Poor Fluttershy slept all afternoon. Philomena and I stayed there while she slept. While Fluttershy was upstairs in her room we were downstairs. She even fell asleep before we even got her back home. To tell the truth, I fell asleep for a little nap with my head in Philomena’s lap while on the couch. Her animals wondered what happened if the way they constantly checked on her was any indication. Of course, we couldn’t talk to them like she could, so we just left them to their own devices, so to speak.

Actually, I think it was the way Philomena was humming to me and gently rubbing my head that put me to sleep. Luna would be sleeping at the same time, so we didn’t meet. And honestly, I had no clue what to tell my mother about this little encounter.

When I woke up again, my head was still in Philomena’s lap, she was still humming and still rubbing my head. She smiled down at me as I smiled back up to her wanting to return to blessed sleep. I had mentally dubbed this as one of the best positions that had ever been thought up. It made all the madness of earlier seemed far away.

I still wanted a shower though. Besides, it was probably time to check up on Fluttershy. “How long has it been?” I asked quietly. There was a slight slur in my voice due to still being a little drowsy.

“Two hours,” she said softly.

“I need to get up, check Fluttershy, and take a shower.” After saying that I chuckled, “But I don’t want to. This is really too comfortable for my own good.”

She giggled at me and scratched my head lightly. She wasn’t helping any.

Finally, I just made up my mind and sat up. “Alright, either I get up now or I won’t ever get up.” She giggled as I turned my head around giving her a passionate kiss. Then stood up from the couch and headed upstairs toward her room.

Once there, I opened it a crack, taking a peek inside. She was still sleeping. Some of her animals were there as well silently comforting her. After shutting the door, the bathroom was next. After stepping in, I stripped down and turned on the water. As usual, the water heated up quickly. For a little while, I just let the water wash over me, as if washing off what happened earlier.

Minutes passed and there was a soft knock at the door. So soft that I almost didn’t hear it. “Who’s here?”

“Just me, Fred,” I answered back remembering that she fell asleep before we got home, so naturally she wouldn’t be sure of who it was in the bathroom.

“Can I come in?” she asked with a degree of uncertainty in her voice.

That was a little surprising. And after thinking it over for a second, I realized that why not? It’s not like she hasn’t seen me before. And at this point… “Sure.” The shower was a shower only and not a tub slash shower combo. There was still an opaque white curtain separating us, so she couldn’t see anything. Not that it would have mattered if she did at this point. I couldn’t see her either.

There was a pregnant pause as if she wasn’t sure how to start. “How are you feeling?”

I gave a slight chuckle, “I was going to ask the same thing. Using the shower to metaphorically wash this morning away like a bad dream. Physically, I’m fine. Mentally, I’m getting over it.”

“I’m sorry for hurting you, Fred,” her voice sounded like she was going to cry again.

This is something that she needs to get over and work through. “Fluttershy, you didn’t hurt me,” I tried telling her, “Flutterbat did and you weren’t in control.”

“But I influenced her and I enjoyed it,” her voice told me that she was convinced of that. Her tone of voice also told me that she was beating herself up for it too.

“I disagree. You didn’t have that much influence over her that told her to use me. And I know you didn’t enjoy what she did to me or you wouldn’t be acting the way you are.” I paused for a small patient sigh, trying to think of a way to have her understand. “It’s because of the way you feel that tells me you love me as a friend and it’s because of that you feel bad about it. And simply enjoying sex isn’t something to be condemned, Fluttershy. It’s supposed to feel good.”

“Even the way it was for you?”

“Even the way it was for me,” I told her outright. “It’s not that she had sex with me that bothers me. It’s the fact that she did it with me unable to move or approve of it. The act itself felt great. I won’t deny it, but the way she did it pissed me off. Try and think of it that way as well Fluttershy. It’s not that you enjoyed it is what’s really bothering you, it’s the way you were forced to enjoy it due to Flutterbat’s actions.”

There was another pause as my ears picked up the sound of a dress or something being dropped. A second later her shadow appeared just outside of the curtain. Another second later it got pulled back to reveal a naked Fluttershy looking at me. I didn’t like the look in her eyes. In them held guilt, remorse, and dried tears. And something else I couldn’t place. A type of determination to do something. “I want you to do the same to me, Fred.”

“What?!” You can’t imagine how my mind tried to deny what my ears were telling me. “No, I’m not going to do that.” I turned off the water before facing her fully.

“Yes, Fred. I want you to.” I determined what that look was now. The determined look of wanting to be punished. I heard Philomena’s footsteps coming up the stairs as she came into view a couple of seconds later.

Stepping up to Fluttershy, I took her arms in my hands firmly and looked down into her eyes. “Fluttershy, listen to me. That’s not going to happen.”

