"Sister. Are you sure Sol can handle all that attention and duties? He still has yet to get his cutie make." Celestia smiled at her but Luna could tell it was a forced one. She was deep in thought as she was so happy to have Sol back that she forgot it would impact her plans.

"Sol is a tough one, like you. I have little doubt he will adapt to his new position and the attention quickly. But there is still the matter of Twilight. You know the plan was to make her a princess and step down for her to take over. Sol might want to stay with us but..."

"But?" Luna asked

"I asked Cadence and she sees a future with him and and Twilight together. So he might end up ruling with her."

"I see." Luna said as she looked to the side. She was hoping they could fool around like they use to when they were foals or have a friendly battle like they did as teens. But they were both adults now and she needed to learn to leave the past in the past.

"But as you know Sol will never admit that he likes anyone." Celestia said with a sigh and a smile.

"Just like you when you were a teenager." Both of them shared a laugh before the door opened and they saw Sol enter, looking annoyed.

"Oh my. What happened to you?"

"I tried one of those spells that made me look different. But it didn't work."

"A percention alteration spell?" Sol rubbed his horn. The tip burning from extensive usage of attemting the spell.

"Yeah. That one. I am getting sick of staying in the castle. Your stall also don't help. Sol was still getting some looks and Celestia could see the 2 mare guards in her throne room checking him out, even if they kept a stone face on them.

"Guards. Leave us." The 2 mares looked at Celestia and then left the room. They didn't bare look back as they felt her glaring at them even while not seeing it.

"You want to get out and see the city?" Sol nodded as Celestia asked him that. "You never change. I will teach you the spell but remember to be back before the evening. You're older bother is coming to visit you." Sol's eyes widened as he forgot about that. The attention he had gotten since he was revealed to Equestria was more than he expected. He had seen a few mares looking at him as he passed by the windows where they saw him. A small crowd usually formed.

"But you must remember. If you take on the apperence of a mare the you need to know how to change your voice or not speak at all. If you stay a stallion then you might need somepony to accompany you so you don't draw attention." Celestia said with a smile.

"I prefer to stay a stallion." He said bluntly.

"Fine. Then who will show you around?" She asked, mostly to herself.

"I will sister. He would feel more comfy if i was with him and not some mare he doesn't know." Luna got up and started to walk down.

"Or...we could get...you know who." Celestia said grinning.

"Tia. Don't play matchmaker. Remember the last time you did that before Cadence took over? When you were sleepy?" Celestia went bright red when Luna mentioned that.

"Should i know about this or not?" This caught his attention. Tia usually was the one who done the teasing when they were younger. So a chance to get her back was too good to pass up.

"After a hard day of work. My sister wanted to calm down and relax so after she sat down at a fire and read a book. She heard two ponies outside, fighting. She tried to fix it with a love spell....but...." Luna giggled, almost laughing. "As she cast the spell on the stallion, he also turned around and since he was looking at a planet when the spell hit him. He fell in love with it. He called it 'George' or something."

"And the mare?"

"She saw him starting to kiss the plant and freaked out. That's when Tia decided to relieve some of her duties, such as watching over love. So she got cadence to inherate that power." Sol chuckled at this. It was quite the funny little story.

"I still find it hard to live with the roles being reversed. Honestly, the staff treat me like i am a kid." She said sighing

"You're lucky you're with us. If you were a normal stallion you would probably have been in a herd right now. Assuming you would even allow it." She chuckled and then looked sad.

"What's wrong?"

"You should know this. Since stallions are becoming more and more rare. Some mares...in positions of power are wanting to...put things in place for Stallions to spend more time reproducing."

"Like what?" He asked cautiosly.

"Like a stallion of age must be in a herd of at least 5 mares. This is a popular one being put forward right now as there is a lot of mares fighting over stallions. Some mares support it and some are against it. I fear if it passed then it might get worse down the road." Sol knew what Luna meant. He hated the idea of needing to be with mares and being pampered constantly. It was less out of love and more out of needing to do what is needed to keep the species going.

"What about me?" He asked.

"You will be an acception. So far you are the only male alicorn in Equestria. While your older brother is elsewear. You won't need a herd." There was still more he wanted to ask

"Are stallions required to have kids?" He asked.

"No. They are not required, but with the large amount of mares around its hard to find a stallion who isn't an adult and taken. It's almost unheard of...until you came along. But if you are worried about stallions losing rights, don't be. Me and my sister will make sure that doesn't happen."

"Well is there anything weird or anything that has changed?" Luna thought for a moment before she blushed deeply.

"I...you best find out about that yourself." It was unusual to see Luna become this flustered. Meaning it was perhaps something sexual. Luna only ever blushed like this 2 times. Sexual stuff, even just speaking about it. And when she was caught playing dressup as a filly.

"I will get things ready to tell him. Luna. Change your apperance and take him out for a while." Celestia taught Sol how to properly alter the perception of those around him and soon he looked like a basic unicorn with a Yellow coat colour. Luna walked along side with him outside the castle and into the city.

"So where to first?" Luna asked with a smile

"Well what new things is there since i...we left?"

"Tia told me of this thing called a 'Theater'. I have been meaning to check it out." He followed Luna to a large building that said 'Showing Now. Lord of the Horseshoes.'

"What's that?" Sol asked.

