Chapter 6

The Golden Pint

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The time was 9:30 in the morning, according to the clock in Sterling's living room. And as such, the same timepiece had also shown that it was a beautiful Saturday morning with partial clouds covering the sky from the weather indicator below the clock's face. And he could not have been any happier with how today just rolled by after a month had passed, ever since he got out of the hospital. He was quite thankful for how he was able to survive the ordeal, let alone be able to live to see his new girlfriends every day of his new life. Well, as much of a new life as he could muster.

.....

During the month that went by, both he, Rarity and Fluttershy had gone out on many dates. And a lot of them had been the very simple 'outing-as-friends' dates. But as the month drew to a close, as the summer season was still in full swing, his love for the beauties, to which he thanked the Goddesses for meeting up close, had grown deeper with every second of the time spent with them. And his memories of the times had begun to flood back to him as he heard a bit of some classical music playing in the background of his mind.

On the third day after the night of hearing each other's confessions, Sterling had gone out with Fluttershy on their first romantic date that started with a simple yet pleasant picnic. After that, it was followed by a quick trip to a swimming hole that blessed them both with being able to see their half naked bodies as they took the cold water on their skin to beat off Celestia's hot sun. And finally, the night fell over from the day to make way for a candlelit dinner at a small restaurant that catered to their desires. During that dinner, they each had to speak their feelings about each other. Sterling's heart was all for making the harem possible, but he wanted nothing more than to let her know that no matter what would happen, he would always love both her and Rarity.

This in turn allowed him to be given a very deep and passionate kiss that spoke about their deepest desires in their silence. But that came around after Fluttershy was walked to her home. And as they were at the door, she confessed about giving Rarity a very deep kiss while slightly groping her breasts after becoming an official growing harem with him on that night. This tidbit of information allowed his brain to see an erotic fantasy of the two. And after leaving her for the night, Sterling could only smile as he realized that if he played his cards right, he would be able to see that from the both of them.

On the fourth day, Sterling then took Rarity out for his second date of the same romantic nature. Even if he hadn't accounted that she needed to shop for new materials for her expected products, he still gallantly paid for all of the materials for her. When lunch and dinner came around, Rarity was just so impressed with Sterling's behavior around her. And when the inevitable conversation about the harem issue arrived, both she and the gentleman had spoken why they each wanted to allow it to happen.

And after walking Rarity to her home, Sterling had been given the tiny story of how both she and Fluttershy had started to make out for a little in front of the door where they were standing at. This gave his lower regions a reason to warm up a little bit, just as he heard it from Fluttershy before. She giggled at his reaction, following a heated kiss that matched Fluttershy's to a 'T'. And after he left from the entrance of the Boutique, Sterling's heart then soared at the prospect of being able to see both her and Fluttershy getting bare naked with him.

And after those romantic dates, the rest of the week had gone by blissfully for the honorably discharged Captain. It was on all of the days that flew by when both Fluttershy and Rarity had begun to frequently visit him after they all had to do their chores. But Sterling still loved having them over at his house. And the new women in his life knew it quite well. And on the days when he would take the both of them out, he would also see the women giving each other an extensive make out session that always left little to his imagination. But his chuckles at their affections would always result in being allowed to join them.

But even he couldn't refuse when the girls wanted to be near him, as his beliefs had been consistent of the same virtues that his girlfriends always practiced, even without some bejeweled necklace that held a great power within it.

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Today was one of those days as Sterling had taken a fictional book from his library to read for his entertainment. And as he sat on his recliner, the story that he was reading was a masterpiece on how one of the great musicians from the 1st Era was as much of a genius with making the best symphonies and operas, but with the burdening aspect that he was always poor. Sterling could only chuckle as he had given himself a little bit of instruction as to how he would have been able to fund him with a bank account that could allow the young music maker to enjoy the finer things in life without starving themselves.

And his Dragon Vault was more than likely going to be emptied out if he did that, given the musicians greedy nature. The speculated scenario that played out in his head had only given him more of a reason to laugh silently as he read more of the book. What he had not counted on, as he was paying more attention to the events being displayed in the pages, was how soon his girlfriends would come knocking on his door.