“Yes, Fred. Do it,” she was equal in her resolve and it showed in her eyes.

Meanwhile, Philomena was confused.

“No, it won’t happen.”

“YES.”

I shook her slightly as if trying to bring her to her senses, “NO.” I softened my voice as she began to cry again. Pulling her into my arms, I hugged her again, “Fluttershy, you don’t need to be punished for something you didn’t do. I don’t know how I can make you see that. If you punish yourself for this, then you’ll start to hate sex. You’ll start to hate it because you wouldn’t want to feel that again because it would remind you of what happened. Don’t deny the pleasure of sex or the wonderful comfort it can bring because Flutterbat used it the wrong way. It’s not your fault, Fluttershy.”

“But it feels...like my...fault,” she cried into my chest.

“I know you feel that way,” I whispered to her as Philomena walked in with sympathy in her eyes. She came up and started hugging Fluttershy from behind her. “We’ll all help you through it, alright? Me, Philomena, AJ, Pinkie, Rainbow, Rarity, and Twilight. Talk to them and or us about what I said. And think about what I said. I don’t blame you, Fluttershy. Nor do they. And think about how they feel about it. They probably feel worse than you do.”

“How?” she sobbed.

“Because they feel like they forced you into this situation,” I told her.

She shook her head, “They didn’t know it was going to happen.”

“Exactly, Fluttershy. They didn’t. And neither did you,” I whispered to her. “Maybe you should listen to your own advice.” She was quiet, except for the quiet sobbing. It seemed that her mind was tossing it over in her head.

I noticed that Philomena didn’t take off her dress and it was getting wet. I had a free hand that wasn’t pressed between Fluttershy’s back and Philomena’s front. So, I used that to reach up and gently tug against the strap of her blue dress. She was confused for a second until she finally realized that it was getting wet. Her solution was to step back, take it off, and then return to the hug.

Fluttershy seemed to calm down after a few minutes of quiet. Then she raised her head and looked up at me. “It’s alright that it felt good?” I nodded at her. “But hate that Flutterbat forced it on you?” I nodded again.

“Should be enjoyed equally,” Philomena said quietly as her head rested on Fluttershy’s shoulder.

“I think I understand,” Fluttershy whispered. And the look she was giving me was promising. Then she blushed and bit her bottom lip a little, “Well, then. I...think I’ll admit that...you felt incredible...Fred.” A little bit of old Fluttershy was starting to resurface again. It was in her voice as she spoke. And she blushed hard as she looked up to me shyly.

Even Philomena smiled with a slight giggle.

“It did, Fluttershy,” I admitted as well, smiling down at her.

“Then...maybe...we could do it again? The...um...right way?” Heavens, she was cute when she blushed.

However, I didn’t really know what to say about that. Even Philomena wasn’t sure. So, I smiled down at her and kissed her forehead. “Tell you what, Fluttershy. Talk to your friends about what happened first, alright? I want you to work through your emotions first. Then, talk to Philomena about your request alright? And realizing that I’m not refusing, just watching out for your fragile emotions right now.”

She seemed to think about it as she seemed to stare off into the distance.

“Alright?” I asked again.

Then she nodded up to me with a small smile, “Alright.”

I kissed her head again, “Good. Do you want to talk with anyone else? It’s just now getting to be dinner time.”

She seemed to think about it before giving a nod, “I think I’ll go talk with Rarity.” A short pause later and she leaned up, gripping my head, and lowering it to give me a light kiss. “Thank you, Fred. I’ll go talk to them and think about what you said.” She turned and started drying herself off. “You can stay and enjoy the shower.” Then left the bathroom to her room shutting the door behind her.

With a sigh of relief, I turned the water on again and let it flow over my body once more. It was still hot thankfully. Philomena giggled slightly at me as I leaned up against the wall and closed my eyes. A second later I felt her slim form rest against mine before she laid her head on my chest. My arms wrapped around her, my hands resting on the small of her back and a finger rubbing the root of her tail where it connects to her back.

She sighed contently as the water flowed over us. Her own arms wrapped around me and I felt one of her talons lightly run across a scratch or two on my back. “Perfect,” her voice was whisper quiet but filled with contentment.

“At least until we start to wrinkle because we’ve been under the water too long.”

She giggled at me before lightly bopping the side of my head playfully. One thing I discovered while holding her. She was my center. In the midst of any storm, she is the calm that centers me.

Soon though we had to leave due to hunger. It was now dinner time, and I was getting hungry. I’d skipped lunch after all.

Once back at the library, and fully dressed again, I was picking through the pantry and the frig to see what twilight had. “Looks like pasta tonight,” I said aloud while my head was stuck in the frig looking for some sauce to add. Philomena was sitting at the table enjoying some juice I found. Spike wasn’t around, so I had to make dinner. “No meat around, unfortunately, but that’s alright. I’ll just add some spices.”

