I was mad… and itchy.

Mostly itchy.

Apparently, yesterday was a prank day for Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash and they slipped itching powered into all of my clothing. The only things I had that were powder free was a baby blue work shirt and white pants that Rarity had made me for work.

Luckily, Rarity said she would clean the clothing for me.

“I think you look nice,” Fluttershy said as we walked along through the market.

She was directing a small family of ducks through town and since it was my day off, there was no one I would rather spend the day with.

“They still owe me ten bits for the cleaning,” I grumbled. Something in the back of my head said that I should be looking out for something, but I was too pissed off… and itchy at the moment. “I’ve taken three showers and I’m still itchy!”

“Well… Pinkie Pie’s over there so, you can go talk to her if you want,” Fluttershy said as she pointed to the pink mare several yards away. Pinkie was sitting at a small table with a strawberry milkshake and a slightly conflicted look.

“I’ll be right back,” I said while moving towards the mare.

“Pinkie, you and Rainbow owe me ten bits!” I quietly snapped as I came up behind the mare. I was mad, but I didn’t want others involved.

“Oh, it’s just you, Chris,” Pinkie giggled. “Don’t scare me like that silly.”

“Ten bits Pinkie,” I repeated. “If it was just one shirt, I’d forget about it. But when you put it in everything, including my boots, I get pretty pissed.”

“Oh, sorry,” Pinkie sheepishly giggled while looking at something behind me. “Me and Rainbow kinda got carried away.”

“Yeah, well I still need te-“

“ROAR!!!!” something screeched, drawing my attention to something behind me. I turned just in time to see Fluttershy fly away in tears as a familiar griffon scoffed at the act.

“You bitch!” I shouted rushing forward and grabbing the griffons tail before she could fly off. “Oh no you fucking don’t!”

With a little more force than I intended to, I pulled back, slamming the mildly large griffon to the ground.

“What the buck?” the griffon groaned in a feminine voice.

“Did you just roar at my marefriend?!” I shouted at the griffon. Some would think I’m going overboard. But after being with the mare for over a week, that protective instinct was in full bloom and I was still pissed about the itching powder.

“What… the… buck?” the griffon questioned as she slowly got up, staring at me with shock. But that look quickly changed to anger as she growled at me, her eyes looking me up and down appraisingly. “You almost ripped my tail off you bucking ass!”

“And you just caused my marefriend to cry!” I shouted back. We were now creating a scene, but I really didn’t care. By this point, I remembered who I was yelling at, but I was still pissed about her actions towards Fluttershy.

No one makes Fluttershy cry; not if I have anything to say about it.

“I don’t give a buck about your marefriend,” Gilda scoffed. “She was too stupid to look where she was going, and apparently she goes out with strange looking things to.”

“Oh, you’re dead bitch!” I growled as I tried to lunge at her. Fortunately for her, a pair of gray hooves quickly stopped me.

That and I hadn’t been in an actual fight since high school.

“I’m out of here losers!” Gilda snapped as she quickly flew off, giving me a wink.

“Get back her bitch!” I shouted out. “I aint through with you.”

“Christopher!” a familiar voice called from behind me. “Please stop, you could get in trouble!”

“Fine!” I snapped, taking a few deep breaths. A moment later, the hooves released me and I turned to find Derpy standing behind me shyly.

“Feeling better?” the mare asked as the surrounding ponies began to disperse.

“Not really,” I sighed heavily. I was still pissed, but another part of me was happy that someone had stopped me. “Thanks though.”

“No problem,” Derpy giggled. “I just don’t want you getting in trouble. Besides, you should go make sure your marefriend’s okay.”

“Yeah, you’re right,” I sighed, trying to think of where she would fly off to. “I gotta go, but thanks again. I’d love to hang out some time.”

“You wanna hang out?” Derpy asked as I began to run off.

“Yeah!” I called back quickly. “I gotta go, catch ya later!”

I quickly rushed off in the direction of Fluttershy’s house, hoping that she was there. While I did move faster than I used to, I still held back so I didn’t suffer from magic exhaustion again. Even though I had been spending some time at the library, I still hadn’t learned how to control the magic.

“Fluttershy!” I called as I reached her house. My shout spooked several animals, but it also caught the attention of a certain rabbit. “Angel, is Fluttershy here?”

The rabbit shook its head after I asked, now looking worried himself.

“Do you know anywhere she could be?” I asked. The rabbit quickly pointed at me.

“And if she’s not at my house?” I asked back.

This time, Angle took his time to think before grabbing a stick. I continued to watch as the rabbit drew out Rarity’s shop.

“Okay, hopefully she’s at one of those two places,” I said, giving a quick scratch behind one of his ears before turning to leave. “I’ll be sure to slip you an extra carrot next time I’m here.”

Once again I ran back into town, this time stopping at my own house since it was closest. Unfortunately, she wasn’t there either; just Geralt and something charred and black that the wolf was chewing on.