It was just within another chapter of this book that he heard a gentle knocking on his door. He placed a bookmark where he left off and placed it on the table. After placing it there, he walked up to the door and opened it for the person who knocked.

"Hey, Fluttershy," he smiled his greeting to the one at the door.

"Hi, Sterling," Fluttershy smiled back with a small blush. "Um... M-may I... come in, please?" she asked him politely, hoping that she wasn't interrupting something important.

"Of course, Fluttershy. Come on in," Sterling answered her. The girl then closes the door behind her just as softly as she entered. She then takes off her pair of flats and begins walk with him to the three-seat couch. As she takes her place next to him on the couch, she is then greeted with his arms surrounding her body in a firm yet gentle grip. She hums softly into his chest, taking in a whiff of his scent.

"I missed being with you today," she sighed to him with a loving tone.

"I missed being with you too, my love," Sterling replied to her, believing what she said to him. A few smooches had been accepted by their lips as some giggles and chuckles came along. "I take it that you were able to feed your animals before you came here?" he then asked her after giving another smooch.

"Uh-huh," she nodded. "And I was also able to see the newest litter of baby bunnies that Angel is the father of! Oh! They are just so cute!" she squeaks with a delight in her voice while looking into his eyes.

"Wow... Now that's just wonderful, Fluttershy," Sterling spoke to her with a firmer hug as a smile lifted up from his lips. "Were they all named after they got cleaned up?", he asked the lady at his side, knowing that she was always attentive when it came to her animals at the clinic.

"Angel and his wife, Jasmine, named them all Jack and Tina," Fluttershy giggled her answer.

"All boys and girls, huh?", he asked again.

"Mm-hmm."

"I guess that's something worth celebrating, huh?"

"Why, yes."

Sterling then gently pulled Fluttershy up so that she was just eye level with him before rolling her over just as softly so that she was below him. The same girl who was always known to be timid was able to sense that her shared boyfriend wanted to make out with her. And she accepted as one of her legs spread out wrapped around his hips to allow the man to connect with her as some deep kisses were shared. A few moans had escaped from their throat as the session got even more passionate.

As Sterling got just a bit braver, his hands gently groped her lower cheeks, earning him a muffled giggle that followed a slight moan. They part for a moment to breath in the air of the room before some more kisses were given.

"Hi, beautiful," Sterling smiled at her while moving a bit of her hair out of her face.

"Hi, handsome," Fluttershy giggled as her face got a little pink. The Auran then cupped her hands to his face and began to kiss him even deeper than just a moment ago as her tongue asked for permission to enter her mouth.

Sterling could only reply with his mouth opening as his tongue snaked its way to meet the other invader from Fluttershy's mouth. As soon as the girl felt his tongue meeting hers, she had moved her tongue around his as her mouth closed on his while swirling it around just as he did for her. The moans that had been made had echoed all around the living room as they had both panted their loving breaths. A trail of saliva had become evident of their passion as their breaths had become frantic enough to say that they each needed to breath. And when the same fluid had dripped off from them, they could only look deeply into each other's eyes as their faces turned a bit red.

"Oh, goodness..." Fluttershy panted from how hot she felt from that moment with her loving boyfriend.

"Yeah... same here," Sterling grinned to her as he also felt the same rise in bodily heat after removing his lips from hers.

"I, uh... I never really felt so... wow..."

"Hot?" he finished for her.

"Y-yes," she blushed again as her face got just a little redder.

"Oh, my word."

Sterling and Fluttershy had both heard that voice speak up and looked to the front entrance to see Rarity sharing a flustered look that showed her face getting as red as the others were. Fluttershy had moved her head from seeing her shared girlfriend at the door, feeling so embarrassed from the display that she and Sterling made.

"Hello there, Rarity. Didn't hear you come in," Sterling observed, noting that the seamstress Magician was looking like she just saw something very beautiful.

