Chapter 19:

The Circle Of Harmony

*****

The sound of the alarm clock woke Sterling up from his slumber, making him groan as he shut off the noise. And the same Alicornian man had woken up with the utmost desire to sleep in throughout the whole day. And given that it was Sunday today, he felt more than inclined to do so. But then the reality of last night hit him like a kick to the jaw as his head had started to feel fifty pounds heavier than usual. But it was not because of the drinks that he had last night on his birthday, to which he turned twenty-four in age.

The heavy burden within his cranium had been made because of how the guilt from last night's confessions had made him feel what most people felt when they admit their darkest secrets. And it was like someone had put him out in the spotlight for some announcement that made him turn out as a nobody, or worse, that was insulted by everyone around him.

But just as that feeling was there, it was immediately lifted up by a soft sigh and purr that he heard next to him. Fluttershy, the main woman that started his circle of women that loved him immensely, just as he for them all those months ago, was still next to him within the blanket and sheets. And as his senses had told him within that second of coming back to him, the both of them were still in their birthday suits. And just like that, his other senses had risen up. The slight stirring within his body had given him the boost of internal energy that he needed in order to wake up the woman next to him.

“Hey,” he whispered to her ear while gently rousing her from her sleep with a shake on her shoulders. The stir that the Auran animal caretaker had made her yawn so cutely. “Time to wake up, my beautiful butterfly.” As soon as he greeted her with those loving words, Fluttershy opened her teal blue eyes and moved her body to snuggle closer to him. “Good morning, Fluttershy,” he greeted her while feeling a yawn leave his chest.

“Good morning, Sterling,” Fluttershy greeted back to him before moving her lips to meet his with a morning kiss. And Sterling was more than willing to allow her to kiss him as his lips puckered up. Soon after doing so, their lips met with a soft kiss that escalated into a small Prench kiss that excited the both of them enough to wrap their arms around their shoulders. And as they did so, a few microscopic moans (which sounded more like purrs than moans) escaped them both, giving them both a reason to enjoy themselves for a moment or two. As soon as the kisses stopped, shown up by how they both needed to breath, the two of them sat themselves up while keeping the covers on. But it was Fluttershy who did not want to cover her upper half, showing her large breasts to him.

“And a very good morning to you, babe,” Sterling greeted with a half-suave, half-tired voice as he looked at the attributes that made him smile for a little bit before making eye contact with her. Knowing that they were just waking up, he then said, “We both need to get our showers in before we go about our day.”

“Oh, yes, I agree,” Fluttershy nodded with a giggle. “But we really need to wash the bedding here as well. The stains are becoming too much, while staying just as sticky,” she added to the list of activities before she moved her hands to her part of the bedding.

“And here I thought I was the one that made a note of such things to do,” Sterling chuckled in agreement while moving his part of the sheets to reveal his entire body as he rose up from his side of the bed. “But I agree with you entirely,” he spoke with a nod.

“So after we clean up, we clean up the bed, right?” Fluttershy spoke up as she too rose from the bed.

“Meh. More like burn it and replace it with something better,” Sterling replied with sarcasm flowing in his voice.

“Oh yes, because it totally needs to be in the fireplace,” Fluttershy said in the same tone before allowing her voice to giggle again.

A slight chuckle had been allowed to be heard out through the room as the two had walked to the door that led to the bathroom that conjoined with his bedroom. Upon entering the bathroom, they turned on the light and took two towels to hang them on the steel rim that held the glass doors up before sliding said door to enter the bath.

When Sterling turned on the water manually, it was just as hot as it was needed to be before slightly turning on the cold water to make it temperate for the two. And when that was done, the two of them allowed the water from the shower head to cascade on their hair to start the process of washing off the sticky messes that they made during that hot night that they spent together.

“Oh, I do hope that the soap will be good enough to wash it all off,” Fluttershy sighed as she took the loofah from the rack below the pouring water to lather the soap for her body washing.

“If that were the case, then I'd rather have the stink of every woman in the harem branding me,” Sterling grinned while keeping a somewhat serious tone as his own sponge was lathered in his own soap.

“And that includes Pinkie and Rainbow?” she asked as she worked on her arms. He nodded.

“Here,” he said to her while pointing to her loofah. As Fluttershy looked to him, she got the hint that he wanted to lather her body with the soap that she squirted on her sponge. With a small smile, she handed it over to him. Within a second, Sterling began to gently scrub off the slight stains from her amazing looking body. “And to answer your question,” he spoke to her while gently moving up and down on her arms with the cleaning agent before moving to her shoulders, “I think that if I get it on with those two today, then the circle of harmony will be complete.”

Fluttershy could only giggle from the 'circle' phrase, knowing exactly what he was talking about. With the two best friends of hers being able to have their own experiences with him, she smiled a warm smile at him. As she felt her back being scrubbed down, she gave out a slight moan that urged him to keep going with his cleaning. She then moved to make eye contact with him and told him silently to turn around. He did so while handing her his sponge to allow her to do the same thing for him.

“So I had this.... really odd dream last night,” Sterling said while feeling Fluttershy's hands work their magic on his back.

“Oh? What was it about?” Fluttershy asked, unfazed by his words while scrubbing his back.

“It involved all of us,” he began as his soap was running down his back.

“And how odd was it?” she asked again while keeping up the ministrations.

“We were all ponies, but everyone in my harem was quite different to look at,” he clarified before turning back around to do her front. “You and Rainbow were two pegasus ponies, Pinkie and AJ were regular ponies, Rarity was a unicorn, and the princesses were some combination of the three. And I think that 'Alicorn' was the best term for them. And I was the same as them,” he told her with a bit more clarification.

“Pegasus ponies? As in, ponies with wings?” Fluttershy noted while holding back a moan as she felt his touch going down on her stomach.

“And a unicorn, with a horn,” Sterling replied as his hand moved downward to her stomach.

“And... what were we all doing in your dream?” she pressed on as she felt his hands scrub towards her lower cheeks.

“We were all drinking tea and eating salads while we spoke to each other about how much our lives had really changed. And uh... you all really looked amazing as ponies,” Sterling explained with a chuckle.

And with those words said, Fluttershy blushed as his hands moved away from near her lower area as she did the same. And with the soap all washed off from their bodies, they each reached for a pair of shampoo bottles that were closest to them. As they each squirted a bit size amount of the liquid on their hands, the Auran animal caretaker giggled from the description of how she and her friends looked in his dreams.

“What's so funny?” he asked with a wide smile as he washed up his hair.

“Oh, it's nothing, really. But, um... I just think that you must have looked handsome as a pony,” Fluttershy said to him as both she and Sterling allowed their hair to be rinsed of their sweat.

The squeak of the knobs from the twisting to turn off the water had allowed them to look at one another with a wide smile.

“I appreciate that,” he nodded while looking at her amazingly beautiful body. “Just like how I really appreciate how I can stare at this divine looking body of yours, clothed or otherwise,” he commented to her, causing the same blush to go just a shade darker on her face while pulling the towels from the rim above them.

