and neck. “And you really needn't feel bad about giving us such an amazing night; the passion, the sweat, the symphonies, the energy! I could have sworn that you must have had some spell to allow to go on for more than four hours with all of us, my love,” Rarity giggled from the memory of the events from last night.

“Sorry, babe, but any doctor will tell you that if my - *ahem.* -manhood.... stays up for more than four hours, then something is definitely wrong with my entire body,” he replied to her with a small, playful snark at her.

“Then any of those doctors will more than likely be quacks,” Rarity retorted to him with a small slap on his chest. “Because if it did last for more than four hours, then the best thing that you can actually do is to keep the activities going, Sterling-dear!” she growled seductively within her words to him.

“I agree with Rarity.”

The two looked to the door and saw that it was Fluttershy who spoke up at the door.

“Oh, no.... not you too, Fluttershy!” Sterling moaned out loud as he covered his face.

“Oh, goodness! Is there.... um, that is, if you don't me asking.... is something bothering you, Sterling?” Fluttershy asked him sincerely.

“Our loving man here is quite sore all over himself, Fluttershy darling,” Rarity began to explain to her friend. “And the thought of keeping up the sexual intercourse with all of us is becoming a painful prospect for him to think about.” At that moment, both she and Fluttershy had giggled uncontrollably at his plight.

“Oh, I'm sorry, Sterling,” Fluttershy apologized to him while moving toward him as Rarity did. And she had also planted a long kiss on his lips before moving the same affectionate gesture to Rarity. The both of them had returned her loving kiss before they each saw her rise up from the bed. “But, um.... eep!” she squeaked before she was about to say something that would have made it a bit awkward.

“You want it as badly as I do, don't you, my love?” Rarity asked her.

“W-w-well, uh.... maybe-- EEEP!!” she squeaked again, a little louder this time. The noise made by the Auran caretaker had made both Sterling and Rarity chuckle and giggle at the same time, furthering her unnecessary embarrassment. “Oh, Fluttershy! You are so dirty-minded! Bad Fluttershy! Bad!” she scolded to herself while looking away from the pair that had made their stifled laughs at her squeaks.

“No, Fluttershy.... your not bad for thinking about that,” Sterling assured her as he was rising up from the bed. His arms then wrapped around the Auran who was too shy to look back at him. “It's only natural that you and Rares here want to take that step with me.” He proceeded to kiss the area between her neck and shoulders, thus calming the lady that he was holding. “I know that my mood is not up to your standards in the morning, but it's because of how I am not used to having people sleeping next to me. Or even coming into my room to greet me....” His words had stopped as his past memories had come back to hauntingly taunt him. He never even had a high school sweetheart in his teenage years. All those years growing up were all about fighting the Rex Brutes. And the other monsters, as well as escaped convicts....

Fighting them...

Fighting...

“Aw, shit,” he whispered to himself after releasing Fluttershy from his hold on her. He had taken a few steps away from her as a sudden revelation had hit him harder than when a Dragon whips its tail against a steel beam.

“What is it, Sterling? Is there something wrong?” she asked him, noticing that there was a pale look on his face. And that look was more than enough to make her shiver with a bit of fear in her heart.

“Sterling, love? What just happened to you now?” Rarity asked him, feeling the same fear that her friend had felt.

“Just, uh.... Will you wait for me in the dining room, please? I need to get my shower in, because I stink from the sweat from last night,” he cleared up his query to them. He did not want to tell them both what was happening to him right at the moment, but he knew that he would tell them both after making his body clean from the shower.

“But of course you can, darling. We will be right in the dining room when you're ready,” Rarity complied to him as she also rose up from the bed. “Shall we make you some breakfast while we wait for you?” she asked him, knowing that he might be hungry.

“Just don't touch the wrapped meat that I have in the refrigerator. I know that you're both vegetarian, so.... yeah,” he suggested to them with a caring tone in his words. “Eggs and buttered toast will do.” He then opened the door of his bathroom and left the ladies' sights. Within the entrance of the room, Fluttershy and Rarity had looked at each other with a confused face.

