“So Silver how did you sleep last night?”

“I didn’t. I don’t sleep anyplace I haven’t gotten familiar with. That and I think somepony spent the entire night bucking.” For not having slept Silver seemed very aware.

“Well that would explain where Onyx and Demo are. Anypony want to go wake them?” Everypony shook their heads.

I rolled my eyes and trotted off towards their room. I knocked on the door and waited a few seconds before going in.

“Hey you two time to wake up.” I tried to keep my gaze away from the bed.

“Not now Midnight. We have something to finish.” Onyx had a blanket thrown over something.

“Ok well breakfast is ready downstairs whenever you are.” I backed out of their room.

“Yeah, yeah. Please leave now we need to be alone for this.” He waved me off tossing something at the door.

I shrugged and headed back downstairs. Everypony was eating except for Silver.

“Something wrong Silver?” Harmony spoke through a mouthful of food.

Silver was eyeing his breakfast over. “No. I just haven’t been cooked breakfast in a long time. Just appreciating it before I eat it.” He nodded his head.

“Ok because I could cook you something else if you wanted me to.” Harmony levitated out a pan and waved it at Silver.

“This is ok.” Silver started eating his food.

I smiled and started to eat my own plate of pre war pancakes. They were about as good as I thought they would be. Dry and really bland but other than that they were great.

“How are you doing this morning Harmony?” I continued to eat my food.

“Really getting tired of not being able to sleep with you.” Harmony set her fork down.

“You only have to wait a few more hours. Trust me it will be worth the wait.” I winked at her.

“I hope you’re right.” Harmony was about to pick up her fork as Stone stepped to his right.

“Harmony can you control yourself? You are making a mess on the floor.” Stone stepped twice more towards Silver before stopping.

“I’m sorry. I just need Midnight so badly. I can’t help it.” She had both of her front hooves at work below the table.

“Midnight would you mind taking care of her? I don’t think the floors of this place can take that for long.” Stone trotted over to one of the other chairs in the kitchen.

“In time Stone. We still have a few hours before I think she is truly ready to have a piece of this.” I smacked my own flank.

If she had less control I think she would have been drooling. I smirked before kissing her.

I whispered in her ear. “Just a few more hours. Then you can have the most amazing night of your life.” I accentuated the whisper with a nibble on her ear.

“Any reason you chose today as the day to forgive her completely?” Stone was still trying his best to stay a part of the conversation.

Before I could explain Onyx walked downstairs carrying a box on his back.

“Happy birthday Midnight.” The package he carried moved a small bit.

“That’s why. It’s a birthday present to myself.” I smiled and winked at Harmony.

“Had I known I would have gotten you something.” Stone shifted some of his pancakes around a bit embarrassed.

“It’s alright. I elected not to tell you so you didn’t have to worry about getting me something. So Onyx what did you get me?” I gave Onyx my full attention.

“Open the box and you’ll see.” He set the box down on the floor.

I went to open the box before Demo jumped out of it. I smiled at him.

“Surprise. You see Onyx that’s how it’s done.” Demo landed next to Onyx.

While they were talking I opened the box up the rest of the way. Inside was my suit of armor. It had been fully repaired.

“I managed to find the parts to repair it and even add a few upgrades to it.” Onyx stepped forward and ripped a large patch of the box away.

“Ooh. So what did you do to it?” I started pulling it out piece by piece.

“I added some armor plating so bullets would have a harder time getting to you.” Onyx tapped the side a few times.

“Well that sounds worth my while to wear now. Thank you.” I had most of the pieces assembled in front of me.

“No problem. Hey where did Harmony go?” We all looked around for a second.

“Probably off to get me something for my birthday. I told her she didn’t need to. I think she believes she still needs to make it up to me.” I put the armor fully together.

“Well are you going to go look for her?” Onyx was looking over his own handiwork.

“Not right now. I still have a breakfast to eat. I suggest you eat yours. They get worse the longer you wait to eat them.” I sat back down and continued eating.

“Yeah. Ok. Thanks for cooking breakfast.” Onyx stepped away from my armor and trotted over to the table.

“No problem. I don’t want today to be treated like anything special. It’s just another day in my book.” I hoofed him a fork.

“Whatever you say. I remember back in the stable you were always so excited for your birthday.” Onyx cut the first pancake before stuffing one half into his mouth.