“Sa...S-S-Same to you, hon,” she stammered as she began to dry off. As she saw her man dry off, she couldn't help but feel aroused just by looking at him in the nude.

“You plan to feed the animals before you go see Rarity for breakfast?” he then asked after feeling satisfied that he was dried up all around his body as he stepped out of the bath with her.

“Uh-huh. And I think that your old friends will be at Pinkie's shop for breakfast, if I'm thinking about this right,” Fluttershy hypothesized.

“Huh. I was just thinking the same thing, too,” he concurred.

“Oh, I love you so much, Sterling,” Fluttershy laughed before giving him another kiss on his lips, to which he reciprocated the same gesture.

“And I love you too, Fluttershy,” he said to her before beginning to comb his hair as the woman next to him brushed hers.

*****

(Meanwhile, inside Pinkie's Room, above the Cake's Shop....)

The sun had poked Pinkie's eyes, giving her cause to open them. With a big yawn escaping her lips, to which stretched out until it could stretch no more, she greeted the morning with a lick of her lips. Beside her, there was an Auran that had flown into the room with a sneaky movement. Instead of playing a prank on her Equian friend however, she patted her on the shoulder. This allowed Pinkie to look over and see Rainbow giving her trademark grin.

“'Morning, Pinkie,” Rainbow greeted the Equian baker that was stretching out her arms as part of her morning rituals.

“Oh! Good morning, Dashie! You're up early,” Pinkie observed with a wide smile as another yawn escaped her.

“I just wanted to see one of my best friends before I got some breakfast,” Rainbow stated clearly as she posed for a bit before sitting herself next to the woman rising from her bed.

“And get a kiss from them, too?” Pinkie smirked with a brow raised up as she rose from her twin sized bed.

“Well, yeah! I know I'd love to kiss you again, but what about you?” Rainbow smirked back.

“I'd love to get another kiss from you, Rainbow,” Pinkie smiled widely at her. “And it seems Sterling wants to see that, too,” she spoke up as she looked behind the Auran in front of her.

“Huh?” Rainbow quipped before looking behind her. Sure enough, Sterling was standing between the room and the hall, leaning on the frame with a knowing grin. “Oh! Hey, Sterling! What's up?” she greeted him before moving towards him. With no time to waste, she wrapped her arms around him in a deep hug.

“Just as Pinkie said, I was hoping to see that from the two of you,” he lecherously smirked.

“And see that you will,” Rainbow replied before almost tackling Pinkie to her bed. A slight squeak was heard before Pinkie laughed out loud, causing the rest to laugh just as loudly before the girls began to kiss each other with a Prench kiss that enticed them to press their large breasts to squish against one another. When the kisses were done, the girls panted out with how awesome the kisses felt.

“Wow, Dashie! That was really awesome,” Pinkie said with a sultry look on her face. “And it seems that Sterling here agrees completely,” she then said as she and Rainbow looked over to see Sterling's hard-on tenting his pants.

“Hey, I can't help it if I find two women kissing each other to be arousing,” he stated with his hands up in a shrugging motion.

“Let me guess: You'd like some morning action with the two of us, right?” Rainbow figured out with a wicked grin.

“Only if you two are willing to have some fun with me,” he stated to them again with a proud smile, knowing that he was always a gentleman.

“Okay!” Pinkie cheered.

“Bring on the fun, big boy!” Rainbow called to him with a 'come hither' motion from her fingers. And as the two women saw, Sterling was more than ready to give them his best as his shirt and pants were the first articles of clothing to come down to the floor.

*****

Within an hour and thirty minutes, Fluttershy had successfully fed her animal friends before arriving at the door of the Carousel Boutique. With a deep breath in and out, as practiced by her friend Twilight, she opened the door and heard the bell above her head and was greeted with a singsong voice that rang a beautiful melody that always made her feel happy.

“Coming~!”

“Good morning, Rarity,” she greeted the woman that was making her way to the entrance.

“Oh, goodness! Good morning, Fluttershy!” Rarity gasped from how surprised she was with seeing her loving best friend at the entrance of her home shop. A quick yet deep embrace was shared between her and the Auran that returned the gesture back. “I simply had no idea that you would come here to my home this morning,” she said to her with a puzzled look.

“I just, um.... really missed you, Rarity,” Fluttershy said with her tone going softer.

“And I you, my dearest,” Rarity giggled from her loving friend's display. She then moved her lips to Fluttershy's lips and kissed them gently. “Now, with that said, I suppose you wanted to have some breakfast with me?” she asked her with a matter-of-fact pattern in her voice.

“Oh, yes,” Fluttershy nodded. “May I have a veggie omelet, if you please?” she asked her politely.

“Why, certainly, darling!” Rarity chimed in a refined tone, happy that her harem-partner and loving friend was just that polite to her.

“Thank you, Rarity,” Fluttershy smiled with her eyes closed with a cute lift.

Some minutes later, the omelet's were made for the girls that begun to dig in with small, dainty bites to savor the flavor of the meal. Along with the egg creations, they also had a slight salad that was combined with hash browns and a glass of orange juice. And after finishing their breakfasts, both Rarity and Fluttershy had taken their dishes and washed them up before placing them on the racks of the dishwasher below them. But it was after the two dried off their hands that Rarity had noticed something about the picture in front of her.

“Say, Fluttershy?” she said to her with her curiosity peaked.

“Yes, Rarity?” Fluttershy responded with her head turned to her.

“What happened between you and Sterling last night?” she asked her before bringing up the issue again. “I mean, a lady must always be observant. And as such, I have observed that you aren't with Sterling at the moment, much to my curiosity. And you were practically glowing once again when I saw you near my door.” With that said, she moved her legs back to fully face her upfront.

“Actually, it's nothing bad, but,” Fluttershy shook her head before giving herself a smile that didn't go unnoticed by her friend. Seeing that the seamstress would want to hear about it, she cleared her throat before explaining herself. “Last night, after I had gotten Sterling to apologize for his actions, we both... um... did it in his bed.”

“Ooh~! And was it all amazing?” Rarity asked with a nearly sultry voice.

“Well... it was a lot better, to say the least,” Fluttershy nodded before saying, “He let me be on top of him during the whole time and-- EEP!” she squeaked as her memories of last night had flooded back.

“(GASP!) He let you do that?!” Rarity almost screamed out in her disbelief. She could not believe that her shared man allowed her to do that with her friend. “Ah! Was it everything that you ever imagined? Tell me!” she frantically demanded to know.

“Oh! It was.... it was.... amazing!” Fluttershy squealed at the last word before feeling her face run that familiar shade of red that always warmed up her cheeks.

“Aah!” Rarity screamed in joy before wrapping the Auran in her arms as her lips went in for a kiss. Though bewildered by her friends compassion, Fluttershy allowed her best friend's feelings to be returned in full as her mouth had opened up to allow their tongues to dance around in the same Prench kiss that always sent them in a form of bliss while the energy from how congratulatory they both felt was mixing in smoothly.

And such emotions had been the guide to allow their arms to close the space between their hips while copping a feel for each others cheeks with a slight grope as their breasts had squished against them in a comfortable push. But they both wanted to do just a little bit more. And they did so as they both swiftly allowed their hands to massage and squeeze each others breasts, earning a moan of delight that drove them into a more compassionate move.