“I don't suppose you know what just came over him, Fluttershy darling?” Rarity inquired to her friend.

“No... And it's really scary to think about it, so--” Fluttershy's words were interrupted by a finger that softly pressed her lips. A smooch to her lips had soon followed afterward by her loving friend. “Sorry,” she apologized to her with a small grin growing from the small affection that was given to her.

“No need to apologize, Fluttershy. Now let's just make ourselves some breakfast, my dear. And I am sure that Sterling will love what we make for him instead of that boring eggs and toast,” Rarity said to her as she took her arm into hers.

“Yes, Rarity. Let's do that,” Fluttershy nodded with a sudden kiss that she planted on Rarity's cheek. “I really enjoy kissing your face,” she giggled to her as she and her partner walked down the stairs to get to the kitchen.

“And my lips as well?”

“Oh! Uh... y-yes. I enjoy kissing your lips, too.”

“And I simply enjoy kissing yours as well, my love.”

A few kisses were exchanged with each other as they had stopped at the top of the stairs.

“We were supposed to... make his breakfast, Rarity.”

*smooch-smooch*

“I know, darling. But I just can't resist....”

“Maybe when we've all had some food in our bellies, we can get back to this.”

A final kiss to end the point had been given.

“Marvelous idea. Shall we?”

“Yes.”

(…..)

Within the shower of his bathroom, Sterling had allowed the very hot water to try to wash away the trauma that he had experienced from the past battles. From the first time that he saw a few of his Royal Elites being killed in High Trotter City, to the Zebrican-Amoxian campaign, the Titan Massacres, the Zanzebran & Mareterranean Islands Shadow missions, and even the time when he had first defeated Leviathan Di'Nihilous at a remote island near the Chineighese Lands. But the memories had made the hot water feel like a cold breeze compared to what was happening to his mind.

But after all of those memories came over him, his mind's eye saw the way that he looked in his teenage years. But the same events that happened in between his fights were revealing themselves at a much slower pace. The now older Sterling looked at his younger self and analyzed what was happening in his past. Within those scenes, he had seen how certain women, both military and civilian, had just tried their best to either bed him or go out with him as a boyfriend and a girlfriend would do. Even Faith, his 3rd level Warrant Officer, was in the scene that was playing.

“Damn.... I was so oblivious to how those women who wanted to be with me! And I DENIED IT TO THEM!! What! The! FUCK WAS WRONG WITH ME?!?!” Sterling shouted against himself in anger. “Abandonment.... loss.... trust........ love.”

The shower head was turned off, thus trapping the water once again. And Sterling was already washed up with soap and shampoo, but it still felt like nothing would ever wash off the blood, sweat and tears that were shed in his international campaigns against his natural enemy. He then stepped out of the shower and began to dry himself off before combing his short hair back to make his hair spike up. But what he had not allowed himself to do was to put on some cologne after putting on his deodorant. And with a quick brushing and flossing of his teeth, he looked himself over and saw that his body was still in the same physical as Doctor Red Heart had observed from him a few months ago.

And now.... now that he was an Alicornian, he could only shake his head from how he knew that his issues with all that he said had been what kept him from opening up to his girlfriends. He had to do something. Something... that would allow them all to know that he wanted to keep the relationship going. And not with sex in the mix. Much as he enjoyed it, like any healthy man should, he had to deny it to himself.

After putting on a rather fancy looking white button up shirt under a black a-shirt, he put on a pair of boxers, some fresh socks, his favorite  denim blue jeans & his running shoes. Not too fancy, and not too ordinary. Perfect.

“Rares! Shy!” he called out to the women after walking out of his room to get to the stairs.

“Down in the kitchen, darling!” Rarity responded from the other room. That was all he wanted, and needed, to hear.

In the dining room, Fluttershy and Rarity had already completed making a breakfast that had exceeded their boyfriend's expectations by a few more dishes on the table. The sounds of the plates being shuffled on the same furniture had been replaced by a rapid sound that sounded like an army of people coming down the stairs. But it was just their man coming down. But what they all saw was not a look of happiness. Instead, they saw.... sadness?