Becoming a little winded now, I finally headed towards Rarity’s shop. Without even bothering to knock, I rushed into the shop, startling Rarity in the process.

“Oh, Chris!” Rarity said, shocked and slightly breathless. “You startled me.”

“Sorry,” I replied, slightly panting. “Is Fluttershy here?”

“Oh yes, the poor dear just flew right in and locked herself in my back room,” Rarity replied as she looked back towards said room with a worried expression. “What happened to the poor dear?”

“Some bitch went and scared her into tears,” I growled out.

“Chris, language,” Rarity chastised. “What if my sister had been here?”

“Sorry Rarity,” I sighed, moving towards the room. “I’ll take care of Fluttershy.”

“Of course dear, I’ll be out here if you need anything,” Rarity replied as I made it to the room.

As I got closer, I could hear the quit sobs of the mare inside. Each one just made me angrier towards Gilda, making me want to ring that chickens neck.

“Fluttershy? Its me, can you open the door?” I called into the room carefully. A few seconds later, the door gave a click and a butterscotch yellow blur rushed into my chest, sobbing quietly.

“Its okay, its okay,” I quietly reassured, brushing her mane while sitting down where I stood. “I promise that you have nothing to fear.”

“I-I d-didn mean too…” Fluttershy began to sob out.

“Hey, it’s not your fault,” I carefully interrupted. “That griffon was way out of line and she should have been the one apologizing to you.”

“Really?” Fluttershy asked, looking at me with slightly red eyes.

“She was way out of line,” I reassured. “If something like that happens again, get me and I’ll take care of it, okay?”

“Okay,” Fluttershy sniffled as she gave me a quick kiss on the lips “Thanks for making me feel better.”

“What kind of coltfriend would I be if I didn’t?” I asked, kissing the mare’s forehead, relieved that it wasn’t that hard to help calm her down.

“I don’t know, what kind?” Pinkie Pie asked, popping out of nowhere.

“Pinkie!” I blurted out, falling backwards as Fluttershy jumped in another direction.

“I’m not a coltfriend silly,” Pinkie giggled as she stood in front of me with her blue saddlebags. “I’m a mare silly, and mares cant be coltfriends, only marefirends! *Gasp* but what if I was a coltfriend? Would that mean I’m actually a stallion? What if-“

“What do you need Pinkie?” I quickly interrupted.

“Oh, I wanted to give you these invitations!” Pinkie chirped, hoofing me and Fluttershy small envelopes. “They’re for the party I’m throwing for Rainbow Dash’s friend, Gilda.”

“Oh, I don’t think I’ll be-“

“We’ll see you there, Pinkie,” I replied with a smile.

“Hurray!” Pinkie cheered. “It’s in three hours at Sugar Cube Corner, so don’t be late.”

“See ya there,” I smiled as the mare bounced off.

“But, Chris,” Fluttershy said, drawing my attention. “I don’t want to go there. I already don’t like parties that much, but I don’t think I can handle it if Gilda’s there too.”

“Don’t worry, Fluttershy,” I said, pulling her in and giving her a quick kiss. “This is a party you don’t want to miss.”

“So, you two have met Gilda before,” Twilight began as we waited for Gilda to arrive at her party. “What’s she like?”

“Oh, um,” Fluttershy began to stutter, looking at me for an answer.

“She’s a character, I’ll tell you that,” I sighed with a roll of my eyes. My gaze was fixed on the bakery’s entrance, the sadistic part of me jumping for joy at seeing the griffon that made my marefriend cry get caught up in so many pranks.

“Uhm, Pinkie?” Fluttershy called as she walked up to the pink mare. “About this party for Gilda, uhm… do you really think it’s a good idea?”

“Don’t worry your pretty little head about mean old, Gilda,” Pinky replied, patting Fluttershy’s head. “Auntie Pinkie Pie has it all taken care of!”

“But I’m a year older than you,” Fluttershy tried to reply as Pinkie bounced off.

“I got an uncle who’s only a year older than me,” I commented as I came up next to Fluttershy and scratched her behind the ear. “Family always said I was the more mature one though.”

“Gilda!” Pinkie called as the griffon entered the shop. “I’m so honored to be throwing you one of my signature Pinkie Pie parties, and I really, truly, sincerely, hope you feel welcome here amongst us pony folk.”

I watched in anticipation as Pinkie held her hoof out for a shake, and as expected, Gilda reached out and grabbed the hoof.

“Ah ha!” I chuckled out as the buzzer on Pinkie’s hoof did its thing, shocking the griffon and singing her fur.

“That’s not very nice to laugh at,” Fluttershy reprimanded me with a slight frown.

“It’s a prank, Fluttershy, you’re supposed to laugh at it,” Rainbow chuckled as she walked over to Pinkie and an agitated Gilda. “Oh Pinkie Pie, the old hoof-shake buzzer. You are a scream.”