Sadly, they had to stop giving their massages and allowed their hands to glide back up to their upper backs to only give a last few kisses before parting themselves away to get that oxygen back into their lungs.

“Oh, goodness! That was...” Rarity was at a loss for words while panting slightly.

“Yes... m-me too,” Fluttershy panted as well.

“Well, ain't this a purty sight?”

The two turned around to see Applejack, their loving Equian friend and partner of the circle of love, smiling at them with a warm smile. And they were, of course, more than happy to see their friend, evident by a smile back to her despite the bit of embarrassment from being seen.

“The both 'a y'all havin' that there smooch was mighty fine to see this mornin',” Applejack chuckled as she moved a little closer to them.

“And I am rather happy that you say so, fair Applejack,” Rarity nodded as she and Fluttershy moved closer as well. As soon as they got to a comfortable distance, the seamstress allowed her lips to kiss the farmer in a lovely greeting. “But I dare say that looking in on us was a little rude, wouldn't you agree?” she then said with a half-stern glare that was only somewhat betrayed by her grin.

“Mighty sorry, Rares,” Applejack apologized in compliance as she tipped her hat to her. “But Ah really did like seein' the both of y'all havin' that moment,” she persisted in saying to her.

“Oh, well, um... t-that is... uh.... thanks, Applejack,” Fluttershy thanked her softly as she too kissed the farmer girl.

“Yer welcome, 'Shy,” the Equian grinned at her with a kiss back.

“Is there something that we can help you with before Fluttershy goes back to Sterling's house, Applejack?” Rarity inquired of her friend.

“Nah, Ah got mah share of th' workload done at mah farm,” Applejack answered. “And Big Mac is bein' helped by Apple Bloom with the barrels and bushels. So I have a lot of free time to be with y'all,” she smiled happily.

“So then, I assume that this means that we can go to the spa for our get together?” Rarity pointed her finger to Applejack and herself. The anticipation of wanting to spend that time with her Equian harem-partner was stepping up her already cheerful mood.

“Well, shoot,” Applejack chuckled. “Ah guess Ah can do that with ya, Rarity,” she replied.

“Aah! Marvelous~!” Rarity sang out in cheer with a big smile on her face. But as she was about to jump up from the floor, she remembered that she was not supposed to show anything but the proper etiquette that all ladies should have. “Now, I am sure that we should prepare ourselves for our trip to the spa, seeing that I have no customers to take care of this morning, dearest Applejack,” she then said to the farmer in front of her, relieved that no work was to be done for today.

“Heh. 'Dearest', huh? Ya must be really happy to see me today, Rares,” Applejack noted with a smug grin.

“Well, naturally, darling,” Rarity replied with the same look to her. “Given that I have always enjoyed looking at my harem mates, face and all mind you, what's not to be happy about?” she said while giving herself a giggle as her eyes gazed down to Applejack's shorts before moving back to lock her sapphires on the farmers jades. “And you really do pull off that work design, if I may say so,” she said in the same pseudo-sultry tone that always worked for her.

“Um, I'm sorry, Rarity... I don't mean to take you off your gazing, but, um....” Fluttershy spoke up with a pinker blush on her face, allowing Rarity to look at her with a curious face. “Sh-Shouldn't you, th-that is.... get to the spa today? If that's alright, that is,” she politely pointed out with her finger pointing to the clock on the wall.

“Oh, goodness, you're right, my dear Fluttershy,” Rarity shook her head from the quite early train of wanton thought. She then looked at Applejack with an embarrassed look and said, “We really should prepare ourselves for the trip to the spa, my dear.”

When that was said, Applejack had the idea to move up to the seamstress in front of her and wrap her arms around her. Though just as perplexed from when she felt Fluttershy's reaction, Rarity had no less decided to give her a short embrace back before feeling Applejack's lips pressing to hers in a light smooch. The two had shared a little giggle before parting with another light kiss.

“And Ah'll even let those spa twins rub me down while Ah'm buck naked,” Applejack teased her with a wink.

“You are so incorrigible, aren't you?” Rarity rolled her eyes from that dirty suggestion, even with how erotic it looked in her mind.

“Ah think that we have Sterling to blame fer that,” Applejack laughed.

“Oh, yes,” Fluttershy nodded meekly from behind the two women. The trio within the kitchen had finally allowed their giggles and chuckles to turn into a big laugh that had been building up from their hearts. After a moment or two, they each ceased their laughter. And Fluttershy then said, “Look at us: We're not even with him, and already we're talking about how Sterling is just that great for us.”

“But of course, darling,” Rarity quipped with an amused grin. “And with how he let you be on top of him last night, I certainly can't wait until I can participate in such a glorious event.”

“Say what now?” Applejack quickly asked with a slight blush on her face.

“Oh! You didn't hear about what happened, did you?” Rarity noted.

“What? What happened last night?” Applejack asked once again.

Within a few minutes, while the trio had made their way to the entrance of the boutique, Fluttershy had allowed herself to recall the events of last night. And as she told Applejack the same story from last night, the farmer girl had gasped out a breath that spoke of how thrilling it all sounded.

“Why.... he... he actually let ya be on top?” she spoke to Fluttershy with an excited tone. When the Auran nodded with an embarrassed look, she was almost tempted to get the details, while feeling her desire to shout out her cheer was building up just as quickly. “Ah... Ah want ta do that with him, too!” she stated to the girls, who immediately had that look of delight on them.

“And I am more than absolutely positive that Sterling will let us do that with him. But we must ask him politely, of course,” Rarity added to the rather optimistic appraisal that she allowed herself to speak. As the door of the boutique opened up, the bell rang up, allowing the three to move on to their intended destinations. As soon as their feet had stepped on the panel below them, the door had closed behind them.

“Well, uh... have fun, you two,” Fluttershy then said before waving her hand to Applejack and Rarity.

“You betcha, Flutters,” the farmer winked at her.

“And I will make sure that our appointment won't be missed, darling,” Rarity said along with her partner's words as she pointed to her.

“Bye, girls,” the Auran waved to them.

“Bye!/Ta-ta, darling!” they replied as they finally left.

…..

(Meanwhile...)

“Whoa.... that... was...” Rainbow tried to find the best word while panting after having done the deed with Sterling while Pinkie was feeling the same way. A few streams of Sterling's white seed had already been squirted out on her body while it also mixed in with her and the Equian's ladycum, reeking of the scent of the intercourse that had truly rocked their worlds.

“Epic?” Pinkie finished with a wheeze, feeling the salty frosting coat up her naked body.

“Yeah,” Rainbow smiled within her exhausted form. Within that breath, she moved over to snuggle up with Sterling, who was already smiling from how he was able to have his fun with the last two girls in his harem. “You were just that awesome, Sterling. I can't wait until I can do this with you again,” she cooed to him while rubbing her hand on his chest.

“And don't forget me too, sweetie,” Pinkie said as she did the same massaging on her shared man's chest.