"It's suppose to be a movie with mythical creatures in olden times. I heard my sister say it was a good movie." As Luna walked up to the counter to get the tickets the mare at the counter looked at Sol.

"How can i help you?"

"2 to see Lord of the Horseshoes." Luna tried to not act like she normally does, with authority but tried to act casually. It was a little funny to see as she normally doesnt act like this around her subjects...but then again she is usually also not in disguise.

"Are you sure? That's likely too violent for a Stallion." Luna narrowed her eyes at the mare which caused a shiver to run up her spine.

"Did i stutter?" Luna asked firmly.

"No." The mare said quickly and handed over 2 tickets to see the movie. Sol and Luna entered the viewing room, only for him to get a worried look from a lot of the mares there. He figured it was for the same reason as the one at the entrance got worried.

The movie lasted for around 3 hours and he enjoyed it greatly. It was dark and quite bloody, but Sol was use to seeing that as he had gotten more than a few cuts when he lived alone. A tree even once fell on his front leg and a broke branch almost stabbed through his leg.

"It'z been a while since we had time to ourselves."

"It was like old days. Nice to have you back Lu." She looked at him with a warm smile as he finished his soda.

"Same here." They headed back to the Castle and when Sol arrive he didnt expect to see a face he hadn't seen in a long time.

Entering the throne room and saw a Black alicorn with a white mane. He stood as tall as Celestia and both were talking away happily. He froze up when he saw him, it was his older brother.

"Eclipse." He said and he turned to face him. Smiling he ran up to Sol.

"Little Bro! I missed you so much!" He almost tackled him into a hug.

"I missed you to." Sol said with some diffeculty breathing from the bearhug he was getting.

"Where were you all these years?" Letting him go, Sol fell to the floor and gasped a few times before getting back up.

"In the Crystal mountains. I took up home there for a few hundered years. The first few i spent in the everfree. What about you?" Sol asked as he looked at Celestia. "Where's your wife? I heard you were married."

"Yeah. I sure did. I found a mare about 50 years after you ran away. Plus i could tell how the culture was changing so i kinda also wanted to get out of here. I would have offered you to come with me so we could rule our own kingdom like Celestia and Luna do." Looking over his older brother, Sol saw Eclipse's Cutie mark. It was a full moon that was shining through dark clouds but the clouds were in the shape of claws that seemed to be trying to grab the moon and darken the light.

"Like it? I got it a while after making a kingdom and having to protect it shortly after. It represents light in the darkness. Or hope." Sol sighed as he was now the only one in their family that didn't have a cutie mark.

"I think you are overwhelming him." Celestia said as she walked up to them.

"Sorry. I'm just so happy to see you again. I thought for sure that you were dead. I mean if any mare found an Alicorn male in this day and age they would likely keep him. You're quite the catch since you're single." While Sol hated that idea, it did raise the question if he wanted to be single for the rest of his life, but Celestia is still single and so is Luna.

"I still can't belive Discord done that. Some kind of sick joke." He said as he tried to change the subject. His love life wasnt something he liked to talk about.

"So i heard. Changing the gender ratio. As much as i hate to say it, this herding tatic that Equestria made has only stagnated that male population." His older brother looked annoyed when he mentioned Discord.

"Wait. But it has increased. Right?" He asked with a little worry and Celestia spoke next.

"Yes, but not in the way you think. The pony population has...tripled since you vanished and most are mares. So yes while there is more stallions than before, there is many, many more mares. So overall the stallions are going down in how much they make towards the total population percentage even if their numbers are slowly increasing."

"So Sol. Do you have any mare that catches your eye?" He asked with a smirk and Celestia held back a laugh as she saw Sol blushing.

"No. I don't." He said bluntly.

"You can tell us if you do." Sol walked to the side and looked out the window, at the streets below. There must have been around 200 mares and he saw only 3 stallions out with them.

"No i don't. I'm still taking in all of this."

"I know it's a lot. But you will adapt. I know you. This is something you will find a way around. But just be careful. If you act threatening to assert your independance, the mares might see it as cute instead of something to be taken serious. Which means you will have to prove yourself."

"What about marrage? Has that changed?" Eclipse chuckled.

"You will have to ask Celestia that. She knows her kingdom more." Eclipse left the throne room and headed to his room to rest up and help Luna with her upcoming night shift while Sol went over to Celestia.

"Celestia. What has changed?" Celestia turned around and pulled a book out from under her throne. "Here. Read this. You will understand that some mares will try to do and how they now see Stallions."

The book she handed to him had the title 'Stallion herding, scent marking and caring for their needs. A book for newly adult mares.' The front of it showed 2 mares. One White and the other grey. The white one had sunglasses on and the gray one was wearing a bowtie. Both of them were looking at him with half closed, seductive eyes and biting their bottom lips.

"Is this a-" He was cut off.

"No...it's not 'that' kind of book. As i said, this is what most mares will do to you and how they will treat you." Sol took it to his room. Unsure if he should even give it a read as the cover alone was diffecult to look at.

"And this." She handed him one more and this one showed a cream coloured mare with a cutie mark that was a heart and baby bottle. A colt was hugging into her and sleeping happily. The title read 'Raising a colt into a stallion. By Cream Heart.'

Sol didn't really like the idea of reading these or much less being seen with them, but if it helped him then he knew it would be best if he did.

As he left the throne room, Celestia chuckled to herself. "Oh Sol. Never change."