“You cook?”

“Oh yeah,” I chuckled remembering Rainbow as I started dinner by filling the pot with water. “Back in the Crystal Empire, after I showed up, none of the girls believed me. Especially Rainbow, so we made a bet. If Rainbow liked the Peanut Butter Pie then she’d date me. If not then I’d wear something girly for a calendar. Which brings up a question.” I turned around and saw her with an interested look. “Up until now, I had no reason to call off my dates with Rainbow. It was just a silly bet after all, but now that we’re together, how do you feel about that? I can just call it off if you’d like. I know you said no before.”

It looked like she was thinking about it, so I took the time to add the pasta in one pot and the sauce in the other.

“I talk with her,” she finally said to me after some thinking. “See if she wants date or no.”

“Ok, sounds good,” I nodded to her before adding some spices to the sauce for some extra kick. “I’d figure you’d be the keep me to yourself jealous type.”

She smirked up at me as her eyes flashed with flames for a second. I laughed. She was still smirking at me while taking a sip of juice, her eyes looking at me over the rim of the cup. The kitchen was a simple one with a simple layout. A small area with everything on one side with the round table taking up most of the small area.

Dinner was simple and quiet with just us two. And for some reason, the old Disney movie Lady and the Tramp came to mind. The spaghetti scene made me chuckle as I picked the same scene with us in it. Unfortunately, we didn’t have any meatballs. I told her about it. She liked the idea of having dinner under a beautiful night sky by candlelight. I also told her about the song, though I couldn’t sing it to save my life.

And because it was just us two, Twilight had yet to show up, we went upstairs for bed early after dinner. Once there her eyes and mood softened to the bedroom look women are known for. She told me to let her do everything tonight. We made love that night on the bed. It wasn’t wild sex, but slow. She wanted to take it slow tonight. And as she slowly rode me, she also put on a show for me. Raising her hands above her head to play with her hair. Lowering them to play with her breasts. All the while with her eyes locked onto mine. This was her way of helping me to forget about this morning. She was putting on a show for me. Dancing not only for me but on me. All throughout she let my hands explore her body. I wanted to know and explore every inch of her. And I did, with her moaning my name in acceptance. Right up until her cry of release as we came together.

^_^

“We need to talk,” I told my aunt when she pulled me into her dreamscape.

She nodded, raising a hand, “I’ll get your mother.”

Mother popped into view then smiled when she saw me. “Good evening, my sunshine boy,” she said giving me a hug putting her wings around me. “How are you? How was your day?”

“Something happened,” I told her as I pulled away from her.

“What was it?” she asked now concerned.

I told them everything from start to finish. Everything about Fluttershy turning into Flutterbat and her assault on me. And how Fluttershy has to deal with the emotions as well.

“My boy,” mother whispered pulling me into a hug again.

“We wished that had never happened to you,” Luna said compassionately.

“Thanks. I’m alright. With Philomena’s help.” Both of them smirked at me at that.

“I’m happy that it didn’t hurt your friendship with them.”

“I agree, mother. I think there is some good coming out of this. Applejack has agreed to try and be friends,” I told mother while letting her hold me.

“That’s good,” Luna said with a small smile.

“Yes, it is. I’m proud of you for looking for the good in bad situations,” she kissed my head.

“I try. Fluttershy has agreed to talk with the rest of the girls about how she feels. And in the morning I’d like to go to AJ’s and see if she’s talking to Fluttershy yet. And if not, why? Although, if she hasn’t I think I already know the reason.”

“Yes, nephew,” Luna nodded in understanding. “She would still have guilt and thus not want to speak to her friend yet.”

“Exactly.” I sighed, enjoying my mother hugging me, “It’s just a bad situation all around. I think they’ll get through it. They all have a strong friendship.”

“They are the Element bearers after all,” Luna said with a nod agreeing with me. We lapsed into a companionable silence for a while until mother felt it was time to go.

“Have a good day my sunshine boy,” she kissed my head again before fading away.

“Now then, where would you like to go?” Luna asked.

“Rarity’s dream. I figured with AJ now opened the door to me I’d concentrate on Rarity now.”

Luna used her magic to bring Rarity’s dream orb to her hand and then in front of me.

^_^

A flash later and I was back in Manehattan, but this time with me as me and not the constable. Rarity wasn’t here yet and the scene was playing out as it did before. I wasn’t sure what was going on, so I stood and waited. I got even more confused when two Raritys showed up. One was standing by me and the other was walking down the street of Manehattan. Both were her real modern age.

“I’m so worried about Manehattan,” Rarity whispered as she stood beside me.

All I know how to do was watch and wait. I had no clue what was going on. Or what she was talking about.