“I could never forget to share that time with you two,” Sterling replied as he found his breath again. He then sighed, knowing what he had to do now. “But as much as I'd like to, I have some old friends to catch up with.” With that said, he rose from his place on the bed and sat up before getting to his feet. As soon as they reached the floor, Sterling snapped his fingers and allowed his magic to clean them all up. With the spell made, he got to his clothing discarded clothing and began to put them on.

“Well, I have the next three days off, given that I've been working a lot in the kitchen downstairs,” Pinkie told the two with her as she too got out of the bed and got dressed up for the day.

“But I still need to get to the weather office to see if any impending changes are about to happen,” Rainbow grunted as she followed suit.

“But with that said, you two don't need to worry about how I will make the time for you both,” Sterling smiled at them as he put on his shirt.

“I'm looking forward to it,” Rainbow smirked as she put on her last shoe before allowing her wings to pop up. Within a second of doing so, she wrapped her arms around Sterling and gave him a deep, thank you kiss that he returned in the same motion. With a final smack of their lips, she then waved goodbye to him. “See ya later, big boy.” And just like that, she flew up from the floor and opened the window to ascend to the skies to do her work.

“So... how about we get that breakfast for you and your old friends?” Pinkie then suggested to Sterling after waving to Rainbow.

“Good idea,” he agreed.

Within a moment, both he and Pinkie had taken the stairs to the ground floor, allowing the scent of sweets, eggs, bacon, and other breakfast foods that were being made by the Cakes, who were already working without their lovable assistant to help them.

“Good mornin', Sterling!”

The two voices that spoke that greeting to him had belonged to Gold Star and Cherry Jubilee, who were already seated at a still open table.

“And the same to you as well,” Sterling smiled again, excited that he was already about to be with his old friends. “Would you mind terribly if I ask Pinkie Pie to join us?” he soon asked them, knowing that he never liked neglecting his loving girlfriends whenever he was about to do something fun.

“Why, not at all, Silvy,” Cherry giggled.

Sterling could only roll his eyes from the nickname that was given to him as Pinkie had also giggled from his new name. With a slight movement, he allowed a chair to be given to Pinkie. Happy that he did this for her, she gave him a peck on his cheek. With the two seated at the table, they pulled up a pair of menus and saw their options.

“Cherry, ya know that ain't a good name fer him,” Gold shook his head, remembering how such a name was a bit demeaning.

“Hey, don't sweat it, Goldie,” Sterling quickly said with a playful punch to his shoulder. “Besides, I've been called worse things other than 'Silvy',” he laughed from the memories.

“How so?” Gold challenged him. But within that second, little to his knowing, he would regret asking.

After being given their juices and coffee, along with just being given their breakfasts, Gold Star had been given the whole list of insults and nicknames that his friend had been given during the years that he left, if only to improve the life story with some colorful remarks. Both Cherry and Pinkie were also listening in on the story, and all with a few laughs and cringes at certain points. From the time that he left Dodge City at the age of eight, to how he discovered his Cutie Mark (without a Cute-ceanera, to which Pinkie had felt her hair deflate), his tours all around the world, the friends that he both made and lost during his fights, his adventures, his ascension to becoming an Alicornian, and even how he was able to win the hearts of the women in his current harem. When Pinkie had heard that part, her hair made itself curly again, indicating her better mood while blushing just the same.

“Damn,” Gold sighed after hearing the somewhat edited story that Sterling told him. “And Ah thought that mah havin' to take in bank robbers was hard,” he commented with a shake of his head. “And ya killed some evil spirit cloud with some ugly weapon in order to save Equestria? That takes a whole lot of luck, Goddesses willing,” he also pointed out.

“Now, Goldie, no need for that kinda commentary,” Cherry reminded him with a pat to his shoulder.

“Yeah! That kind of statement makes anyone frown. And you know that I'm all about smiles,” Pinkie added while giving a wave to some of the customers who were just a few tables away as she saw them smile back at her.

“But he's right, you know,” Sterling said to her with his lip going up in a tiny upper motion. “And after all that, I'm still surprised that I'm not dead right now. Guess the Goddesses still want me to live, I suppose,” he hypothesized with a shrug.

“Ah can get wit' that!” Gold said in compliance with his friend's notion. “And mah guess is that most of the fights that ya had were just some sorta test that they made for ya. When Ah got outta the firing range after my bein' accepted into the sheriff department, Ah made sure that Ah don't use my title ta make the folks hate me,” he spoke to his friend.

“And you only put in the people who are need of convincing that Dodge City is better than Appleoosa, right?” Sterling laughed.

“A'ight, that's it! Time ta put you on the ground, boy!” Gold proclaimed theatrically before rising up from his seat.

“Bring it on, tough guy!” the Alicornian spoke up just as playfully before using a move to plant the sheriff to the floor. The other customers around the men had gasped in a shocked anticipation that there was a fight to be had. But it wasn't until they both heard a few laughs from them that they were able to calm down. At that point, they knew that they were just messing around.

“A'ight! A'ight! Ah give!” Gold surrendered as he tapped the floor three times to signal that he wanted no more of being put on the floor. Sterling then got up and took out his hand to the sheriff, letting him know that he was going to let him up. With their hands gripped, Gold was risen from the wooden floor before dusting off any dirt that he felt was on him after making contact with the ground. “Seems ya never lost yer moves!” Gold laughed with a shake of his head.

“Never will,” Sterling whispered in an exaggerated low tone.

“Well, that was kind of funny to see,” Pinkie giggled, making the men turn their heads to her and Cherry.

“They always had a little wrestling contest in order to find out who would go and flirt with the girls that were in the fifth grade, just as Ah was,” Cherry giggled from the memory.

“Ah did not do that!” Gold tried to defend himself with a blush that failed to stay down.

“I may have flirted with them, but I was just a kid back then! What do you expect?” Sterling admitted rhetorically.

“Like when ya had that dance, and ya wanted to invite me there?” Cherry replied with a wink that sent a shiver to Sterling's spine.

“Hey! It was required that we get a partner for that event, and I was not going to let you be alone in that house!” Sterling quickly retorted. “Besides, you were one of the best friends that I still have, and I didn't feel good when I heard that you were left there alone by your parents,” he further added to his defense.

“Aw~! Now that's just so sweet of you, Sterling!” Pinkie cooed to him with a teasing tone.

“But even I knew that Gold here would want to know what went down at that time,” he then said as he pointed to Gold at his left.

“Ah can't remember what happened after, so--?” Gold was about to ask before Sterling raised his hand.

“After I took Cherry to that dance, she gave me a little peck on the cheek when I took her to her home. It was just embarrassing, but I had no regrets in taking her,” he told her.

“Then why did ya say that she had feelings for me after that was done?” Gold inquired to him.

“Before we danced, both Cherry and I had heard that you were sick, thus not allowing you to go there. I had to make sure that she at least had a partner for a few numbers,” Sterling spoke to him. “And during, what, the third number? Fourth?” he pointed to Cherry, who held up eight fingers. “Oh! Now I remember! It was after the eighth number that Cherry and I had talked about you.”

This got the Sheriff's attention easily.