"I only opened the door a minute ago, darling. But I can see how the both of you were in the middle of something," Rarity smirked with a lustful grin before noticing her Auran girlfriend hiding her face from her. "Oh, come now, Fluttershy. There's no need to feel so flustered, it's only natural that you want to be with him," she calmly said to her as she knelt just slightly near the lady before moving her hair enough to kiss her dainty cheek with a peck.

"You can show yourself to us, babe," Sterling agreed with the lady near him. The only reply that they both got was Fluttershy slowly showing her face after moving some of her hair. "Ah, there she is. Hi, sweetheart," he cooed to the girl below him. "Welcome back to the living room, 'Shy," he then chuckled to her, receiving a soft giggle from her.

"Thanks for having me here," Fluttershy spoke to him with her smile growing. "Hi, Rarity," she greeted her loving lady.

"Hello, my darling," Rarity replied back as her lips gave a long smooch to her sweetheart. "Had a good day, dear?" she then asked her after giving her another kiss.

"Angel is now a father," she responded to her.

"A father? And how many of those newborns does he now have?" Rarity then asked, feeling elated from the news.

"The count is up to a dozen, including Angel and his wife Jasmine," Fluttershy giggled.

"Oh, goodness! Now that just calls for a little celebration, wouldn't you say?" the fashionista quipped to her.

"That it does," Sterling complied before rising up from the couch. "But there's just one thing that I have completely forgotten about as we chatter about in this room," he then spoke up, turning the ladies attention to him.

"And what would that be?" Fluttershy asked.

"While we've been chatting about the birth of Angel's new children, my manners became quite low, because of how I didn't even get up to give Rarity her kiss as a greeting to her," he answered them as he chastised himself for being so rude. "I'm very sorry, Rarity," he apologized to the seamstress.

"Oh, it's quite alright, Sterling-dear," the seamstress accepted his apology. "But I do suppose that you are wanting to make it up to me somehow?" she speculated as her shared boyfriend walked up closer. The reply that she received was a kiss that soon turned into the same passionate tongue-included smooches that set her mood into a higher level. And when she twirled her tongue around his, Rarity then gripped Sterling's hips close to hers as her right leg then moved up to wrap itself around him.

Fluttershy then rose up from the couch and began to move behind her. Then, with a small breath in, she wrapped herself around Rarity while moving a bit of her purple hair to see her neck and right shoulder. And after letting her breasts cushion onto her shared girlfriends back, she began to kiss her neck and shoulder, earning her more moans from the fashionista. Sterling then saw what his other girlfriend was doing and followed suit with his own kisses on Rarity's neck and left shoulder.

Rarity had felt a little happier with her pair of loving friends giving her the attention that she did not know she would get. It was a particularly frustrating day, yesterday, as a customer was wanting winter colors for a custom made dress. And it was summer time. Much as Rarity wanted, she could not get a word in, and thus she had become a bit ticked off. So much so that she just wanted nothing more than to see her two loves give her some comforting gestures. And she was definitely able to get it as Fluttershy and Sterling had suddenly, but gently, groped her heaving breasts.

"Mmm.... I so needed this," she moaned as her clothed mounds and rear cheek had been firmly massaged. "I've had such a bad day yesterday, and I really need this so much! Aah! Goodness, you two!" she exclaimed when a firm nibble had only contacted the muscles of her neck. "You're both wanting me like that, hmm?"

Sterling and Fluttershy both looked at the lady that had received their attention and had each given her a full kiss.

"I can't help the fact that I've been wanting to do that for a while now," Sterling smirked.

"M...m-me too. I hope we didn't hurt you at all," Fluttershy softly said to her.

"Oh, no.... in fact, it shows me how much you both love me, if anything," Rarity clarified for them.

"Oh! Uh... T-that's, um... nice-- Eep!," Fluttershy muttered before she squeaked as a her own neck then got a few licks and kisses from the fashionista Magician.