“I’m scheduled to be there for a fashion event with my friends,” she said while watching herself walk down the street. Then when her double walked in front of an alley, a big burly man grabbed her. She started screaming, but nopony paid her any mind. “Will it happen again?” she whispered while hugging herself. We watched as her double got pulled into the alley.

I couldn’t stand it anymore and ran into the alley for it wasn’t that far from me. As I ran off, the dream Rarity gasped at me, as if suddenly remembering that I was there. “GET OFF OF HER,” I screamed at the man while swinging a right hook at him. The man had just enough time to look up in confusion before my fist connected with his face. Rarity got free when the man fell to the ground. The whole dream began to fade away as I turned around to face Rarity.

When everything went black, it was only she and I. Then my clothes changed from my usual get up to the constable outfit from before.

“You saved me. You protected me, Fred,” her voice had confusion and curiosity in it as she walked up to me. “Why?”

I simply looked at her with a smile, “Isn’t that what friends are for?”

She opened her mouth to speak but didn’t say anything. Her eyes just scanned me up and down as if seeing me for the first time.

“Is it really that hard to see me as a friend who cares for you?” I asked softly, trying to make my voice dreamlike. She didn’t answer as the dream started fading away.

^_^

“Good morning, Twilight, Spike,” Philomena and I walked into the kitchen slash dining room upon greeting her and Spike already at the table.

“Good morning,” Philomena echoed with a wave of greeting.

“Morning, you two,” Spike greeted from the table, eating pancakes. “Pancakes are on the table for you.”

“Thanks, Spike,” I said with a smile as we sat down at the table. Twilight, however, didn’t say a single thing. Not that I expected her to hear us when it was obvious she wasn’t on earth. She was sitting at the table, staring off into space with a fork in her hand halfway to the plate. I said to the plate because the fork was empty with nothing on it, so it was on the way down and not on the way up. After sitting down I waved a hand in front of her face.

“She’s lost in thought,” Spike chuckled at my attempt. “There’s almost no way to bring her out of it.”

I smirked giving him a wink before leaning close to Twilight’s ear. “Books suck and should be burned.”

The effect was immediate. In a flash, she turned to me with fury in her eyes, “You do and I’ll burn you.”

My finger bopped her on the nose with a laugh, “Now that I have your attention, good morning. You were lost in thought, so I’d try and bring you back down to earth.”

She gave a short snort and wrinkled her face cutely when my finger touched her nose. “Ok, I get it,” she smirked in good nature before batting my hand away. “Good morning.”

“What had you so lost in thought, Twilight?”

“I was just thinking what you said to Fluttershy yesterday and what we talked to her about,” she replied now going back to her now cold breakfast.

“How is she?” I wondered as Philomena and I took our share of breakfast.

“She still feels guilty, but after your talk with her and our talk with her, she’s doing better.” Twilight looked over to me with a genuine thankful smile. “You did well yesterday by the way. I think it steered her in the right direction.”

“What? What happened yesterday?”

“Never you mind, Spike,” Twilight admonished him a little for asking. “Just go and spend time with the Crusaders today.”

He whined, “Aww, but why?”

“You’ll find out when you get older,” I chipped in.

“Exactly,” Twilight finished that with a nod. “Anyway, I think she’s going to be alright. She’s agreed to talk with us today.”

“Everyone?”

Twilight shook her head, “Not yet. The only one of us that she hasn’t talked to is AJ.”

I nodded to her, “Figured. I’ll go over to the farm and talk with her while she works. See if I can get her to talk with her.”

“Alright, Fred. Thanks.”

“You’re welcome. At least some good has come from this. AJ has agreed to try being my friend and let me call her AJ. It’s a start.”

Twilight seemed to think about that then nodded, “True. Wish the circumstances were different though.”

“You and me both,” I agreed then looked over to Philomena. “Why don’t you go with Twilight and talk with Fluttershy some more while I work on getting AJ to talk with her, alright?”

“Alright,” Philomena agreed.

“Good, in that case, I better finish lunch and get to the farm.” After quickly finishing breakfast, I gave Philomena a kiss before saying good day and leaving the library for the farm.

^_^

Big Mac was the first one I saw after entering the property. He was working in an area close to the front fence. He nodded to me after I waved a greeting and started walking his way. He looked over what I was wearing and raised an eyebrow at me, “Came here to work?”

I nodded to him, “That and to talk with AJ about what happened yesterday. Twilight told me that she’s yet to talk to Fluttershy about it.”

His only response was a raised eyebrow.

“You don’t know what happened yesterday when Twilight’s spell turned Fluttershy into Flutterbat?”

“Only just that,” he responded, “not the details.”

“In that case, don’t worry about it, I’ll just talk with AJ. Know where she is?”

He nodded toward the west, “In the west field.”