“She was just so sad that you were not able to have a dance with her,”  Sterling further explained with his hand to the second lady at the table, who put on a small sad face. “And as the best friend to the both of you, I made sure that you were able to get through your sickness with ease while I gave our mutual crush a good time. So we danced, had some punch, sang some of those awful songs, and just had a great time. And all because I knew that you would be happy to hear all of that,” he finished his story with a sigh while looking at Cherry.

“But Ah do feel the need to ask one thing, though, Sterling,” Gold said to him with a finger pointed to the ceiling.

“Go ahead,” the Alicornian nodded.

“If Ah was not able ta protect--”

“And this is where I stop you, buddy,” Sterling sighed, knowing where the inquiry was going. “In the Fourth grade, three bullies tried to trip you over before you got to the lunch line. And in that same grade, a teacher would surprise us with a pop quiz that we would always study for. During those times that we had, I made a promise to myself that I was not going to allow any person to get in your way of what you wanted. And had I stayed in the town, I would have been there to tell you how things would have been different for us. So if you are going to ask if I would have taken care of Cherry, if you were to die, I'd guard her with my life. Just like I always will for my harem,” he finished in his proclamation to him.

“YEAH!!!” an unfamiliar voice yelled out with a hint of enthusiasm. When the shout was heard, the sheriff and the prince turned their heads to see Bulk Biceps, one of the male masseurs who currently works at the Ponyville Day Spa, giving a clapping motion. Soon after, the rest of the customers had also clapped in support of his nearly theatrical vow.

“Thanks, Bulk,” Sterling shook his head with a smile to him.

“No problem!” the buffed up man smiled  with wide eyes as he flexed his arms.

“Well... It's time for us to be leavin' here,” Gold tipped his hat to his friend next to him. Cherry got up from her seat and took one of his arms in hers. “Ah'm more than sure that ya got a whole day to spend with that girl named Fluttershy, right?”

“I do,” Sterling nodded. “See you around?” he spoke to Pinkie.

“Yep!” Pinkie chirped.

After a few more goodbyes were made, the couple left before Sterling did. When that was done, he gave a big kiss to Pinkie before stepping out of the establishment. And the Alicornian had given out a big sigh once he stepped out of the door.

“It's good to be back...”

(…..)

In front of the Alicornian was the pair of pages from the same book that he was still tracking the chapters of. The same book that described the life of the same musician that still made him read on. But the only thing that truly made him laugh was how his greedy nature was too much for the rulers within the Stiruppean countries of the time. And such reading material was able to keep him going with finding out more about how said character was just not going to be given any break.

To his right was the same sweet, yet timid Auran lady that he had promised to spend a whole day of doing nothing in particular with. And Fluttershy was just as contempt as he was with just snuggling up to him as he kept reading. A sigh had been exchanged between themselves, letting them both know that everything was good.

“So, um... how's the story?” she asked him while keeping her eyes closed.

“The character is now in a bind because of how they just can't turn in an unfinished composition,” he answered her.

“Must be tough.”

“Yep.”

The two shared a small laugh from that agreement. But then, an idea had come to his mind. He put the book down, with a marker in the pages, and allowed his arms to wrap around the woman next to him. A purr was echoed into his brain, indicating that she was happy that she was being given his attention. He then scooted to the further side of the couch and beckoned her to come closer to him. She obeyed with a timid smile with her whole body going on top of his. Her legs had wrapped around the lowermost part of his stomach in order for her to get more comfortable. With her stomach touching his, Fluttershy gave him another of her beautiful smiles to him.

Such a smile had always melted his heart, giving him more reason to believe that his main squeeze was just so affectionate to him. And a part of him tried to argue that there was a love potion mixed in with the drink that he had, but his rational side overpowered that thought by telling him that his love for the woman was just as strong as it always was with the other women in his harem. And this included the four Alicornians that were in that circle of his. He allowed a sigh to escape him, feeling the beat of his heart go in sync with hers.

“Is something wrong, dear?” the lady asked him, thinking that something was up with him from that sigh.

“No....” Sterling sighed with a shake of his head. “It's just.... I still find myself falling more in love with you, 'Shy,” he said with a smile to her. “And for every moment that I am not with you, my heart just keeps beating. And it knows that I am always ready to give both you and the other women even more of a reason to stay with you.” The woman on top of him had given a tiny gasp of delight from his words of love to her before slowly inching her lips to his to kiss them. Deepened with every second, the passion that they each felt had given them the ability to escape their daily troubles.

“Oh, Sterling....” she cooed to him.

“Fluttershy...”

After a few more kisses had been made, the two of them immediately felt a longing desire burning up within their entire bodies. Within a quick moment, the two had locked their lips in a Prench kiss that allowed their tongues to twirl around as their heated breath coaxed them to go deeper. A few sucks of the licking tongues had been made to accommodate the noises of the first step of the foreplay. As the temperature got even hotter for them, they immediately got the idea to take off their clothes.

With a smooth movement from her part, Fluttershy took off his shirt to once again reveal his upper midriff that was almost glowing in the sunlight, the small brown nipples standing up as stiffly as his tent was. To go with that removal, she lifted up the lower part of her sundress to allow her pantie covered slit to grind on the clothed erection, causing more of Sterling's breath to become ragged.

“Ah.... good Goddesses, I want to see more,” he whispered out loud within the rush that he was feeling as he saw the same article of cloth underneath the dress. When he saw that it was still in front of him, he had then noticed that Fluttershy was lifting up her whole dress for him to see her fully nude body. Sensing that she was about to go down, he lifted himself up and unbuttoned his pants before unzipping them. The sound of the metal undoing from their points excited the two of them. And with a small plop, the pants had been dropped to the floor to show Sterling's tented boxers.

“And I really can't wait to put my mouth in that,” Fluttershy giggled as she began to grip the line of his underwear to pull them down. As the same prison was removed from his body, she gazed at the hard, throbbing member that saluted her with a heated desire to be given something great. With the same undergarment taken off as it was thrown to the floor, she then closed in on his large member and begun to lick around the head, earning a groan from the action being made on him. But the action did not stop there as the woman then allowed her free hand to grip it with a stroke that made him twitch enough to allow a small drop of his precum to shoot up into her mouth. With the taste of the seed coating her tongue, she swallowed it before opening her mouth again to fully go in. The jolt of pleasure that she had felt from allowing his hot member to go near her throat had spurred her on, rubbing even harder and faster while bobbing up and down, fully enjoying the hardened flesh with a vigor that she could only possess within her lust for him.

"Oh, fuck... Ugh! F-Fluttershy... I-I... Aah! You're so good to me," Sterling whined out to his lover in his ecstasy from her awesome oral massage. Her moans into his manhood had only pleased him more to want to let her have his seed flow into her mouth. "Just... Just don't stop what you're doing here, babe!" he pleaded to her. This request was fulfilled with her speed going up as she continued to rub and suck on his dick with a hunger that she gave into. The passion that she wanted to give him had fueled her speed and firm grip on him.