Sterling could only watch as Rarity then took action by moving her lips towards Fluttershy's mouth as a deep kiss had been planted softly before feeling the firm massaging of her breasts on hers. This turn of the tables had made the Captain gasp quietly in the heat of the moment as his breath escaped while feeling his loins burn up as his pants became increasingly uncomfortable. But before he could step in, he sighed out a sigh that let them know that he was really enjoying the show. The finish came around when the women called him over to give him their own passionate kisses.

And after what felt like an eternity, when in reality it was only about fifteen minutes, his lips and tongue had departed from Fluttershy and Rarity's mouths after a steamy session of heavy kissing and petting. A set of pants and moans was the sound off when the three of them sat back on the couch.

"Wow.... that... was just... sweet," Sterling smiled to the ladies at his sides as his chest rose up and down while he attempted to catch his breath.

"Oh, yes... it truly was," Rarity agreed as she was also sighing from the contact that she shared with her loves.

"Mm-hmm," Fluttershy muttered as she held Sterling close to her.

Some moments of silence had passed by blissfully for the trio that loved each other immensely when the sound of the door being knocked had echoed through the living room. And Sterling, despite how hot he felt from that passionate moment with his girlfriends, decided to get the door.

"I'll go get the door, and you two stay at the couch," Sterling softly commanded them as he rose up from the couch. Before he took the first step, he gave a quick peck to each of his loving women. And after doing so, he stepped up to the door and opened it.

At the door was a small group of ladies that even Sterling recognized: Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Why the ladies were at the door, he could not figure out. But with how well dressed they all were (even Rainbow Dash as well, though it was quite an ordeal for her to wear something fancy), it must have been time for something to do with the other girls.

"Hello there, Elements," he greeted them with a warm smile. "What can I do for you today?"

"We were actually wondering if you could release Rarity and Fluttershy from your grasps for a few hours," Twilight playfully smirked at him, as the others rolled their eyes for a moment. "Today's the day that we all check out the bar that just opened up from a block-and-a-half away from your property," she then clarified.

And right after hearing those words, Sterling then beckoned for the others to join their friends.

"Girls, your friends are here to pay for your ransom," he playfully said to them.

"Oh, Princess! You've no idea! how this man was just cruel to us!" Rarity theatrically spoke to her as a smile had shown that she was only joking around.

"If you hadn't shown up, then we'd have to... to... eep!" Fluttershy added to the theatrics with her trademarked squeak.

All of the girls had suddenly laughed loudly from the pseudo-drama that the Magician and the Auran had played out for their best friends. After about a minute of this laughing, Sterling had stopped everyone from laughing while making sure that all of the women kept a smile on them.

"I take it that the bar that you speak of is brand new, so to speak?" he asked them, knowing that he knew about it all.

"And it just so happens that the previous owner had allowed the newest owner to destroy it when it was shown to be something just so horrifying that even Nightmare Moon would take a peek inside of it and say 'OH, TARTARUS NO!'! And that really is saying something because it is now a really great place to look at from the out---!" Pinkie was babbling on before stopping herself as some revelation had dawned on her, indicated by a long gasp from her.

"Hold up there, Pinkie," Rainbow calmly instructed her Equian friend before she walked up a bit to Sterling. "From what Pinkie was just saying now, my guess is that you had something to do with the old bar being destroyed before we all saw it as it is today, right?" she then asked the Captain.

"And if I was?" Sterling asked as his right eyebrow lifted up while keeping a poker face.

"Then ya might have to tell us how ya did it all," Applejack quipped to him, meeting his expression.

"Alright," Sterling conceded as he raised his hands up. "You got me. I confess. I made the 'Empty Barrel' go down before the brand new place called the 'Golden Pint' came around."

"Let me guess: You were the one that bought it from the previous owner, right?" Rarity asked him.

"Guilty," Sterling nodded.

"And I take it that you had a reason to do so?" Rainbow then intervened, wanting very badly to know how he did it all.

"Yep," Sterling nodded again.

"Care to explain?" Applejack asked as well.