“Sterling?” Fluttershy spoke up. Before she could even ask what was about to happen, Sterling had begun to shed a lot of tears from his eyes. This action had caused them both to nearly jump out of their skins. And then, all of a sudden, his knees dropped to the ground with a hard thump. But what shocked the both of them was not what he did then. But it was how their loving man... was sobbing loudly.

“Please.... don't leave me,” he sobbed to them with his watery eyes looking to the floor. Fluttershy immediately took action by diving down in front of him. And without hesitation, she wrapped her arms around Sterling's shoulders while her head was pressing at his right side. “Don't leave me!!” he cried out some more in a loud voice that spoke of his sorrows as his arms wrapped around the Auran who was trying to comfort him. “Please don't go away!!” he pleaded to her kept sobbing into Fluttershy's shoulder.

“Sterling!!” Rarity also cried out as she saw how miserable her shared man was feeling, nearly bolting her way to comfort him in the same way that her friend was doing. With her head at the left side of his head, along with her arms stretching around both Fluttershy and Sterling, she had begun to nearly sob out: “What is it, darling? Tell us! Please! Let us help you!”

“We're not leaving your side, Sterling!” Fluttershy said in compliance to Rarity's pleas as she kissed his face rapidly. “What is going on with you, Sterling?!” she cried out as well, feeling the same sorrow from him.

“I CAN'T LOSE YOU!! NONE OF YOU!! I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU TO DIE!!” Sterling screamed in the pain that emanated from his heart while keeping his hold on the both of them. “BAAWWW-HAAA!!!”

His blubbering had then been processed into the brains of the ladies that had been holding him in their arms. He was afraid... of losing them forever? The very thought itself was just too painful to even think of acknowledging. So instead of words, both of the ladies had decided to calm him down in the best way that they knew would set him back to a happier mood.

“Um.... S-S-Sterling?” Fluttershy softly spoke to him as she raised his head to look at her. When he whispered his reply to them, she immediately started to kiss him deeply with a slight push to the floor. Rarity followed suit to join her in the process. And as this whole kiss was being done, both of the ladies had given him a long and deep kiss that had allowed his sorrows to be washed away from his heart. When Fluttershy was done with her part, she looked down to him and said, “Why would we ever want to leave you?”, with a small sob.

“Don't EVER THINK that we would leave you, my darling man! It would just break our hearts!” Rarity also cried to him. “WHY would you even believe that we would just be so cruel to you?!” And Rarity had buried her head into her boyfriend's chest with Fluttershy following suit.

“Because I don't want to lose the love that I have for you! And I just.... I just....” Sterling sniffled as his sobs died down for a moment. “I never had a loving relationship like this one,” he began to explain to them in a calmer mood. He was still feeling some small hiccups, but he was able to at least be a lot clearer to them.

“When I was growing up, all that I was focused on was finding a way to defeat the enemy that plagued the world. And in all of those moments, not only did I never see an opportunity to have a relationship with some great woman; be it fling or not.... but I was also trying to keep my unit with more numbers on our side. And with all that said, I still can't believe that I have this wonderful relationship with seven of the best women in the entire world of Equius! And.... the both of you.... Oh, Goddesses!” Sterling then wrapped his arms around Fluttershy's midriff as he placed his head on her breasts with a few tears falling from his eyes once again. “I never felt more in love with all of my women, including you two, in all of my life. And I am never going to stop giving you the love that rises from my heart,” he proclaimed to them in his indoor voice while keeping his head on Fluttershy's chest as he heard the sound of her heart beating.

“We love you too, Sterling,” Fluttershy stated to him with a wide smile that quickly followed another passionate kiss to his puckers. And Rarity had decided to do the same motion for him.

“And now... that I've said those words to you two.... my recommendation is that we get our breakfast before we starve ourselves,” he suggested to them. As if on cue, his stomach growled for the food that he was nearly about to miss out on.

“Now that is a rather marvelous idea, my hunky man,” Rarity giggled in her refined tone coming back to her.