“Yeah,” Gilda replied with an uncomfortable chuckle. “Uh, good one, Pinkie Pie.”

“Come on G, I’ll introduce you to some of my other friends,” Rainbow said as she began to walk off.

“Right behind you Dash!” Gilda called back, but instead, the griffon stuck back and began to speak to Pinkie Pie quietly. They stuck near the door way for a few moments, with Pinkie Pie pressing her face against Gilda’s before they separated.

“Everyone, I’d like you all to meet Gilda, a long-time, dear friend of Rainbow Dash,” Pinkie announced to the part, pulling the griffon into a hug. “Let’s honor her and welcome her to Ponyville.”

“Bitch,” I coughed out as most of the party cheered for her with welcome.

“That’s not very nice,” Fluttershy repeated.

“Fluttershy, she made you cry,” I told the mare as I watched Gilda head towards one of the snack tables. “Anyone that does that is horrible.”

“Hot!” Gilda shouted out as she breathed out a quick plum of flames. I couldn’t help but chuckled as Pinkie pulled out a marshmallow and stick.

“G, the punch!” Rainbow quickly called, chuckling under her breath.

Even Fluttershy giggled when Gilda rushed over and grabbed the one dribble glass of the bunch. From there, Gilda rushed over to a different table and grabbed a random cup and chugged it. I was going to rig those ones myself, but decided against it.

“Ha. Priceless. Priceless,” Rainbow laughed as this happened.

“Yeah,” Gilda groaned with a roll of her eyes. “Hilarious.”

“Hey G, look, presents!” Rainbow pointed out, indicating the table with several gifts.

Once again, Gilda fell for a gag as the first gift she took happened to be a can of snakes.

“Spittin’ snakes,” Applejack chuckled as we all began to laugh at the griffons puffed up feathers. “Hah, somepony pulled that prank on me last month.”

“I don’t think it’s nice how she keeps getting pranked,” Fluttershy commented with a slight frown.

“It’s purely coincidence Fluttershy, aside from the snakes, the pranks were for whoever,” I told the mare while trying one of the peppered lemon drops. It actually wasn’t that bad and tasted like a fire ball candy. “Why don’t you go make sure the bird choir is in sync?”

“Okay,” Fluttershy said as she left with a little smile.

“Hey,” Gilda called, drawing my attention to her scowl, which switched to a smirk and a wink when she knew I was looking. “I’m watching you monkey.”

“Bring it, Chicken Wings,” I chuckled slightly uncomfortably, flashing the bird my teeth. “I’ve been itching for some deep fried chicken.”

The two of us proceeded to stare at each other as we growled. At one point, Gilda tried to puff her feathers on purpose and make herself look larger. Shows what she knew, cause all I had to do was tower over here.

She backed down first, so I think I won that one.

“Cake time everypony!” Pinkie Pie called out as she wheeled in a cake almost as big as her.

“Hey, can I blow out the candles?” Spike asked hopefully.

“Why don’t we let Gilda blow out the candles, Spike?” Twilight replied. “She is the guest of honor after all.”

“Exactly!” Gilda proclaimed as she pushed Spike away. Everyone watched as Gilda tried several times to blow out the candles, earning more laughs with each unsuccessful attempt.

“Re-lighting birthday candles, I love that prank,” Spike laughed. “What a classic!”

“Now, I wonder who could’ve done that?” Pinkie asked, earning a glare from Gilda.

“Yeah,” Gilda growled. “I wonder?”

“Mmm, who cares?” Spike said as he literally began to dig a tunnel through the cake. “This cake is amazing!”

“Spike!” Twilight chastised as the dragon popped up from the top.

“What? It’s great, try some,” Spike offered.

“Don’t mind if I do!” I chuckled out while taking a scoop using a big wooden spoon I found.

“Hey y’all, it’s pin the tail on the pony!” Applejack called out to the party. “Let’s play!”

I will admit. A part of me died at that moment, knowing that grown up individuales were playing a game meant for children.

Oh, the irony.

“Hey, what-“ Gilda began to complain as Spike wrapped a blindfold around her eyes. “What are you doing?!”

“We’re spinning you around and around and then you can pin the tail on the pony!” Pinkie chirped as she spun Gilda several times before stopping her abruptly. “Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail.”

“Now just walk strait and pin the tail,” Gilda mockingly said as she stumbled slightly before turning around, facing away from the poster. “Hmph, yeah. Right. This is another prank, isn’t it? I’m going this way.”

“Stay close to me, Fluttershy,” I said as I moved Fluttershy out of the path to the kitchen. No sooner had I done that, Gilda went sliding by and crashed through the door, causing ponies to laugh hysterically.

“Uh, Gilda?” Pinkie began as the griffon walked back in, covered in frosting and wearing the tail on her beak. “You pinned the tail on the wrong end.”