“Alright. Thanks, Big Mac,” I nodded to him and started walking off with his “Eeyup” in my ears.

A little while later, I saw AJ off in the distance working some trees all by her lonesome. And because this AJ is like the one I grew up with I could surmise why. She wanted to be alone. Well, not this morning. “Good morning, AJ.” I said “AJ” with a little caution and a somewhat softly, as if to ease into it as I walked up to her.

She stopped mid-strike with her leg in the air against her body. At that moment, she almost looked like a snake ready to strike the poor tree with her hoof. And by the look in her eyes, she was surprised to see me. “Oh hi, Fred.” She paused while looking up at me, setting her leg down gracefully. “I’m surprised to see you here.”

“Why? Because of what happened yesterday?” She nodded. “I’m not going to avoid this place, or you, simply because something bad happened. I wouldn’t be much of a friend if I did.”

“I guess I can understand that,” she said slowly before taking a breath and using her hat to get the dust off of her legs and shorts. “So, why are you here?”

“Two things.” I held up a finger, “One, is to work with you.” I held up another finger, “And two is to talk you into speaking with Fluttershy.”

She sighed, leaning her back against the tree, and fiddled with her hat nervously. “I don’t know if I can face her. Not after it was my fault for what happened to her, and you.”

“I figured you’d say that,” I gave her a slight smirk. “You’re just as stubborn as your counterpart.” Stepping up to her, my eyes met hers with a soft yet firm look. “Listen, AJ. You need to speak to her. For her, and for yourself. She doesn’t blame you, even though you blame yourself. You both need to talk it out. And besides, you can’t avoid her forever. She’s your friend. And right now she needs you to help her through the guilt she’s feeling.”

“I don’t know,” she looked down unsure of herself.

I simply raised her head and looked into her eyes.

She nodded slowly, “Alright.” I smiled when she said it. Before she turned to start working again. “After I get done.” I didn’t let her continue by grabbing her arms.

“Oh no, you don’t. Go. Now. The longer you wait, the easier it will be to talk yourself out of it.”

She stared at me with a defiant look.

I stared back with an equally defiant look.

Minutes seem to pass between us.

“Don’t make me take you there myself,” I told her at last with a wicked smirk. “Because I’ll do it.”

Her face softened with a long sigh as I let her go. “Alright, you’re right.” She started walking off with, “Thanks.”

“You’re welcome,” I said to her with a satisfied smile as she walked off to face her friend. After that, the morning went alright. For the most part anyway. To continue what AJ was doing I had to learn to either kick the tree or climb them in order to get the apples. I first tried kicking them with some moderate success. And after a while, I could see the benefits of doing it this way when you switch legs. It’s great exercise and good practice for side kicking.

Pretty soon, I had worked up a sweat. So, I took off my shirt and tied it around my waist, and continued working. Until I heard what sounded like a triangle ringing through the air before Granny’s voice cut across the orchard announcing lunch. What I hadn’t asked was what to do about lunch. I could at least find out how they feed my fellow humans at any rate. So, I started walking toward the farmhouse.

“Hey, Fred,” Big Mac’s voice hit my ears after I walked onto the path.

I turned around giving him a friendly wave. “I’m hungry, how about you?”

“Eeyup,” he said then took a good look at my back then looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

I smirked, “Philomena. We stepped up our relationship.” He nodded and started walking with me. “I’m curious about lunch. How do you normally feed the humans here?”

“Buffet style in front of the house,” he said. “On hot days like this, we let them use the porch for shade.”

I nodded. “I think I’ll do the same.”

“You’re welcome inside,” he offered.

“Thank you, Big Mac, but I just won over AJ as a friend. Don’t want to upset Granny just yet and have her try and ruin that,” I told him. “And speaking of, I convinced her to go talk with Fluttershy, so not sure when she’ll be back. I continued where AJ left off, though I’m not as quick as she is.”

“Suit yourself and thanks for the help.” We approached the house where there was a small table set up with a large bowl, some bread, and water. One of the women of the house serving the men that had lined up.

“You’re welcome,” I said to him as he nodded before going inside. Meanwhile, I got in line behind the rest of the guys.

“Oh, hi there,” the woman behind the table greeted me as she served me lunch. At the table, there were a number of bowls for us to take. Each looked like about a good size for a decent hearty meal. She filled the bowl as full as she could, put a spoon in it, and a piece of bread on top. “You must be new.”

“Thank you,” I said taking the bowl from her. “Not really. I’m a free man working here voluntarily, actually.” She gave me a confused look as I took a large glass of water. “Strange I know, but you see I’m Fred Justice. Princess Celestia’s son. Big Mac and Applejack are friends of mine.”

“Oh, I’m sorry, my prince,” she said and immediately bowed.