“'Hunky'? How are you so complimenting when we all just--” - he stopped himself from bringing up the already cleared issue again - “Wait-wait! No! Nnnoooope! I am not bringing it up again! I already said that I love you two, and I will leave it at that,” he calmly said to them.

“That's a great idea,” Fluttershy giggled at his words as the three of them moved to the chairs of the table. “But, um.... I think 'hunky' is too small a compliment for our man here, Rarity,” she countered at Rarity with her tongue poking out at her, to which the fashionista replied in the same way as they all sat at the table. When this was done, they all dug into the food after serving themselves a healthy portion on their own plates.

“Well then, Fluttershy,” Rarity started to say to her after taking a dainty bite of her food, as she always did, “What sort of word in the vernacular would you use to best describe our loving man?” This was a question that started a small topic about the man who was still close to her.

“I was thinking.... uh, 'herculean'?” she blurted out after taking a moment to think about her answer. “It really fits you to a 'T', honey,” she complimented him as they all dug in.

“That kind of strong, huh?” Sterling asked her.

“Why yes indeed, darling!” Rarity chipped up after taking a bite of her food. “And let us not forget that you are quite handsome,” she added.

“And you're very kind to us,” Fluttershy quipped into the compliments.

“You're firm, yet gentle.”

“You're very intelligent.”

“And you are quite a gentleman.”

“Uh-huh....” Sterling nodded. “And yet.... my head is telling me something else in your words,” he chuckled sheepishly to the ladies.

“W-well, uh....” Fluttershy hesitated for a moment. “You, um.... You're just a great lover to us. Eep!” she squeaked again as her hands covered her face again in that cute way that both of her loving friends thought was just downright adorable.

“Really?” Sterling raised a confused eyebrow to Rarity, who rolled her eyes from his look.

“Sterling. Darling,” she half-sternly stared at him. “You. Are. A. Beast! Tamed, yes! But! You are such a beast with us under the covers!” she growled seductively at him. “And let's not forget, for future references, that your size and width are just perfect!“ she growled at him again with that same smile on her face as she looked at his lap.

“Oh! Rarity!” Fluttershy nearly yelled at her with a big blush on her face. “How dare you share that?” she then scolded her with her finger pointing at her with a few shakes. “Such language!”

“Now, Fluttershy, my love,” Rarity began to counteract against her. “Surely you would love to wax a poetic line about how simply wonderful our man is in the bed, hmm? It's all in good fun. Besides, even I am sure that you want to tell Sterling how much you love his prowess, right?” Those questions had made the Auran want to hide in a corner and never come out.

“Rarity? I think you broke her,” Sterling plainly said to Rarity as he saw the priceless look on Fluttershy's face, despite how it was covered by her hands. “And I think that it is in your best interest to apologize to her right now if you want to save--”

“I love having sex with you!” Fluttershy cutely yelled out to him. Now it was Sterling's turn to have his face turn vermilion from her words as his jaws nearly dropped to the floor.

“Flu.... Fluttershy?” Sterling gasped at her.

“I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!” the lady cried before moving away from her seat at the table. “I didn't mean to say it like that! Really I-” Her words were immediately cut off from how Sterling quickly rose up from his seat with a nearly fierce look in his face. But she did not see anger in his eyes. Instead, she saw a calm and understanding look in his eyes. His hands had already motioned her to join him at the table with Rarity. And she complied with a sheepish expression.

“Fluttershy, my baby.... I'm really happy that you think so highly of my... *ahem.* performance,” he calmly said to her with a warm smile on his face. “But I also truly believe that our relationship is not going to be based on how well I can perform during the night. And with that in mind, given that it's my birthday today, I'm planning out my own way to celebrate,” he further said to her with his smile still on his face.

“Oh, goodness! It is your birthday today!” Rarity exclaimed at his words. “We all need to finish our breakfasts, because the whole town will more than likely want to celebrate your special day!” she elaborated to him as she got ready to dig back in the food.

“Oh, Celestia! She's right! And Pinkie Pie will more than likely have a party planned out for you as you head into the town,” Fluttershy added to the topic.