“This is your idea of a good time?!” Gilda roared as she snarled at Pinkie Pie, pressing her face against hers. “I've never met a lamer bunch of dweebs in all my life. And Pinkie Pie, you! You are queen lame-o with your weak little party pranks. Did you really think you could make me lose my cool? Well, Dash and I have ten times as much cool as the rest of you put together.

“Come on Rainbow Dash, we’re bailing on this pathetic scene,” Gilda said as she began to leave. Stopping only when she realized Rainbow wasn’t following. “Come on Rainbow Dash. I said we’re leaving.”

“Gilda, Pinkie didn’t set those pranks up,” I called out with a chuckle.

“So it was you then?!” Gilda growled as she flew towards me and grabbed me by the scruff of my shirt.

“Actually Gilda, I was-“ Rainbow began to say, but she and everyone else fell silent at what Gilda did next.

“I have never been so turned on!” Gilda proclaimed before forcing her beak against my lips.

You ever kiss a beak? Because that shit is boner shrinking weird.

Not because was hard, but because her beak was actually as soft as Fluttershy’s lips.

“YOU WHORSE!” a shout rang through the room as Gilda was tackled by a butterscotch yellow blur.

I could only stare in shock as Fluttershy proceeded to beat the crap out of the griffon. By the time anyone began to move again, one of Gilda’s wings was already broken and she seemed to be unconscious.

“Fluttershy, stop!” I called out, rushing forward and pulling the flailing mare off her victim. “She’s down, she’s down!”

“How dare that whorse touch my stallion without asking my permission!” Fluttershy shouted, acting completely out of character. I would have questioned what she meant at the end there, but I was more concerned with Fluttershy ending up in jail.

“We need to get her to the hospital!” one of the other party goers shouted as they looked over Gilda.

“Calm down Fluttershy, you gotta calm down,” I told the flailing mare again. I could see a small trail of blood leaking from the side of the griffons head. “Deep breaths Flutters, deep breaths!”

Once Rainbow Dash and several others had removed Gilda from the shop, Fluttershy began to calm down. But she was still breathing pretty heavily.

“How dare she touch you like that,” Fluttershy growled. “I’m the alpha mare.”

“Yes you are, Flutters,” I said, playing along with whatever she was saying. “You’re the alpha mare.”

“Yes I am!” Fluttershy said as she turned her head and forcefully pressed her lips against mine. Putting more passion into it than I have ever felt from her before.

“Oh, my!” Rarity said as she stood nearby fanning herself with a hoof.

“Wow,” I said a minute later as the mare pulled away with a happy sigh.

“What’s going to happen now?” Spike asked as I set Fluttershy back down.

“Well, Gilda will most likely be arrested once she wakes up,” Rarity sighed.

“Wait, what?” I asked, thinking I heard wrong.

“She kissed a taken stallion without permission,” Rarity replied. “I know there’s still a lot you don’t know, but that is a very bad thing to do without the permission of the alpha mare. It’s almost as bad as rape in some places.”

“What’s rape?” Spike asked, making me realize that he was the youngest here.

“Spike, go home,” Twilight told the dragon with a heavy sigh. “This isn’t something you need to worry about.”

“But Twilight?” Spike groaned.

“Spike, please?” I asked. “I’m pretty sure I have questions now that you are too young to know about at this time.”

“Fine,” Spike groaned. “But I’m going to the “Man Cave” instead. All my comics are there.”

“Fine,” I said as I pulled out my key and handed it to him. “Make sure Geralt is fed while you’re at it.”

“Whatever,” Spike sighed as he left. With him gone, the only ponies currently left in the shop were Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity and Twilight.

“Okay, since he’s gone, can someone please tell me what the fuck just happened?” I almost begged.

“You tell us,” Applejack replied. “One minute, that griffon is shouting like a timber wolf got her tail, then she’s throwing herself at ya.”

“I have no idea!” I blurted back. “I thought I was yelling at her!”

“Princess Celestia taught me about the griffon kingdom,” Twilight said. “Just tell us what happened during your encounters with her.”

“Okay…” I said, thinking back to earlier. “I first met her this afternoon when I grabbed her tail…

“Okay, now ah’m confused,” Applejack said as she rubbed the back of her head. “If y’all had acted like that towards me, ah’d buck your face in.”

“That’s what I expected,” I replied as I finished my relatively quick story. “Hell, I kinda want to punch my own face now.”

“And you should,” Fluttershy said. “What you did was very mean.”

“I’m sorry Fluttershy,” I replied with a sigh, pulling the mare into a hug. “But when you ran off crying, I just snapped. No one makes you cry if I got anything to say about it.”

“Awww, that so sweet,” Rarity gushed.

“No, its not sweet,” Twilight groaned. “Half of what you did is considered flirting in the griffon culture.”

“What?” I asked, setting down Fluttershy.