“What pony wasn’t excited for their birthday? It was the one day a year that we got to be a little less mild mannered. You’ve got to take advantage of that. Those were fun days. I remember the time you were sick for a week because you ate too much cake.” I had to stop eating before I choked from laughing.

“Oh goddesses. That was just the worst week.. For the first couple of days I did nothing but lay in bed and throw up. It was absolutely horrible. I think you actually came to visit me a couple of times.” Onyx stuffed the second half of his pancake into his mouth.

“Yeah I did. I just wanted to make sure my only friend was feeling better. I hated it when you were sick. I had nopony to talk to at school. Any time I tried they all asked if my coltfriend had decided to leave me for a better mare. Looking back those other mares were evil.” I took a more reserved bite of my pancake.

“Yeah but they only teased you because you were the Overmare’s daughter. They knew that one day you would be the leader and they wouldn’t be able to talk shit. Would have been a good place if you had been our leader.” Onyx picked up a whole pancake and crammed it into his mouth. Demo was very distracted by this.

“I don’t think that I would have been the best leader to lead over anypony.” I set my fork down.

“Well you’ve lead us this far. So why are you doubting yourself?” It was harder to understand Onyx as he talked through a mouthful of pancake.

“I just never really liked to be in a position of power. I saw what that did to my mother. After dad died she had every stallion chasing after her. Didn’t seem like something that I wanted my life to become. Then again that could be because I didn’t like stallions. Whatever it was I just didn’t want to lead those ponies.” I picked my fork back up and stared at it.

“Well I still think you make a great leader for our group. So keep up the good work.” Onyx swallowed down the pancake he had in his mouth.

“Thanks.” I raised my voice and called out. “Harmony. Where are you?” I knew exactly where she was when the floor squeaked.

“Upstairs. I’m just taking care of a few things. Don’t come up here yet.” Her voice was a bit muffled.

“I told you that you didn’t need to get me anything for my birthday. Even if you feel like you need to make up for the past just wait until tonight. I’ve got plans for you.” I figured she had found a few toys she wanted to try out.

“Just don’t come up here. I’ve got plans of my own.” Her voice was a bit less muffled.

“What do you think she’s got planned for you?” Onyx put a hoof on Demo’s jaw and closed it.

I wanted to say what we were all thinking but decided it a bad idea. “Probably something romantic. I would suggest that you steer clear of our room tonight.” I started to twirl my fork around.

“Alright. I don’t think I want to interrupt whatever it is you two have planned.” Onyx turned to Demo and raised his eyebrows.

“Also you might want to cover your ears. I think things are going to get loud. I mean have you seen her? She is in desperate need of me.” I nearly dropped my fork.

“Yeah I kind of guessed so. Seeing as how she left a little trail on her way up to your room.” Onyx pointed a wing towards the little trail.

“Hadn’t noticed that. Might have smelled it but didn’t actually notice the trail. Looks like she needs me more than I thought.” My eyes followed the trail up the stairs. “Hey Harmony can I come upstairs yet?” I stabbed my fork into my remaining pancake.

“Not quite. Just a few more things to sort out. Just keep eating your food. I’ll call you up when things are ready up here.” Something fell to the floor.

“Yeah steer clear for sure. If she has to prepare this much then tonight is definitely going to be interesting.” I lifted up my pancake and watched it crumble.

“Understood. Silver are you going to find a place to sleep tonight?” Onyx had returned to his own pile of crumbly pancakes.

“I have gotten acquainted with this place enough that I should be able to sleep tonight. Although I think it might be best if we go sleep at the local hostel. I don’t believe we would be able to get any sleep here even if we couldn’t hear anything.” Silver put his plate down into the sink.

“Yeah you’re probably right. So I guess we won’t be here tonight.” Onyx wrapped a hoof around Demo.

“Ok Midnight I’m ready for you.” I heard the floorboards creak as the bed upstairs shifted.

“Well sounds like you should all get out of here. I doubt it will take us long to get down to it.” I dumped the rest of my pancake crumbles into the trash.

“See you tomorrow Midnight. Don’t have too much fun now.” Onyx was pushing Demo out the door.

“Oh if there is a scale for fun I think this is going to break it.” I giggled.

“That’s what I’m worried about. Whatever just have fun and take it easy on her. We don’t want the whole place to need cleaning.” Onyx pushed Demo out the door and dragged Stone out as well.

Silver simply trotted out the door.