“The breakfasts have more than likely gotten colder, but I'm still going to eat it if you two don't mind,” Sterling politely said to them before he pulled up his knife and fork into his hands.

“We do need to eat our breakfast,” Rarity nodded.

“Mm-hmm,” Fluttershy nodded too.

“So... shall we?” he said to them with his hand motioned to the table.

“We shall,” the ladies replied back. And with that said, they dug back into the food. The silence that filled the room had been replaced by the use of the utensils, along with some small chewing noises, that always came around for every person that would eat.

(…..)

It was now 9:35 AM. This was the same time that Sterling was born, according to what he remembered from his own birth certificate. And he was already in his bed, snuggling up with Fluttershy who already had her head laid down on his chest. The movements of their chests from their breaths allowed them to know that they truly enjoying their time of silence. Rarity, according to what he remembered her saying to him earlier, had to leave him for her work at the Boutique in the town. Knowing that he always needed to place her needs above his own, Sterling used a teleportation spell to send her to her shop. But he had to make sure to get a goodbye kiss from her before he sent her away for her work. But Sterling was just happy with only having one woman in his bed with him.

“Hey, baby,” he whispered to her in a smile.

“Hi, honey,” Fluttershy whispered back to him.

*smooch*

“I love it when I do that,” he chuckled.

“Me too,” she agreed with a giggle.

It was truly moments like this that he just craved from his girlfriends more than the intercourse. Oh, it was quite fun, and being adventurous with the certain positions and games had its perks. But just having some quiet time alone with his harem partners was everything to him. Somehow, it was always when he knew that it would bring him together with his lovely women. Both physically and spiritually, that is. As soon as he felt his lower regions heating up, he felt a little braver with his snuggling girl. He decided to bring himself a lot closer to her and began to kiss her deeply. Even with that small squeak that Fluttershy gave out after feeling his kiss, she relented with a purr that said that she was going to allow him to do what he wanted with her.

“Would you.... um.... would you like to make love with me right now?” he asked her with a big blush on his face. “Because if not, then we can just cuddle if you want,” he added to the inquiry. “But if you want to, then.... um.... I'll let you be on top.” When those words were spoken, he saw Fluttershy blush largely on her face.

“Do you really want that?” Fluttershy asked him.

“Well, yeah. I mean, I've been on top of you for a while. And... I think that... you being the one on top of me would make you very happy,” he answered with his head nodding to her.

“Um.... Sterling?” she began to ask him.

“Yes, 'Shy?” he replied to her.

“Do you think that we could save that for tonight?” she asked him with a braver tone from what her heart was wanting. “I'd like it if I could just have you all to myself tonight,” she clarified to him. Knowing that it did sound kind of selfish, Fluttershy cleared her throat before going on with her explanation. “I really want to have a great night with you tonight, Sterling. And given that it is your birthday, I'd like to ask... if you don't mind, that is.... if I could be with only you tonight?”

If Sterling's heart could melt from the question that his loving harem partner asked him, it would more than likely transform into a kind of magic that even he had never studied about. And his face, showing a blush that was on par from when he asked her to make love with him, was a real indicator that his biggest wish, more than even getting a whole bunch of presents from the town and his girlfriends, was about to become a reality under the light of the moon that Princess Luna would always raise up every night. Perhaps, if he was nice enough, he could convince the same Night Princess to allow her star to shine brighter.

“Yes! Yes! YES!!” he joyfully shouted to her, wildly embracing her with his arms around her. And Fluttershy was so surprised from his sudden happiness, but she had relented with a small laugh by allowing herself to almost wrap her whole body around him too. “Oh, Fluttershy! You have no idea how much I've been wanting to hear you say those words to me!” he nearly shouted again, but this time he was covering his face and mouth with her shoulders, thus lowering his voice. When he released himself from her, he kissed her a few more times on the lips. But the nature of the smooches were that of a lover who had started to find more reasons to love their partners more. “This is what my biggest wish for my birthday was! And more than just some presents!” he declared to her with a small laugh after relenting his kisses on her.

“Oh! I just love you so much, Sterling!” Fluttershy shouted out cutely to him. “I really do!”