And as she did this, Sterling had mumbled something incoherent to her, trying to say that he was about to explode into her mouth. But Fluttershy did not stop or slow down her blowjob. Instead, she went faster and firmer in her gift to him, wanting him to release his love seed into her mouth. Her passions had turned her from the shy and timid girl into a freak that wanted to please her new friend and lover. And she was alright with it all. She then heard the final words from Sterling that she was wanting to hear him say:

"I'm gonna-- Aah! Aah! Aah! I'm gonna cum! I-- AAAAHHHH!!!" Sterling had shouted out to her as the torrent of his seed had made a geyser that jetted his streams of cum into her mouth. What had surprised him the most was how she had just swallowed every last drop of his hot love, emptying him out while keeping him hard. And when she felt satisfied with her blowjob on him, she rose up to meet his eyes and give him a deep kiss. Though it was a bit salty, both he and Fluttershy had not given a care about the taste. And instead, it heightened his lust for her. He then gave her a last kiss before he moved her legs around his face after moving himself just below her glistening nether lips.

Before he could reciprocate her love, he looked at the winking lips and hole that was dripping wet with her sweet scent. He had inhaled the smell of her arousal and became a little harder again.

"It's time that I did the same for you, Fluttershy..." he sighed to her before noting where her love button was while he groped on her large breasts in a deeply sensual massage as he pinched and plucked softly on her nipples. And with that nub spotted, he prepared himself to dig into where he was wanting to go to.

"P-please, Sterling... please, eat my pussy," Fluttershy begged him in a shivering plea with a wanting for him to let him love her as she did for him. His silent response had then turned into his now lustful hunger to place his whole mouth on her honeypot. But his efforts would not be fast. Instead, he would go just as slow as she did to him. His tongue had begun its work by licking at the little streams outside of the labia and vulva of her lower lips, earning him a hiss and moan that escaped from Fluttershy's horny mouth.

The same tongue that he used to tease his lover for that little moment had then started the cunnilingus that he wanted to do for her. As his whole mouth followed suit, his teeth gently bit into the labia while his tongue drilled into her wet caverns. Her squeaks and moans from his work had driven him to go even deeper, with his tongue and teeth occasionally going for her clit. This action had earned him a shout of lustful joy that she wanted him to hear. His lust for her went even faster and deeper into her, causing her to fuck his mouth with her honeypot in a grinding motion that began to massage his mouth with her flavor on his tongue. His response had then been to grip her lower cheeks as she had made her pussy go even deeper into his mouth. A lustful idea had sparked into his brain and he began to drill two of his fingers into her slick tunnel to pump them into her.

"Aah! Aah! S-St... Sterling... Aah! I'm cumming! I'm cumming!" Fluttershy shouted to him as her orgasm was reaching to its peak. His accelerated drilling and pumping had turned faster and deeper, wanting to taste the explosion of her ladycum on his face. And he was not going to miss out on that opportunity. His fingers and mouth were both proving to be a great inducer of her ecstasy going even higher than ever before. And then, he felt her twitches getting more intense, announcing to him that she was about to explode. As Sterling had felt that jerk from her hips on his face, he had prepared to receive the ultimate nectar by opening his mouth wide. Soon after, her ladycum had started to spray his face with her twitches releasing her love juices into his jaw and now wetter. But the part that made him lap up the same liquids in a faster licking was how her sultry behavior had turned into a mood that spoke of finally being released from her pent-up frustrations.

After licking up the last streams on his lips and face, he inserted his two fingers into Fluttershy's mouth, allowing her to taste the same hot mess that she produced. And she was enjoying the taste of sweet carrots and honey from her streams of hot ladycum. They looked into each others eyes and began to kiss each others mouths to mix the flavors into a drink that fueled more of their lust for each other.

"Fluttershy?" Sterling whispered to his lover with a goofy grin as he kissed her lips with a panting.

"Yes, Sterling?" Fluttershy spoke to him with her eyes going deeper with her desire for him rising.

"I really... Mmmph... I really want you to ride me as we connect with each other," Sterling pleaded to her.

Fluttershy kissed him passionately on his lips in response to his plead, before saying to him:

"Thank you, my love."

He nodded eagerly as he placed the tip of his stiffened dick to her entrance. Both she and her lover were feeling a great rush of heated pleasure coursing through their bodies, sweeter than when they tried to please themselves when they were away from each other. The tip had then been slowly inched into her entrance. And as the length of his shaft had inched up behind, her tight walls had gripped his thickness with a wonderful sensation that he seriously desired of her. He was then fully up to the hilt, getting itself adjusted to her tight feeling.

"Oh, fuck!" Sterling moaned out to her as she yelped out in the delight of having him inside of her as well.

"Yes! Oh, yes! That feels so good... Oh, Sterling..." Fluttershy squealed to him. "Let me ride you, my hunky soldier," she then said to him in a pseudo-commanding tone.

"Give it to me, babe... Fuck me like there's no tomorrow," Sterling had begged her in his rush.

Fluttershy giggled as she heard his plea.

"Alright then... let's test your endurance, shall we?"

"Yes, honey..."

And with those words spoken, she began to grind her hips while his dick was at its hilt, gripping it in her walls. And as she began to bounce her hips up and down, the pleasure of his hardened member had made the both of them scream in the delightful lust that drove them near to the point of insanity. Their frustrations had been long pent up, and now they were fucking each others brains out in return for being so patient with how it would all play out.

The currents of their joined pumping had then gone into a new level when Sterling placed his hands on Fluttershy's lower cheeks for his lover to fuck him harder and faster with a few slaps to encourage her to go faster with her riding him out as he had also grabbed her breasts and sucked on her nipples for more of an effect as he rose up to get a better feeling of her motions for a while during their intercourse. The shouts and yells from the both of them to go faster and harder had increased their current speed of pumping. And as the course of their joined orgasms rose up higher and higher, they both got even louder with his dick just slamming into her aching walls.

"S-Sterling! Aah~! I'm gonna cum again! I'm cumming! I'm cumming!" she warned him in her desire to feel his seed inside of her.

"M-me too, Fluttershy! Let's both cum together this time!" he had told her knowingly, wanting to feel their second rush. "And I want to see your face as we both hit the point of no return, okay?"

"Yes! Yes! YES! YES!! PLEASE, FUCK ME! FUCK ME HARDER, STERLING!!" Fluttershy demanded passionately in her yelps.

"Aah, Goddesses! Aah! I intend to do just that, Fluttershy!" Sterling spoke up with his hand on her hips as he forced her onto her back so that he could finish her off in a new position. Her legs then wrapped around him in a locking position, letting him do what he wanted with her. And as they got to the final threshold of their orgasms, the pressure had soon been broken after pumping their genitals for the last time. The screams from both parties had echoed throughout the entire house, if not the room. And the room was now filled with their musk as the couch had now been stained with the pooling of their mixed cum.

As soon as their wonderful activity of sexual intercourse was done, Sterling had allowed their final embrace to cover their fully naked bodies. As the man had felt his semi-hard dick wedging itself in the woman's lower cheeks, even though it was a fabulous feeling, his erection had to wait until later.

"Hey, 'Shy..." he whispered to her.