I waved them off before climbing the steps to our room. The door was slightly cracked open and I could see candles on a few of the dressers.

“Going all out I see.” I pushed the door open and trotted in. I looked in the hall one time before shutting the door.

Harmony was laying on the bed waiting for me. I trotted over to her making sure to look over the entire room. She had gone to great lengths to make this as romantic as possible. She grabbed a record and set it down on the record player. The music turned on and just added to the mood.

“Excellent choice. I can’t say that I would have picked anything else. Now are you ready for me to give you the best night of your life?” I put one hoof onto the bed.

“Oh I’ve been waiting for so long for you to say those words. Now come here. I want to make this the best day of your life. At least until your next birthday.” She smiled seductively at me.

I stepped up into the bed. The first thing I noticed is that it was slightly wet.

“Oh have you been preparing yourself for me? Or is that just from thinking about me?” I leaned in really close to her ear.

She shuddered. “It’s from thinking about you. Now how about we stop talking and just do it already.” The lust was strong in her voice.

“Wow aren’t we forward to night? I thought I might tease you a bit more before I let you have it again. How does that sound?” I nibbled on her ear.

“Sounds like if you wait to much longer I might soak this bed before we get started.” Harmony could do nothing but shudder as I nibbled her ear.

“Well that’s good to hear because that’s what I had planned to do. Now let’s see how long you can hold out before you start begging for it.” I started teasing her in as many ways as I possibly could.

The next morning Silver’s POV

“Hey Midnight is it safe to enter your room?” Onyx opened the door before turning back around and walking out.

“So was it safe to reenter the house?” Stone was sitting on one of the stairs kicking the dirt at his hooves.

“Not for another day at the very least Stone.” Onyx sat on the grass next to Demo.

I was still having trouble remembering their names, but the longer I spent around them the more I started to remember.

“Well they can’t keep this up for too much longer so I say we wait here for a few hours before we check on them again.” Onyx kicked a small rock.

We passed the hours by sitting and talking. Most of the questions were directed at me. I told them a bit about my personal life.

“You think those two are done yet?” Onyx stood up and stretched his legs.

“I’ll check.” I jumped into the air and flew over to the window that was inside Midnight’s room.

I could tell before I reached the window that it wasn’t safe to go inside the house yet.

“So can we go back in?” Demo had gotten up and gone for a walk taking Stone with him.

“I wouldn’t recommend it. Those two are still at it. I think we might have to break them up or they might go until they die.” I sat down stretching my wings out.

“No pony can go that long can they?” Onyx dropped down on one of the stairs.

“Some are able to. I don’t speak from experience on that.” Buck. Why did I say that?

“Yeah from what you’ve told us I suspected you wouldn’t be the one to die doing something like that. Tell me a bit more about the wing of yours.” Onyx pointed towards my metal wing.

“Alright.”

That night hours later MIdnight’s POV

“Well that was fantastic. I think we might want to let our friends come back inside. I don’t think they’ll be happy if they have to wait another day to return home. And I think both of us need a break.” I broke away from Harmony and spun so I could see her face.

Harmony was panting. “Yeah. I think.. I could go for a break. Maybe a little nap.” Harmony closed her eyes.

“You’re cute like that. I think I might have to make you like this more often.”

She couldn’t respond as she had already fallen asleep. I kissed her before trying to get to my hooves. I was not able to stay on my hooves but luckily for me the ground was padded with a rug.

“Really glad you put this here. It would have hurt a lot worse had this rug not softened my fall.” I continued talking to Harmony even though i knew she was asleep.

“Not a rug Midnight.” Silver’s voice sounded a bit strained.

“Oh sorry Silver. Your wing is just so soft I thought it had to be a rug. Would you mind carrying me downstairs?” I could have fallen asleep on his wing if he let me.

“Yeah. As soon as you can both of you are taking a shower and cleaning those sheets. It stinks in here.” Silver had a mask made of his own magic around his muzzle.

I sniffed a few times. “I hadn’t noticed it. Guess that’s what happens when your muzzle is buried in a mares nether regions. Anyway..., yeah bring me downstairs I would enjoy something to eat other than Harmony.” I snapped my eyes open.

“Don’t give me any details. I think I would be scarred if you gave me to much more information.” Silver lifted me off his wing.

“Alright just take me downstairs already. See you in a little bit Harmony.” I rocked on my hooves.

She smiled and continued to sleep.