“And I love you too, Fluttershy! Ah! Tonight is going to be just great!” Sterling smiled at her. And with that said, the two of them embraced each other in a deep hug that truly transcended above all of the other embraces that he gave to his other harem girls. But as they did this, Sterling had decided to allow her a small preview of the events by slowly kissing the right side of her neck and shoulders. His tongue was not in the small kisses, but from the way that Fluttershy was reacting (with a few shudders and moans being heard from her), he knew that he was hitting the right spot on her. But even then, Sterling had to stop himself from going any further with his pecks. He moved his lips back and smiled lovingly at her.

“So, um.... I really wanted to ask you about something, Sterling,” Fluttershy spoke up after moving her face to look at him.

“What is it, babe?” he responded with a curious look to her.

“It's about Pinkie and Rainbow,” she stated to him.

“Oh?” His curiosity had now been piqued. If Fluttershy was about to say something about two of her best friends, then he was more than likely going to be curious about what his girl had to say about the two. “Do tell,” he said to her with a small grin that also spoke of his wanting to know the news.

“I was talking to them before I got here early this morning, and they both told me something that I just couldn't resist telling you about,” she began. When Sterling begged her to continue the story, as silently as he could with his hands moving up for a moment, she continued her little tidbit. “They both told me how they don't want to be your mistresses. Instead, Pinkie and Rainbow told me....”

The next few minutes were spent with Fluttershy telling Sterling the recent news with herself and the two mentioned women in a small whisper to his right ear. And when the conclusion of the small turn of events was said to him, Sterling could only react with his entire face going vermilion as his eyes widened, accompanied by his jaw almost shattering from his skull to the floor as his mind exploded in that moment.

“And you want me to.... do that?!” he hissed in a silent yet flustered, combined with embarrassment, tone.

“Yes, Sterling. I really do,” Fluttershy simply nodded to him.

(…..)

The clock on the wall of the Golden Pint was 10:25 AM. It was just thirty-five minutes until the doors of the establishment were opened up for all of the customers and patrons to enjoy themselves in. And Bernie and Ernie were still hard at work, even though the majority of the chores had been done beforehand.

“So whatcha thinkin', Bern?” Ernie asked his twin brother who was as thick in a heavy Bucklyn accent as he was.

“I'm thinkin' that our boss is gonna use his magic to arrive in here, all panicked up from some complicated dilemma,” Bernie answered with his thin bearded grin moving up from his wide lips.

“And how d'ya know that?” Ernie quipped to his twin.

“I was with Fixer for a long time, bro! I just know these things, 'kay?” he quipped back.

“I don't thi--”

(*POOF!!*)

And just like that, their boss, Sterling Caliber, was in the middle of the bickering twins with a look of sheer horror and adrenaline in his face.

“Ernie! Bernie! A double shot of Zap Apple Whiskey on the rocks! Stat!” Sterling shouted at them both in a panic-filled tone that had some speed in it, indicating that one of the twins was just right about the newest situation.

“Got it, boss!” the men nodded before zip lining their way to the counter. The still full bottle was pulled up, much to the delight of the workers, as they also pulled out a small glass. The hard liquor was poured into the glass with three cubes of ice in the middle and placed just in front of the panicking man who had already seated himself at a random table.

“Alright, boss! You need to calm down and take a small sip of the drink here,” Ernie suggested to him in a calmer voice as he pointed at the glass.

“Just a sip? JUST A SIP?!” Sterling shouted out angrily at him. “I'm about to do something that I have never done in my whole life! This might require me to drink the whole bottle!!!” After letting his anger vent out for a moment or two, the Alicornian had allowed himself to do exactly as Ernie said to him with a very slow sip of his now chilled glass of the whiskey. The taste was still quite a delight, but the burn of the alcohol cleared up his nerves after feeling the sting get to him for a moment. He let out a small growl that announced that his anger was subsided, but he still needed to tell his twin friends about what was going to be done. And on his birthday, no less. “Sorry about that, guys,” he apologized to the men who had also calmed down from just his apology.

“'Ey! It's all good, man! You was lookin' like something huge just happened to ya,” Bernie commented after accepting his boss' apology.