"As we all walk to the place, if all of you would be willing to allow me to buy all of you some drinks," Sterling planned out for them.

"I think that would be a wonderful idea, Captain," Twilight replied.

"And the rest of you?" he pointed to the women, including his girlfriends. They all gave him, though a little bit reluctantly, the green light to buy the drinks for them all. "Good! Because I have a little story to tell all of you, pertaining to the acquisition of the establishment that I've recently claimed! And it's a reasonably short story that I can truly share with all of you," he then said to them as they all walked from the entrance point of the walkway that led to both the farm and the town.

Within a few minutes, Sterling told them all how the previous owner had desperately wanted to go to Lyraland for the rest of his natural life with his loving wife of sixty years as he retired. But even that man was not able to meet the taxes, along with how the inspectors always threatened him with how they were going to destroy the place without presentation. Sterling had decided to step in and give more than triple on what the building was originally valued at, thus allowing the elderly couple to finally enjoy a much needed way to relax. And after doing all of that, the Captain had volunteered his entire team to help him out with making the new bar stand out from all the rest. The destruction and reconstruction had been done within five whole days, giving the Royal Elites yet another reason to smile.

And after Sterling retold the story to them, even Rainbow Dash, the one that never seemed to appreciate a good thing from a certain perspective, had cried a bit while hugging him after hearing the sad tale before the Captain could even use his cloning spell to perform the reconstruction. As soon as the rest of the group had reached the entrance of the place, Sterling had opened the door by a spell that opened it for them.

On the outside, it had the look of some well-to-do Las Pegasus establishment (without the gambling, of course), but the inside had a mixture of Stirrupean and Equestrian backgrounds for the comfort of all types of paying customers. The group of women that was escorted by Sterling were able to see how it was not just veterans from the two Equius Wars, given that it all had the memorabilia from all those times. But it also had enough modern settings to let all future customers know that the people were able to get service faster than normally seen. And on one of the walls, there was a post that showed the future events, as well as drink specials, that would more than likely gain a lot of regulars.

Sterling could only smile knowingly while the ladies had nearly dropped their jaws.

"Oh, wow," Twilight and Rainbow both gasped as they saw how the place looked great.

"My, oh my. This here place looks better 'n any rodeo at Appaloosa," Applejack quipped to him. "Ya tryin' to tell us somethin', Cap?" she then teased him, getting her sweet revenge on him.

"Maybe," he playfully quipped to her, earning a playful punch on his shoulder from the farmer babe.

"I can't wait to try the new stuff that you got here," Rainbow shook her head, not wanting to show any kind of patience.

"There's a booth near the bar that we can all take our seats at, just next to the picture of the Canterlot castle tower," Sterling instructed them, to which they obeyed as they sat at the same seating that was pointed to them. "I'll get the drinks for us, while the six of you stay there," he further ordered them with a smile, as they smiled back in compliance.

When he got to the bar counter, Sterling took a seat and prepared to make his order towards the bartender named Bernie Clink. As the bartender went up to him, the memory of getting his first drink at the age of sixteen, in the small tropical island of Zanzebra, had played up.

"Hello again, Cap!"

"Hey, Bernie. How's things?"

"Great, and the mood of this place says 'happy'. So what can I get you for this afternoon, boss?"

"A continuing round of the Lyrish stout beer for me, four large hard apple cider glasses, two glasses of Prench pink wine, a Rainboom shot and two trays of cheese sticks to tide us all until lunch time."

"Comin' right up, my friend!"

And with that, the glasses of the ordered drinks were being poured out with careful precision. He looked over to the ladies at the booth where the ladies were sitting at, noticing that Rarity was whispering something into Applejack's ear. It surely must have been something quite naughty, given how the farmer Equian was just blushing madly. Sterling paid it no mind, even with his curious nature when it all came down to what his girlfriends would say behind his back about him. A moment later, prior to the pouring of the ordered drinks, Sterling looked back to the action that Bernie was taking. The drinks were now placed on a black tray, Bernie doing his best to keep the drinks from even having one drop spilling.