“No, no, please. Stand up,” I told her with a smile. “It’s ok. I may be a prince by birth, but I want to earn that title.”

“Then why are you working here and eating with us?” came a masculine voice off to the side. It was the man that was before me in line that spoke up.

“Lots of reasons, friend,” I said to him kindly. With a nod of his head, he invited me to eat with the other three men on the porch. Which I agreed through a nod of my own. “One reason why I came,” I began after sitting down in a chair and putting my meal on the small folding table in front of me, “is to convince Applejack to go talk with Fluttershy about what happened yesterday. She feels responsible. And the other is exercise and the enjoyment of physical labor. The other benefit is talking with you gentleman.”

“Why us?” another one of them asked.

To which I responded with a smirk, “Why not?”

“Alright, then what’s your story then?” another one asked.

“Fair enough,” I nodded and spoke between bites while we ate. “My father grew up here. John Justice was his name. After the confrontation between him and Granny, she sold him. That’s where he met Princess Celestia in Canterlot right at the front gate.” Each one had his figurative ear in the story. “My mother bought him with the thought of convincing my father he was wrong in his beliefs,” I smirked with a chuckle. “It didn’t work obviously, and she fell in love with him. Later they had me where two years after my birth my mother was forced to flee into the human world.” They all stopped eating to stare at me in shock when I mentioned the human world. “Where I grew up with my human mother Celestia and human Aunt Luna. While growing up there, I had no clue that this world or my birth-mother Princess Celestia even existed. Until a short time ago and here I am. Getting to know my mother and help her eradicate slavery.”

“There’s another world out there? A human world?”

I nodded to the guy on my right. “Oh yes. In that world, slavery is outlawed by most nations. Especially the nation I grew up in. And humans are the only sentient species there. Ponies are four-legged walking animals that aren’t sentient. Ponies there are no different than bulls here.”

“Could we go there?” one of them asked eagerly.

I hummed in thought. “It’s possible,” I emphasized, “but hard to pull off. You see the way over there is through a stand-up mirror used as a portal. Unfortunately, it’s closed right now and won’t open for another two years. At which point it will only be open for three days. Not much time to move a lot of people through. Furthermore, the human world is vastly different than this one. Both in society and with advanced technology. Which everyone wanting to go would have to be educated on first before they crossed over. Otherwise, it would fall upon my human mom over there to educate you.” That didn’t help their hopes any, but I didn’t want to give them false hopes. They just sighed and went back to eating. “Of course, I’m not saying it’s impossible. Just give my mother and I some time to end slavery, start education, and work something out.”

They seemed to accept that with a grunt and a nod. Throughout the rest of the lunch, they wanted to know what the human world was like. What inventions were over there? I told them what I could and in return, they told me about how they were treated and the life they had here. All in all, I was happy to have lunch with them and talk to them.

The afternoon work was more of the same. I went back to where I left off after not seeing hide, nor hair, of AJ. With all the practice I was getting the afternoon went fairly well. My body started getting into a rhythm of sorts with the kicking. Borrowing a phrase from AJ, “I was plum tuckered out,” when the call came for the end of the day. I met and talked with Big Mac on the main road between the fields, told him how far I got and where the baskets were. Again he offered supper in the house. I told him thanks, but that was alright. I wanted to get back to the library and see if Twilight was there and how their talk with Fluttershy went.

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The first thing that I wanted after getting back to the library was a nice long hot shower. After walking in, I called out to see if anyone was home. No response. So, I headed upstairs. And oh how that nice long hot shower felt so good on my sore muscles. Sense the girls weren’t here there was no reason to rush through it. That gave the hot water time to work its way into my sore muscles and joints.

However, it wasn’t until after the shower was done that I got the shock of my life. I had just got done with the shower, just got done with drying myself off, save for my hair, and put the towel on the wall hanger when it happened. Twilight suddenly teleported in with a soft pop, saw me, grabbed my hand with, “Come with me,” and then teleported again. This time with me going with her. So basically, Twilight appeared at just the right time after the shower when I had just got done setting the towel down when she appeared and teleported my naked self from the safe confines of the library bathroom.

And to a place in some wooded area, I didn’t recognize. It wasn’t the Everfree, that much I did know. When we reappeared I was standing slightly behind Twilight while facing her other friends, Fluttershy not being present. Her four other friends, including Philomena, looked at me, then to her, and then back to me with mixed expressions.

The mixed expression was: AJ blushing almost beet red, hiding mostly behind her straw hat while taking glances toward my southern region. Rarity had a simple shocked face with her mouth hanging open as if she trying to catch flies. All the while her eyes going south for a better view. Pinkie was a little worrying. She had a look similar to a man dying of thirst that just found a clean source of water with an “O” expression on her face. Rainbow put a hand to her mouth trying hard not to laugh, while also taking a good look south. Philomena was also laughing up a storm.