“Oh, believe me! Huge doesn't even describe what was asked of me this morning!” Sterling said with a scoff as his eyes rolled up before taking in another slow sip of his cold drink. “Rrrrgh. And by my main squeeze, no less!” he declared to them as the burn of the whiskey left his throat.

“You mean Fluttershy?” Ernie asked him.

“That's who he's talkin' about, bro!” Bernie nodded.

“What did she ask you for that's gotcha so red in the face? And even I know that the whiskey ain't helpin'! Not one bit!” Ernie continued to ask.

“Something that I never even considered thinking about! Or doing for that matter,” Sterling plainly said to them both. Sterling then took a deep breath in his lungs as his drink was pushed away by his own hands. He then exhaled, thus calming himself to clarify what he was meaning to say to them. “She specifically asked me to add two more women into my harem this morning!” he then said with his head shaking from the thought.

“And how is that a bad thing, boss?” Bernie pointed at him.

“Hold up, Bernie! I remember hearing the word 'specifically' being used in the topic at hand here,” Ernie interjected with his hand up to his brother. He then turned to Sterling and asked the final question that he had to think very hard about asking. “Is it the two girls who are supposedly your mistresses, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie?” The reaction that he received was a priceless one; the same blush that had a little bit of alcohol influencing it had returned with a vengeance as his boss' mouth nearly dropped to the table.

“How did you know about that?” Sterling almost growled at him as he felt his pride falling into a deep hole.

“Those girls would come down here a few times, and they would talk with each other about becoming your new harem partners,” Ernie explained to him again. “And from the tone of their voices, it seems that they really want to be your new additions! So I say go for it!” he decided to vote for his boss.

“Me too, your Highness!” Bernie said with a small bow.

“But....” Sterling trailed off before taking another small sip of his drink. “How am I supposed to convince them that I want to move them up from mistress to girlfriend, huh?” he told them with his concern flowing from his voice.

“Just tell them how you really feel about them from your heart, boss. And from there, you'll have the two wanting to take up two more places in your circle,” Ernie said to him with a modest smile.

“Be the man that we know you are, Cap!” Bernie whooped up. “Show those girls that you want them, and don't take 'no' for an answer!”

Sterling had finally decided to slam down the whole liquid courage in a big gulp.

“It's ironic, isn't it?” he chuckled.

“What?”  the twin men quipped.

“I so happen to be your boss, the Prime Royal Elite and an Alicornian.... and yet I listen to the words of two men who have more experience in these matters, and yet they have not met Princess Cadence,” Sterling laughed to himself while addressing his subordinates.

“Yeah, well, ya gotta do whatcha gotta do, you know,” Bernie acknowledged as he moved back to where his original post was.

“And with confidence, man,” Ernie nodded too.

“Thanks for the drink, guys. You're both the best,” Sterling said to them. After moving his glass to the top of the dishwasher via magic, he opened the door with his magic and walked out of the door.

(Meanwhile, at the Carousel Boutique.... )

Rarity and Fluttershy had just finished up with making sure that the custom made dresses were made perfectly for the customers who would come down to the shop to pick them up in the near future. The presentations of the prestigious articles had allowed them both to sigh out a breath of relief from how the work was done so quickly. And with that, they were on Rarity's bed, snuggling up with each other.

“Oh, I am so glad that I don't have anymore business for the day,” Rarity sighed happily to her loving friend.

“Mmm.... me too,” Fluttershy purred in agreement while nuzzling her face with Rarity. She allowed herself to kiss her partners cheek before going on to her lips. The kiss was still as lovingly sweet as the others, but it still had meaning.

“Goodness, Fluttershy,” Rarity giggled lightly from the display. “It seems that you're happier right now. What brought this about, darling?” she asked her as her face moved in closer.

“Well, I told Sterling to ask Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie to join our harem with him as girlfriends instead of mistresses,” the Auran confessed to her. “And I believe that he is going to do it,” she smiled at her.

“Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie?” Rarity asked with a confused look. “Now why would you ask him to do this, my love?” she wanted to know.