“The tail pulling, asserting your dominance,” Twilight began to list. “But the worst was when you towered over her. She wasn’t trying to look big, she was showing herself off, its a griffon mating ritual!”

“How was I supposed to know that?!” I questioned loudly. “Besides, I told her I had a marefriend!”

“When you towered over her, you basically invited her into your herd!” Twilight shouted back.

“Okay, flag on the field,” I quickly said, throwing both arms up for a moment and tossing a nearby napkin on to the ground. “What’s this about a herd?”

“Chris, darling, remember how I said that the mare to stallion ratio is 8 to one?” Rarity asked.

“Wait, you cant mean…” I groaned out. I guess the signs had been there, but I had been trying to ignore it. “Ponies are polygamous, aren’t they?”

“In general, most species in Equestria are,” Rarity replied with a nod. “In smaller towns like Ponyville, you can usually tell more easily.”

“My parents are monogamist,” Twilight added for some reason.

“Mine too,” Fluttershy added, giving me a slight glare. I swear she was staring right into my soul. “And yours, Rarity.”

“Okay, so it’s a bit of a dying tradition with some ponies,” Rarity sighed. “But it’s still done.”

“So, where do we fall?” I asked, looking at Fluttershy.

“Oh… I was… I mean…” Fluttershy began to stutter as her face was beginning to glow. “I was kinda hoping… at one point…”

I honestly had no reply for that. Fluttershy basically just said she wanted a “herd” as they call it and a part of me didn’t. But I’d be lying if I said the idea wasn’t tempting.

“so, how are you going to respond?” a small voice asked drawing me to a mini me in full cammies and little horns on my left shoulder.

“Uh…” I mumbled, thinking my brain may have snapped.

“He’s going to do what’s right,” another me voiced from my right shoulder. He was smaller and wore just some regular clothing, but looked like he had his ass handed to him.

“How did you get out of your cage?!” the horned me demanded of the beat up me. “and what did you do to my guard shark Maverick?”

“You didn’t lock the cage and Maverick is a stuffed animal,” The beat up me replied blandly. “Now we should get back to the real discussion at hand.”

“That, I can agree with,” the horned me replied with a devious smirk. “Now back to the subject of multiple partners.”

“Uh…” I mumbled, sparing a look at the others, receiving slightly confused looks from them as well.

“So, you wanna give your good boy spiel to him before I tell him all the positives of what’s being offered here,” horned me offered with a wave of his hand.

“Oh, you all for it too?” the other me replied in shock. “I thought you were gonna go all marine and recite some law or something.”

“I thought you were the good side?” the horned one replied with a chuckle and a smile.

“Are you guys seeing this?” I asked, looking at the mares around me.

“See what?” Twilight asked as they all looked at me like I was crazy.

“The uh…” I began, looking back to my shoulders to find them empty. “Uh… never mind?”

“Chris, are you okay?” Fluttershy asked with concern.

“Uh, yeah…” I replied once I found my voice, deciding to blame what just happened on Pinkie Pie. “But is a herd what you really want?”

“Yes,” the mare replied quietly as she looked at the ground and kicked sheepishly.

“Uh…” I uncomfortably replied.

“I think this would be better discussed somewhere else, don’t you think?” Twilight asked, looking uncomfortable herself.

“Yeah, you’re right,” I sighed, looking at Fluttershy. “We should really start heading to the hospital.”

“Why?” Fluttershy asked looking slightly ashamed.

“Because, I know you,” I told the little mare. “I’m sure you’re planning on making a basket and everything.”

“Well, I did break her wing…” Fluttershy replied with a slight frown.

“We also gotta settle this whole misunderstanding,” I said with a shake of my head. “I’m sure this will be all just water under the bridge.”

“You whorse!” Fluttershy shouted as I held the surprisingly strong mare back.

“Bring it you tramp!” Glinda shouted back as Rainbow held her against the hospital bed. “I’ll show him what a real mate can do!”

“This was not how I planned for this to go!” I relayed to the shocked crowed.

The moment we had entered the room, Gilda and Fluttershy had started shouting at each other. It was only thanks to mine and Rainbows quick reflexes that both weren’t currently covered in the others blood. That and I had to drag Fluttershy into the room in the first place.

“We’re… just going to leave…” Rarity said uncomfortably as she began to push Twilight, Applejack and a bouncing Pinkie Pie out of the room.

“Don’t you dare leave me with these two!” I shouted towards the fleeing ponies, fear clearly showing in my eyes.

“This is my stallion, you got that!” Fluttershy yelled past me, causing my ears to ring.

“Well, you must be doing something wrong, because he seemed pretty interested in me,” Gilda smirked, finally pushing Rainbow aside. She had several bandages wrapped around her head and her back left wing was in a cast.

“Look, Gilda, I wasn’t trying to hit on you!” I said as I shifted my grip on Fluttershy. “I was pissed off at you for making Fluttershy cry and yelling at you!”