"Yes, Sterling?" she whispered back.

"I love you, babe. And not just for what we did right now..."

"Hmmhmmhmm. I love you too, sweetie..."

A final set of smooches were then given before snuggling up on his chest.

"Give it a few minutes?"

"Oh, yes. I have been wanting to do this on your couch for a while."

They could only laugh for a little bit before they clashed their lips again.

“You up for a little change in the position, along with where I put it?” he asked her while the rush of the orgasm raised up his desires again. As soon as he felt it arise, he was able to see the woman position herself once again. They were both just as eager as the other was.

“Okay, now I'm ready,” she announced to him as she presented her rear end to him.

“Here I go!” he replied after rubbing himself to twitch himself back up.

In that second, Sterling allowed his still erected manhood to slowly penetrate her back door before inching in with more of his shaft before it stopped at the hilt, ending with a grunt that followed with a shriek of delighted lust from the woman that urged him to continue. The pumping of his shaft into the tighter walls of her anus in a repeated motion that sent a jolt through him, while following with a semi rough massaging of her breasts, had allowed him to grunt and pant with labored breaths. Given that it was the first time giving anal to Fluttershy after last night, he knew that he didn't have to be too rough on her. Just enough to allow her to know that she would be able to enjoy it.

“Oh! Aah! AAH! Oh, Goddesses! Don't stop! Please! Sterling, don't ever pull it out!” Fluttershy begged, reveling in the feeling of her man's rod within her as it pumped into her with a merciful strength. The clamping of her anal walls on his manhood had allowed her lust to peak up once more. The tears that she felt from her eyes had been the result of feeling the grip on him becoming almost divine to her.

The pleasure that was shared between Sterling and Fluttershy had alarmed him of the growing desire to explode into her. And the buildup had been killing him with the anticipation of wanting to give out a great stream of pleasure into her. And he more than agreed with his horny side that pulling out would not be good for him, nor her.

“Augh! Damn! You're so tight down there!” Sterling grunted as he pumped more into her back door, earning a few more tiny shrieks from her.

“Ooh! Don't! Stop! Fucking! Me!” Fluttershy commanded him with a nearly angered tone of voice as her walls kept milking him of what he was worth. But as she felt the power of the jolts delaying the inevitable orgasm. “I want that hot seed in my ass to flood me! And I want it now!” she screamed at him, even though she was not facing him.

“And you're going to get it, my little bitch!” Sterling playfully grunted, going along with the small roleplay that she was making at that moment. “When you go with Rarity, or any of the other women in the harem, I want you to tell them that you are willing to fuck me in front of them all! Mouth, pussy and ass!” His speed and strength were nowhere near being drained as his lust fueled him up to keep going. He then decided to play it a little rougher by lifting her up from the legs and displayed her whole body while still drilling his rod into her, earning a small scream from her.

“Aah! Yes! I want all of my harem partners to fuck me like this! And I want-- no, need this! From! My! Friends!!” the Auran shouted out as she then felt both her fingers and his rubbing the inside of her pussy, sending more waves of lust into her while also feeling his other hand grip her left breast, giving a slight pinch to the nipple. “Sterling! I'm gonna cum! It's almost there!” she warned him, feeling the pressure about to break within her fingered womanhood and pinched areola.

“Me- Aah! Me too!” he responded as he too felt the urge to explode rising. And sure enough, the dam of his impending orgasm had broken. And his hot white seed had flooded the back door with a stream that filled the back door with his mess. And as it did so, the mess of the vaginal orgasm had spurted out to the floor, leaving a trail of Fluttershy's cum on a spot that continued to spread out. A long sigh had been heard from how exhausting the sexual intercourse was, even though the activities that they had played were quite fun for them.

“I'm sorry, 'Shy,” Sterling sighed to her as he allowed himself to fall to the couch, bringing the lady with him.

“Why? Why are you sorry?” Fluttershy wondered as she looked at him after adjusting her position to look into his eyes.

“I must have been quite rough on you, given that my.... prowess.... had peaked,” he explained to her as he gently caressed her face.

“Oh, no. You were wonderful, Sterling,” she purred to him in a genuinely warm tone, kissing his lips in the process. “I really enjoyed that! I felt like a real woman again with you,” she also giggled at her words to him, feeling the giddiness taking over as she kept pecking his face almost wildly. “And I really felt, well.... th-that is, if you don't me saying this... um...” she trailed off for a moment before looking back at him. “It was exciting! Oh! I felt like our friends were actually watching how perverted I am! Even though I was afraid, I had you with me to be strong! And... well... I was also imagining that all of them were doing me like you did just a moment ago.” When she said those words, her face had betrayed a blush that only she could pull off.

“Your first love was Rarity, right?” Sterling asked, hoping to make a decent conversation between them.

“Uh-huh,” Fluttershy nodded, confused by what he was asking her. “But, um... why do you ask?” she wanted to know.

“Well, given that you two first confessed your love to each other before I arrived, I'm more than positive that you also had this kind of fantasy about her,” he first pointed out, remembering how her story was first said when they were dating a few months ago. “And given how you both wanted a man to be with you two, and how you both saw how much I was in need of that kind of loving relationship, I think that it's safe to assume that you've both had more of a reason to love each other. And not just because of those fantasies,” he nodded in conclusion to his argument with a smirk. “You agree with that notion, Rarity?” he then asked as his eyes averted to the nearby door. Fluttershy then saw the same woman looking flustered from how nude they both were, while also being able to keep a warm smile on her face, even with a major blush on her pseudo porcelain face.

“As a woman who has no wish to make the conversation short for the convenience of time, of which I don't have much of to go on, your notions are not far fetched, my love,” Rarity nodded with a sigh while keeping her casual tone in her voice. The generous seamstress with a posh lifestyle had stepped up to the naked pair and gave them a warm smile. “And as such, such a display of your affections are not something to be looked at as disgusting. But rather, it is quite beautiful to see you both having a good time,” she enunciated to them as she began to wrap her arms around the Auran to hold her from behind. She then kissed the area between Fluttershy's shoulder and neck, earning a purr from the lady.

“Thanks, Rarity,” Fluttershy said as she tilted her head to the lady behind her. Her lips then puckered up and gave her a short smooch that resulted in the third party giving her the same kiss. “It really means a lot to me, hearing you say that.”

“But of course, my beautiful and loving friend,” Rarity chirped, happy to hear those words. “And I must say, such noises that you both made have given me a reason to enjoy seeing your birthday suits,” she smirked with a sultry grin. “Even though such a cacophony is uncouth during this time of the day, just before lunch time,” she further teased them, directing her eyes to Fluttershy's still glistening honeypot. “Oh... such a beautiful flower,” she sighed at the sight.

“I take it that you are wanting to join us for lunch, Rarity?” Sterling then asked her, feeling that the whole conversation was about to go into that same direction if not for what was supposed to happen at the moment.

“Well.... if I can contribute to the impending luncheon, then maybe I could be so inclined to join you two,” Rarity replied after giving herself a moment to think about it. “And maybe have my share of the activities that you two oh so enjoyed after having a bite to eat?” she suggested to them before going up to Sterling to hug and kiss him.