"Hold that thought a moment?" Sterling then requested, moving over to the gap of the counter.

"What's up, Cap?" Bernie asked him, curious as to what his boss wanted.

"Let's move those drinks to the V.I.P. room upstairs. Better for me to have some time with my two girlfriends and their best friends together as we drink," Sterling requested again after pointing at the tray and the flight of stairs just thirty feet away from the farthest end of the bar counter.

"Sure thing, Sterling. Just don't forget to call up Dining Virtue when you're all emptied out," Bernie nodded to him.

Some minutes later, much to the ladies surprise, both Sterling and the women had taken their seats after taking the flight of stairs to the exclusive room. Both Rarity and Fluttershy had both expressed how well the room was put together while the other four were taking their own poll on the matter at hand.

"Wow! This really looks snazzy, Cap! Never figured you to be a snooty noble," Rainbow expressed, granting an annoyed huff from Rarity.

"I'm not; Just someone that knows a great universal truth," Sterling replied to her brash comment.

"And that would be?" Twilight popped up after looking around for a moment.

"That even the most hardened of politicians and nobles, Celestia and Luna knowing all too well, will need a drink or two to lift up their spirits before going into their normal business," Sterling answered with a confident look on his face.

"Ooohh! I bet that you'll get quite a lot of customers, depending on who might be here," Pinkie decided to add in, somehow keeping up with what the Captain was saying at the moment.

"Yep," he nodded to her.

"Ah, shoot. Ah'll bet that ya got mo' friends outside of Equestria than in here," Applejack commented to him.

"Well... that's only technically true," he admitted with a shrug.

"How so, darling?" Rarity quickly asked him.

"Well, uh... if the last count is correct, I have about a dozen or more people and anthropoid people of great importance that I am connected with, on a social level pertaining to only mere friendship," Sterling started to explain. "The Kings and Queens of Draconia, Gryphonia and the Norse Countries, the Chancellors and Prime Ministers of the Stirrupean and Mareterrainian Kingdoms, the Chieftain of the Leo-Gar Highlands, the Dukes' and Duchess' of Saddle Arabia and Maretonia, the Mayor of the city of Maretropolis & even the High Council of the Neighponiese Territories. So, all in all, I'd say about more than two dozen people. And all from my time in the Marines, while keeping a low profile as the leader of the Royal Elites," he concluded with a nod. He then looked at both his girlfriends and their best friends and said "What?" with his left eyebrow going up.

"You... know... all of those people?!" Twilight freaked out with a gasp, knowing that such connections had made him a dangerous man to even think of conspiring against.

"Not personally, but I made a decent impression on them with how I gave my life to save their countries, along with their subjects," Sterling shrugged again, thinking of it all to be no big deal. "And I'd gladly do it again and again if it meant saving the whole world once again," he then said to the audience that was close to him.

"Yeah, but still! Those people have at least a very high standing with our Princesses!" Rainbow gasped, shocked by how casual he sounded about the connections.

"I know that, Rainbow. But even I believe that such connections can only go so far. And this is my experience talking, mind you," Sterling remarked to her with a last gulp from his drink. "Dining, another round if you please, good sir?" he then called to the bartender working at the bar near them.

"Of course, boss," Dining Virtue, a Magician bartender from Canterlot, replied with a smile. And after making sure that the drinks were made properly, as was his lot in life, the same Magician went over to the table and pulled up the groups' new set of drinks. "There we are. Oh, and the cheese sticks will be ready in a few minutes," he then said to his boss, knowing that good news was always a must when making someone smile, despite where he grew up from. Even Sterling knew this; Magician Sense, and all.

"Thank you very much, Dining," Sterling smiled at him.

"Oh-ho, no, sir. Thank you for allowing me to serve you," the bartender replied.

"Keep the drinks coming until one of us calls a cab for all of us," Sterling quipped to him with a smirk.

"As you wish," the man nodded before going back to his post.