“In all the right ways big boy,” Gilda said in a sultry tone and giving me a wink.

“Not helping Gilda!” Rainbow Dash snapped as she glared at her old friend. “Chris probably had no idea what he was doing…”

“Which I didn’t!” I added as I used one hand to keep Fluttershy’s muzzle shut.

Dear sweet God this mare is stronger than she looks.

“See!” Rainbow said, pointing towards me.

“But… he towered over me…” Gilda replied with a slight bit of worry in her voice. “You don’t mix that up.”

“That’s what they do in griffon culture, G,” Rainbow replied as Gilda began to look downcast. Even Fluttershy began to calm down at this point. “That’s not how ponies… or humans I guess, do it.”

“Oh…” Gilda replied with a heavy sigh as she looked down at her claws.

“Look, I gotta go talk to the doc about something,” Rainbow sighed as the griffon continued to look at her claws. “I’ll be right back.”

“Et tu, Rainbow,” I sighed as Rainbow left the room. By this point, I had already let go of Fluttershy and the mare was watching Gilda.

“Uhm… I guess I should apologize… I guess,” Gilda muttered.

“That’s right,” Fluttershy nodded sternly.

“S-s-sorr…“ Gilda suddenly began to sob out. Suddenly, the griffon fell into full blown tears as whatever she tried to say became incomprehensible.

“Oh, you poor thing!” Fluttershy cried out as she rushed forward and wrapped the bawling griffon in a hug. “Its okay, just let it all out.”

“I-I thought… some-someone actually liked me!” Gilda cried as she returned Fluttershy’s hug. “All through flight school, the only one to ever talk to me was Rainbow Dash. Even the stallions never talked to me.”

“What. The. Fuck?” I asked myself at this complete one eighty that was going on.

“Am I too mean? Am I ugly?” Gilda began to ask Fluttershy as tears continued to fall down her face, her beak clicking lightly as she sobbed. Turned out the supposed eye shadow she had was completely natural.

“Oh, of course you aren’t,” Fluttershy assured, wiping away some of Gilda’s tears. “You’re a beautiful griffon, and anypony would be honored to be with you.”

“Really?” Gilda sniffled, looking between me and Fluttershy hopefully.

“Of course, right Chris?” Fluttershy asked, dragging me into the mine field.

I desperately wanted to shout “Frag out” and bail on the situation, probably even jump out the nearby window. But I couldn’t just go and do that when I had a tear covered griffon and worried marefriend staring at me.

“Yeah,” I sighed, putting on a forced smile. “You are the most caring and beautiful griffon I have ever met.”

Granted, she was the first one I have ever met, but you don’t say those things out loud.

“O-oh…” Gilda replied as her cheeks began to glow pink.

“Feeling better?” Fluttershy asked the griffon, drawing a startled look from Gilda.

“Y-yeah… thanks,” Gilda replied as she looked back down at her claws. “And sorry… you know… for yelling at you in the market. I should have been paying attention and I went too far.”

“It’s okay,” Fluttershy replied with a small smile. “I wasn’t paying attention either… and I’m sorry for breaking your wing.”

“Never thought you had it in you, seeing as you wouldn’t even hurt a fly back in flight school,” Gilda chuckled before gaining a slightly hesitant look. “Fluttershy… now that we’ve settled that… can I ask you something?”

“Of course, Gilda,” Fluttershy replied with a smile. “What is it?”

“Can I… you know…” Gilda shrugged, fiddling with her blankets as she looked towards me a few times.

“Know what?” Fluttershy asked innocently. But I felt my heart in my throat as I fully realized what the griffon wanted to ask.

“Uhg… Can I join your herd?” Gilda groaned as her cheeks began to glow red with embarrassment.

“You want to join our herd?” Fluttershy chirped in shock. “Oh…my!”

“Oh… crap…” I mumbled under my breath.

“W-well… I don’t really know,” Fluttershy sheepishly replied as she tapped her two front hooves. “Me and Chris haven’t really talked about it and…”

“Oh…” Gilda replied with a downcast look. “Sorry for asking then.”

“But um…” Fluttershy began to reply before giving me a worried, yet hopeful look.

“Just… just do what you feel is right, Fluttershy,” I sighed while leaning against the wall, hoping the little mini me wouldn’t show up again.

“Okay,” Fluttershy nodded before looking back at Gilda with a smile. “Gilda, I would be honored to let you into our herd.”

“R-really?!” Gilda replied as she looked between the two of use with a wide smile. “Awesome!”

Without warning, Gilda grabbed Fluttershy and brought her into a deep kiss.

“Woah, what I miss?” Rainbow asked as she and a unicorn stallion in a lab coat.

“Dash, I’m in a herd!” Gilda replied proudly as she released a shocked Fluttershy.

“Uh… that’s great?” Rainbow replied as the doctor simply pushed past her with a sigh.