“Well, now... It seems the fun has been--”

(*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!*)

“Uh oh!” Sterling gasped as he felt the vibrations of the sounds reverberating throughout the house. And as he felt the quakes beneath him, so too did the women. The same sounds had given them both a reason to gasp in fear. But as they had felt their fear go up in a gradual step, Sterling could only close his eyes for a moment. The same booming sounds that he was listening in on.... were slow in tempo and speed.

“Hmm....” he pondered while allowing his magic to analyze the noise.

“What is it, Sterling? Is it something big?” Rarity shivered as Fluttershy too made a nod with a squeak.

“It's a giant,” Sterling gasped, concluding what kind of thing could make such a series of quakes. The vibrations were enough to shake down a few houses, but not to cause destruction with how low it sounded. “And it's hurt! It's coming to Ponyville, seeking aid!” When that sudden announcement was made, he used a few choice spells to clean his and Fluttershy's bodies of the stains and sweat before doing the same for the couch and floor. When that was done, the same magic had simultaneously performed a spell to put on his clothes. The same enchantment allowed Fluttershy to be given back her entire wardrobe, allowing her to look just as beautiful as before. The trio had then stopped themselves just a few feet near the front door to assess themselves of any fears to be put aside.

“But how do--?” Rarity was about to ask before stopping herself to say, “Ah! No-no-no! I will not ask how you know of this! You've been around the world, while having a lot of training in your time with that unit of yours, to know when some person or docile creature is hurt,” Rarity quickly said in a clear turn of her long-term memory.

“I am that glad you remembered that, my hot diamond,” Sterling grinned at her, receiving an eye roll from the lady that he acknowledged.

“Yes, well, calling a lady like myself a diamond would indicate that I am quite a sight to behold, am I not?” Rarity quipped with a giggle.

“Well I believe that it's only fair to say that you, along with Fluttershy here and the other women in the harem, are still Goddesses in the flesh,” Sterling smiled before opening the door to the outside world. “And when my new task is done, I have a set of gifts for all of you that will attest to how much I want to keep you by my side.” As soon as the door opened up, the noises from before were just loud enough to catch their attention.

“And, uh.... that is, if you please.... will these gifts be expensive?” Fluttershy politely asked him while moving behind him.

“No,” he shook his head, earning a confused look before smirking. “They'll be priceless,” he corrected her with an emphasis on the last word.

“So you made them yourself, then?” Rarity asked as she took his side.

“The last hint that I will give you both is that I had devoted a lot of time, when I wasn't with you girls, to making my own version of an ensemble,” he pointed to them as he signaled them to move out the front porch with him.

“Well, it seems that you wanted to make it so that we never leave you, huh?” the seamstress noted from his words.

(*Boom! Boom!*)

“Not even if it meant the world,” the Alicornian simply replied.

“Thanks, Sterling,” Fluttershy softly said to him. “So... we should see if we can find this giant with our friend's help,” she suggested to him.

“Good idea. You and Rarity should--” he was about to command before seeing a flash of purple light just a few feet away from the trio on the patio. “Never mind, then,” he shrugged as he immediately saw Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle standing on the walkway. A few shakes from the Princess' head had indicated that she had not teleported a group of people before. But it was still a success in his mind. “Well done, Twilight. I really must commend you for making yourself and the other women present,” he said to the slightly dizzy woman who performed the spell.

“We had to get to your place as fast as possible, and, well, I thought of that spell to get here,” Twilight said to him with a meek smile.

“Then it is correct to say that you all felt the quakes beneath us,” he stated to the rest of the group.

“My Pinkie Sense told me that it was some newcomer that has come calling,” Pinkie spoke up for herself.

“And your talent for knowing the immediate future was quite accurate,” Sterling chuckled from her words.

“Someone! Anyone! Please... HELP!!!” a new, deep voice cried out from a distance. The whole group turned around to the source of the voice. Sure enough, there was a giant looking over the town. Aside from seeing that the creature was dirty, there was also small streams of blood dripping down from a few deep cuts on the body and face. But along with that observation, there was also a long line of chains binding it's body. The items that the group then saw hanging from the chains were more than about ten cages. A long, exhausted breath had sounded out before the giant had keeled over, shaking the earth below them as it's knees hit the ground before the rest of the body began to descend to the same ground below.

“NOO!!!” Sterling shouted, believing that the giant was about to die in front of him. With no second to lose, he activated his innate ability to shoot off from the ground and flew up to the chest of the creature, stopping the movement from going any faster as he placed his palms on the same pectorals to ease the accelerated movement. And as the strength of the giant was fading from the body, Sterling allowed his magic to levitate the cages from the chains and place them gently on the ground as he laid the large person on the ground. His magic then turned the big man around to allow the face to look up to the sky. “Sir!! Can you hear me?! This is Sterling Caliber of Ponyville! And the Council of Friendship is with me! We'll get you the medical attention you need, along with the Royal Honor Guard to assist with the cages! Are you with us?” he pleaded to the giant, nearly fearful that his attempts to keep the fallen one from going unconscious on him.

“Please....” the giant spoke to him in a lower tone of voice. From what Sterling was able to figure out, the voice had the archaic dialect of the Eastern Eagle Land people, though it also sounded a bit slurred. “Help those people in the cages... they were experimented on... Urrgh.... by evil nercomancers. And those Magicians were evil! Please.... help.... them.... Ugh!” the giant pleaded before slipping out of consciousness with a breath escaping the throat.

Without any hesitation, Sterling looked to the neck and placed his palms on the area near the thorax. The beat of the heart was still there, but it was dangerously low. And the pooling of the blood was staining the ground, leaving a small stream to be collected by the dirt below the grass.

“Twi! Rares!” Sterling shouted out. “Get the Royal Honor Guard and tell them to help get the cages opened!” he commanded to the girls behind him, keeping his face on the giant below him. He soon heard the running footsteps of the pair going out to the village. “'Shy! Pinks! Follow those two, and find the emergency medical unit in the hospital! Alert them all that their rooms will be filled up with the people in the cages!” A reply had been given to him with a comply before hearing the same steps going to another location. “Rainbow, you and Applejack are to stay with me and assess the situation to the Guard and medics,” he then said to the last two women, turning his head to them with a shockingly fearful look.

“Whatcha thinkin', Sterling?” Applejack raised her voice in concern.

“I think....” Sterling trailed off as he looked over the body of the giant to observe anything that seemed out of the ordinary. Before he could move away, he spotted a cloth within the collar of the shirt and ripped it off. The cloth had revealed a symbol, depicting a crimson crossbow and three scratch marks behind the weapon within a white circle. The same picture had given cause for the Alicornian to gasp deeply.

“Oh, no....” Rainbow shivered, knowing that the deep gasp was how she knew that there was a bigger picture that she did not know about, thus fearing what was happening at the moment. “It's something evil, isn't it?” she demanded to know, feeling her fear get to her.

Sterling could only turn his head and stare deeply at her ruby red eyes with his silver eyes, showing a familiar look....

Of fear.

“This.... is something... far worse.”

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