“I’m back with Fred,” Twilight said quickly while looking at her friends, which meant she hasn’t yet realized just what she’s done yet.

“Yeah, but you...seemed to...have left something...behind Twilight,” Rainbow said between snickers before losing it in belly laughter.

“Huh?” Twilight wondered while looking over herself. Then when she spotted me and the sour look I was giving her, her eyes went wide, and then south, with a large gasp. “Why are you naked?”

“It appears that a certain someone felt it necessary to pull me from the shower into the woods without any warning whatsoever.” With each word, I spoke my voice got firmer and upset along with getting closer to her face. And the breeze against my naked skin wasn’t helping any because a certain part of me was clearly happy to see them. And there was no way I was going to hide that at this point.

“My stars Twilight,” Rarity cried out with an incredulous look with a voice to match. All while trying not to look at my now erect member in clear salute in their presence.

Twilight could only blush beet red, stare at my erect member, and try stuttering out apologies. I’ll admit one thing here and now and only once. Being naked in front of these beautiful girls while they were fully clothed was a turn on. That’s kind of obvious at this point.

“Look on the bright side,” Pinkie grinned at me while her eyes scanned my body as if trying to memorize it for later use, “at least he won’t have to get undressed.”

“Why?” I asked slowly and cautiously while eyeing them warily. “And where’s Fluttershy?”

“She’s on your shaft,” Twilight said suddenly with her eyes still locked on my erect member. Realizing what she had said, she shook her head attempting to correct herself. But as she kept trying it just got worse. “I mean inside my path, I mean around my bend, I mean-”

Twilight got interrupted suddenly when AJ stepped up putting a hand to her mouth. “Twilight, give up.”

Rainbow was barely standing at this point she was laughing so hard.

To my surprise, Pinkie stepped up to me while looking up at me. And as she put a hand to my chest she looked up into my eyes. What I saw there, in her orbs, was a look I can’t quite place. She had bedroom eyes, yes, but not necessarily for me. Although that was there also. “Fred, Fluttershy is just down that path and around the bend. She’s laying on a thick blanket by a small waterfall ready for you to make love to her.” Pinkie’s voice was soft and erotic as if she was pretending it was her there and not Fluttershy.

That kind of shocked me. Really?

“She needs this, Fred,” Philomena stepped up to me with a smile that spoke of feminine understanding. “First time leave bad memory, want replace with good one.”

“She was a virgin, dude,” Rainbow clarified for me after getting her breath back. The rest of what they were trying to say clicked into place.

“And because her first time having sex was as Flutterbat and not herself, she wants to ‘do it the right way’ as she put it.” I finished the thought for them where they nodded to me.

“I tried thinking of the most romantic place,” Rarity spoke up for the first time, now looking at me instead of my erect member. Rarity’s eyes went firm as if she was warning me, “She wanted only you, Fred. She wanted this to be a wonderful, fulfilling, and special moment for both of you.” The look in her eyes said one thing to me, ‘Don’t screw it up or suffer my wrath.’

“You’re a good man, Fred,” Pinkie said up to me with a wide smile. Her fingers scratched my chest softly as her other set of fingers were playing with my shaft. Her light touches were sending heat waves through me. “Philomena has agreed that, if you want, we could be friends with benefits.”

Whoa! My mouth hung open at her sudden and bold approach. While the gears of my mind tried grinding out the possibilities, my member twitched in response to her offer.

Philomena leaned in rubbing her cheek against mine, “Love her, Fred. Replace hurt and guilt with love and peace, yes?”

“Alright.” As they backed up to let me walk down the path, Pinkie backed up with bedroom eyes locked onto mine and biting her bottom lip. A single finger trailed up the back of my shaft until she lightly flicked the head. Not knowing anything else to say about that, I turned and walked down the path and around the bend to make love to Fluttershy.

Rarity was right in that it was meant to be romantic. Upon rounding the bend in the path, the first thing I saw was Fluttershy in a long light pink sundress with flowers on it. She was on a large thick quilt with her back to me, sitting in that girlish way almost all women do with their legs off to one side of them. It was near picturesque with the quilt upon a dense thick layer of flowers. The mist from the waterfall almost reaching her, but the sound added a calming effect to the area. Adding to that was the thick canopy of trees surrounding the small pond of perfectly clear water. The rays from the setting sun almost looked like hands trying to reach through the copse of trees in a last-ditch effort to grab her. Putting all that together made for a relaxing and romantic area to make love in.

She hadn’t seen me yet because her back was turned. Plus she was talking to a couple of birds. One in each hand. Couldn’t tell what they were from where I was standing. Which was about fifteen or so yards away, give or take. I hadn’t entered the small clearing around the pond yet. I felt like a man on a hike that had come across a beautiful woman bathing naked in the water. Or a hunter hunting deer that lost sight of it only to find that it turned into a beautiful woman.