“Yes well, congratulations,” The doctor said off handedly as his horn began to glow. “Now please sit still so I can get a final scan of your wing.”

“So, what’s the verdict doc?” I asked as I watched the same glow around the stallions horn pass over Gilda’s broken wing.

“Well, unfortunately, griffons aren’t affected the same by pony healing magic as say a Pegasus,” the doctor sighed. “So it’s going to be a month for it to heal, a month and a half if you want to be safe. Although she doesn’t have a concussion luckily.”

“Wh-what?!” Gilda shouted in agitation, her one good wing flaring by instinct. “A month and a half?! Where the tartarus am I supposed to stay?!”

“Don’t worry, G,” Rainbow replied with a smile. “You can crash at my place!”

“My wing is broke dufus, I can’t even fly up to your house!” Gilda yelled at her friend.

“Hey, I was just trying to help!” Rainbow yelled back.

“Can you not yell in the hospital,” the doctor growled. “Its getting late and some of the other patients are trying to sleep.”

“So where am I supposed to stay?” Gilda asked. “I don’t have the kinda bits to stay in a inn the whole time.”

“I got plenty of room, thanks for asking,” I grumbled, drawing the griffon’s attention.

“Oh, Chris, that’s so nice of you,” Fluttershy chirped as she flew over and gave me a quick kiss.

“Sweet, then I can show you what I can do,” Gilda purred as she looked at me with half laden eyes.

“Uh…” I stared at the griffon a little flustered by what she said. “What are you talking about?”

“I’m talking about you, me and a night of getting to know each other properly,” Gilda replied as she licked her beak and gave me a wink.

“When you’re done flirting with each other, you can sign out at any time,” the doctor groaned as he left the room.

“I…uh, gotta go too,” Rainbow stuttered out as her face glowed slightly. “W-we can hang out tomorrow if you want, G. See ya.”

In the speed she was most known for, Rainbow was out of the room and probably out of the hospital.

“Uhm… Gilda,” Fluttershy finally voiced. “About what you were saying…”

Thank god, I don’t think I’m ready for what she wants.

“…you won’t get pregnant will you?” Fluttershy asked, causing me to stumble on my own feet.

“Don’t worry, I know most of the rules,” Gilda replied with a wave of her claw. “I’m not in season yet.”

“What the hell?!” I shouted out, looking between the two. “Shouldn’t you be against this, Fluttershy? I mean… we haven’t even been… you know.”

“I don’t mind,” Fluttershy replied with an innocent smile. “I want our first time to be special. If somepony else just wants to waste it on a one night thing with you, I don’t mind.”

“Wow, way to try and guilt trip me,” Gilda replied while giving the innocent looking mare a slight glare.

“Can we just get out of here already?” I asked in a defeated tone. I was almost positive that I would end up sleeping with Gilda tonight and yet… I was terrified.

“You live here?” Gilda asked as me, her and Fluttershy arrived at my front door. “I didn’t expect it to be this big.”

“You say that now…” I quietly said to myself. I had surrendered myself to what was going to happen, but that just brought horrid doubts to mind as my anxiety kicked in.

“Thanks, the princesses got it for me,” I replied with a smile, opening the door for the two. “The rents not that bad either compared to what I’ve seen.”

“Wait, so Rainbow wasn’t lying when she said that she knew the princesses?” Gilda asked as she wondered into the living room, her eyes snapping onto the painting over the fireplace. Luckily, I had got some furniture with the bits Luna gave me, so I now had a couch, love seat and lazy boy set up around a small coffee table. That was about it though, seeing as I only just started living here.

“Woof!” Geralt barked as he rushed in to the room and started growling at Gilda threateningly.

“What the buck?!” Gilda shouted as she flared her good wing.

“Down, Geralt!” I snapped at the wolf, throwing a small ball he left lying around at him. “Gilda’s gonna be staying here from awhile!”

“What the buck is that thing?!” Gilda asked as she watched Geralt chase after the ball. I found out that he acted more dog than wolf, and it honestly confused me.

“That’s, Geralt, Christopher’s pet Everfree wolf,” Fluttershy said as she went ahead and took the ball when Geralt returned with it, throwing it again.

“That’s so cool,” Gilda smirked as she watched Geralt rush off.

“Hey Chris, welcome back,” Spike said as he entered the room, a comic in hand. “How did everything go at the hospital?”

“Everything’s been taken care of,” I sighed while falling back into the lazy boy, the stool popping out as I leaned back. “For now at least.”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Gilda snapped as she took a seat on the couch, which I had placed to the right of the lazy boy. Everything was set to face the fire place, which was empty right now.

“Nothing, sheesh,” I sighed as Fluttershy flew up and landed on my chest with a giggle.

“Well… I guess I’ll be going,” Spike said as he made his way for the door after returning my key, eyeing Gilda with a confused look. “See you guys later.”

“See ya, Spike,” I called back as I heard the front door open and close.