“Because the circle can only be complete if those two best friends of ours are in as his new girlfriends, Rarity,” Fluttershy explained to her. “I couldn't allow them to be left out. It would really go against all that I stand for.” That statement allowed Rarity to lift up her head and kiss her deeply.

“Darling, you have always loved all of us as your best friends. And now that you told Sterling to add them into the harem, it will be complete. And I so love you for being this brave, my dear. I really do,” Rarity solemnly said to her.

“Oh, Rarity....”

“Oh, Fluttershy....”

The pair moved even closer, pressing their lips in another kiss that lingered longer than what had been shared just a few seconds ago. The breasts on their chests had pressed up just as softly, allowing them both to moan into the kiss before their tongues could begin the dance as they embraced each other with the same passion that they always had for each other. No words were required to be said as they looked into each others eyes while a small trail of saliva had broken off their lips.

Panting loudly, the women had decided to get right to it by slowly undressing each other from the neck down. When they both saw that none of them was wearing a bra, they both went right into the first part of the foreplay by allowing their breasts to be simultaneously massaged and licked on. When that was not enough for them, their mouths sucked on the nipples being displayed in front of them. Rarity and Fluttershy had grabbed each others mounds to begin the process of drinking the milk that was produced with perfect ease, and the resulting taste that flowed into each others mouths was just as delicious as before.

When that was over with, they allowed their substances to be tasted by their tongues before they each took off their panties. After lifting off their dress skirts, their prized possessions as women were in full view. They each gave a moan of delight as Fluttershy, who was on top of Rarity, had slowly dived down to Rarity's dripping honeypot. A slow, long lick was introduced to the outer lips that made the labia quiver at the touch, making the woman below shiver all over with her lust overpowering her rational thought. Fluttershy's tongue then went deeper, massaging the inner walls while she also felt Rarity's muscle going in as deeply into her as well. Soon after, they went faster, harder and deeper while touching each others' love buttons as they felt their climax happening soon. And when it did, they each wanted to go to the final part. And so they did.

Their outer lips had touched in a scissoring motion that allowed the pair to feel their pleasure rising up for the climax. They both told each other to keep going, along with how close they both were to cumming. And the same messages were mixed with the 'I love you' quips that had been yelled from their throats as they moved their bodies closer to kiss each other deeply while keeping their bodies that close. And when they finally felt the orgasm hit the breaking point, they had screamed out their love for one another before they allowed the post-coital bliss to pass them by with exhaustion being left behind them both. Their panting sounded off around the room as they cuddled up to each other with more kisses being made.

“Oh.... I love you, Rarity,” Fluttershy sighed to the woman next to her as she nuzzled her chest.

“And I love you too, Fluttershy,” Rarity purred to her with a peck to her forehead.

“I hope we can get that present for Sterling delivered to him on time,” Fluttershy sighed again, this time with a giggle in her voice.

“Oh, we most certainly will, my sweet,” Rarity assured her. “And he is just going to love what we both made for him,” she smiled at her.

“Mmm.... I hope that Pinkie and Rainbow won't make too much of a fuss with how Sterling is going to ask Pinkie and Rainbow to join us in our harem,” Fluttershy purred hopefully.

“Oh, they won't,” Rarity simply said. “I just know that they'll jump in at the first chance.” The pair then drifted off to allow a nap to happen.

(????, ????, ????)

A cart full of some boxed items had been stopped in its tracks. And the driver had seen a body laying on the trail that was just a block or so from the main road towards Dodge City.

“Ah best see if that there feller is dead,” the driver, male from the voice, complained. But as the man approached the mysterious body, a shot was heard within the vast desert.

(*BOOM!*)

The temples of the investigating person had exploded, allowing some brain matter to splatter on the sandy road, staining the place that quickly became the man's graveyard.

“Grab the cart, and eat the body!” a voice cried out from out of nowhere. Sure enough, a few gigantic pigs pulled up from the desert sand and pulled the new corpse into their maws while a gang of highway robbers had pillaged the goods for whatever items of value could be taken.

(To Be Continued....)