Some hours later, as it always felt like minutes when a person starts taking their drinks, the whole group had started to recall their tales with each other. But not only that, but they also decided to put their gracious friend/boyfriend in the spotlight with how kind and generous he was, even with the military training that always made him firm with everything in his life. Not only with certain matters that affected their moods, but also a few romantic reveries that made Rainbow want to gag, despite Rarity not wanting her brash friend to spoil the moment as they all, except for Twilight, ate up the cheese sticks that came around some time ago.

"And after we went to the movies, our loving boyfriend had decided to take us all to our homes while carrying the both of us in his arms," Fluttershy giggled as the wine had opened her up a bit more during the buzzing tribunes of the group.

"In! His! Arms!" Rarity dramatically announced in a theatrical tone while looking at him with the same dawning eyes that only Sterling knew could make him blush wildly. "And we all just had a great time of it! Oh, I do ho-hhoooope-- Ah HA HAA!! Good... Goodness... I need to slow down on this, lest I get a terrible hangover," she giggled while feeling the wine hitting her brain with a tremendous force. She then moved her head to Fluttershy's shoulders, hoping to muffle her loud noise that consisted of her laughter. "I am so sorry, darlings... but I haven't felt this wonderful in a long time... w-wh... we need to go to our homes. I've had too much... tee-hee!"

"Good gravy, girl! Ya need to take it slow! Ah told ya that yer a lightweight! At least drink some water," Applejack chided at the seamstress, concerned that Rarity was having too much. But in truth, the pink wine was potent with a high alcohol rating that only allowed her to have one glass. Fluttershy, at least, was the one to slow down with her drinks.

"Yes, Rarity... you need to get some water to clear your head," Fluttershy agreed while taking a glass of water to give it to her loving harem partner. The fashion woman then chugged the ice cold water and began to clear her head with steady breaths.

"Better?" Sterling and Fluttershy asked at the same time, turning their heads to one another to give a small smile to each other before turning back to their girlfriend.

"Oh, dear.... I am feeling much more calm now," Rarity nodded, feeling the rush of her emotions going down.

"That's good," Sterling sighed. "And with that out of the way, there's something that I've been meaning to say to the both of you," he pointed to his girlfriends.

"And what would that be, darling?" Rarity chimed as she held Fluttershy's waist with her hand.

"You see... as I was doing my reading, before the two of you came in, I came to a certain conclusion about the way things have been going for me, from my perspective," he began to speak.

"Oh, uh... do you... um... w-w-want to share?" Fluttershy stuttered her query.

"I shall, my dearest 'Shy," he nodded. "As I was finishing that book, the one that you saw me reading from the table when you came in, I could only say that the character in the book would've emptied out my vault by the end of summer, whereas you and Rarity in contrast-- that's right, I'm looking at you, sexy!-- will be given the best gifts from me. The first being my heart, along with my first kisses," he said to them, adding that moment of a sexy growl towards the posh woman, thus making her blush madly. "And it's only right that I do so, but only because of how the universe has given me the answer to my lonely prayers. I love you, 'Shy and Rares. And there is no force that will ever take that away from me," he pledged to the women, making the two blush furiously while three of the ladies went 'awww', ignoring Rainbow's gagging noise.

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(Meanwhile, in the Everfree Forest....)

"Ye-heeeeesssss! My army has risen from their graves all over the world, unbeknownst to the Royal Elites!" Leviathan began to laugh evilly. "And the weapons that they destroyed, along with the original plans to redesign them, are all being produced with a speed that rivals their own ability to take down a soldier in stealth! And once all four of the super-weapons are combined, as was supposed to happen all those years ago, my plan... to destroy Equestria... will come... to fruition! And all of the world will rightfully belong to me! Rex Muta be praised! Rex Muta be passionate! Rex Muta.... come back to the breathing world!" he solemnly pledged to his leader as his evil laugh had echoed through the empty forest.

Little did he know, there was a spy within the vicinity that overheard everything. And the same insurgent that gathered the information would sacrifice everything in order to give their superiors this gross amount of detail.

"No..."

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