“So, now what?” Gilda asked as the light from outside slowly began to fade.

“Dinner, I guess,” I replied off handedly while staring off into space and petting Fluttershy’s mane. “I got a small supply of meat Fluttershy here got me from her supplier.”

“You eat meat?” Gilda asked me with a surprise look.

“Humans are omnivores,” I replied with a shrug. “What about griffons?”

“Mostly carnivorous,” Gilda replied. “But there are some fruits we can eat. Like apples and pineapples. I personally like pineapples the most.”

“You gonna stick around for dinner, Fluttershy?” I asked the mare on my chest. I really hoped she said yes, because that meant that I wouldn’t have to worry about Gilda that much longer.

“I need to go back home, sorry,” Fluttershy sighed as she reluctantly got off my chest. Although she did brush her tail across my crotch and face as she did.

“Want me to walk you home?” I asked as I followed the mare to the front door. This was my latch ditch effort, so all I could do was hope.

“No, I’ll be okay,” Fluttershy replied before floating up and pulling me into a deep kiss. Like every time before, she would brush her tongue over my canines, her body giving a shudder with each pass.

“Uh… are you going to continue doing this in front of the door or…” Gilda questioned, draw an embarrassed squeak from Fluttershy as the mare pulled away.

“I-I’m going to go now,” Fluttershy stuttered as she gave me a final peck on the cheek. “Have fun tonight!”

“Oh, he will,” Gilda purred as I felt her tail brush against my crotch. I could only watch as Fluttershy left, leaving me to what was to come.

mommy...

*Knock knock knock*

“Chris, darling, are you awake?” Rarity called just outside my front door. I knew she was here to drop of my clean cloths and a new work outfit, but I also guessed that she would want the dirt on what happened after she and the others left. The thought of how she might act made me chuckle before I decided to open the door.

“Good morning, Rarity!” I bellowed out joyously while pulling my door open for the mare. Luckily, I had already put the pants I left in the kitchen back on, so Rarity wasn’t forced to see things she didn’t need to. “Come in, come in.”

“My, aren’t we energized this morning,” Rarity giggled as she made her way into my living room. Once there, she immediately began to empty out the saddlebags at her sides, placing all of my clothing on the coffee table. “I take it yesterday’s whole misunderstanding was settled?”

“All water under the bridge,” I smiled as I went back to what I had been doing before Rarity had arrived. “Want some pancakes?”

“Oh, I wouldn’t want to impose,” Rarity replied as she followed me to the kitchen. “But I wouldn’t mind one or two before I had to go.”

“Help yourself,” I said as I placed several extra pancakes on a plate for her. From there, I placed her plate on a small table I had on one side of the room. I hadn’t bothered with any chairs yet, seince it was low enough for ponies to sit and eat comfortably.

I just sat on my counter.

“Oh, is Fluttershy here as well?” Rarity asked as she noticed the other plate I had set out.

“Nope,” I replied while stuffing one of my pancakes into my mouth. It was okay, but I should have cooked them longer.

“What smells so good?” Gilda’s rough voice suddenly called out as the griffon limped into the kitchen with a towel wrapped around the top of her head.

Yes, I said limped. Why else would I be so happy right now?

“Oh, uh… Gilda, I’m surprised you’re here,” Rarity said with a hint of shock and confusion. “May I ask why you are here?”

“I needed a place to stay while my wing heals,” Gilda replied off handedly as she began to eat her meal. “Besides, after last night, I may never want to leave.”

“Why, whatever do you mean?” Rarity questioned, looking at Gilda with slightly worried eyes.

“Herd mate,” I simply replied as I stuffed an entire pancake into my mouth. But it didn’t stay there long as the shocked look on Rarity’s face made me spit it out so I could laugh.

“S-so the limp?” Rarity stuttered out as she looked between the two of us.

“Ooh Rah!” I shouted out with a proud smile, chuckling when I noticed the annoyed look Gilda was giving me.

“Oh… my,” Rarity blushed as she began to fan herself with a hoof. “I-I never expected Fluttershy to be so open about it so soon, and with somepony that’s a complete stranger.”

“Meh, I aint complaining,” Gilda shrugged as she ate.

“So, how was he?” Rarity suddenly asked, causing me to choke on my food.

“Amazing!” Gilda gushed with a wide smile. “I got off several times, easy.”

“No!” Rarity gasped, looking at me in shock. Although, I couldn’t be sure since I suddenly couldn’t look anyone in the eye.

“Yes!” Gilda replied with a grin. From there, she went on to explain everything we did, in explicit detail.

“Igottagotowork!” I shouted out, not wanting to hear her description of last night. I was there and I didn’t even believe it. Rushing out of the kitchen, I entered the living room and quickly grabbed my new work shirt and made my way out of the house.

Author's Notes:

I'm not asking for this one to be quoted. I just saw it and thought it was good.