After taking a calming breath, I stepped into the clearing and started making my way over to her. Of course, as I got closer, her birds saw me and started chirping to her excitedly.

That’s when Fluttershy turned her head around to look at me. As her eyes went wide and her face flushed I kept walking. Her eyes went south with her mouth hanging open but not saying anything while her birds flew away. She stayed that way even as I got closer to her as if her mind shut down or wasn’t sure what it was seeing. Her eyes knew what to do. They roamed over my naked body as if wanting to memorize me.

“Oh...my,” her voice was almost inaudible while she watched me step onto the large quilt. It was larger than a king-sized bed, now that I had a chance to gauge its size. I don’t know what they put underneath it but whatever it was felt extremely soft.

I sat down next to her but facing the opposite direction with my legs stretched out in front of me. Leaning closer to her a little, I put a gentle hand on her leg. “Hi.”

Her face was almost the same color as a beet, but she smiled all the same. “Hi,” her hand fiddled with a lock of her hair as she bit her bottom lip nervously. “You didn’t have to...um...be so bold to come already naked.” She said something along the lines of “not that I mind” or something like it. Couldn’t hear it that well because of how quiet her voice was.

I smirked with a chuckle, “Well, I doubt that was the plan. I just got done drying off from the shower when Twilight popped in, grabbed me, and popped out so fast I didn’t get a chance to tell her that I wasn’t wearing anything at the time.”

“Oh dear,” she giggled putting her hands to her mouth.

“You can imagine the girl’s reactions.”

She nodded at me.

“Applejack blushed beet red hiding behind her hat, Rarity was shocked that I had arrived in such an uncouth manner, Twilight was stuttering her apologies, Pinkie looked at me like a man dying of thirst, Philomena and rainbow were laughing their butts off.”

She giggled cutely at the image that popped in her head about her friend’s reactions. My fingers rubbed her leg lightly and slowly in a lazy manner. I had an itch to explore every inch of her.

“Thank you for coming,” she whispered to me. “They did tell you why?”

“Yes,” I nodded in return, “but, I want to hear it from you anyway.”

“Oh, ok.” Now she was back with fiddling with a lock of hair again. “It’s just...I am a virgin. Or...was...a virgin. But the first time for me was more of a nightmare than a mare’s dream. It was horrible for both of us. I didn’t want to remember it as something horrible. It should be a wonderful experience. For the both of us.”

“So, you’re not doing it to punish yourself then?” I asked even though I already knew the answer. Just needed to hear it with my own hears.

She shook her head. “No, I’m not. As we remember this in the future, I would like us to remember tonight instead of yesterday. Something beautiful and wonderful to be remembered between close friends.”

“Which is why they put together such a romantic spot,” I whispered to her, leaning in close to her.

She nodded quickly. “So does that mean...you...agree to...” she trailed off her question as nervousness set in.

“I do,” nodding to her slowly I spoke softly. Raising my hand I put it gently against her cheek. My thumb lightly trailing her lips. “You want me to make love with you?” She nodded slowly, but my finger wouldn’t allow her to bite her bottom lip. “To undress you?” She nodded. “To cover every inch of your body in slow lazy kisses?” She nodded once again. “Then I’ll start at the top and slowly work my way down.”

“Ok,” she whispered before our lips met together in a soft kiss. It was a lazy kiss. Without a rush of need, but one that spoke of slow, soft, and gentle caresses. The soft fur of her neck tickled my lips, planting light kisses on each side of her neck. My hand ran down from her cheek to her neck before lightly rubbing against her upper chest. Tilting her head back she gave me more access to work with. Her breath hitched and quickened. Her heart beat faster in her chest. And her body almost seemed to shake or vibrate under my touches.

She was nervous.

I could feel it in my kisses and in my hand. Slowly I kissed her lips lightly. She returned it. My hand reached up caressing her cheek again with my head on the other side whispering in her ear, “You’re nervous.”

Her head nodded slowly, “But it’s ok. I want this.”

“I know, but I want you to be relaxed and comfortable with me,” I whispered. Then I moved completely behind her, put my legs on either side of her, and gently took her arms to have her lean back against me. Kissing her cheek once, I laid my head against hers and wrapped my arms around her. “Take deep slow breaths.”

She complied. At first, her breaths sounded nervous but started to level out.

“Your safe with me,” I whispered into her ear. “A friend and lover who cares for you.” I lightly kissed her cheek again. Her wings may have been limp behind her, but her hair and wing feathers tickled the skin on my chest. My hands gently rubbing circles around her stomach. “Keep breathing slow and deep. Feel the wind against your fur and hair. Let it calm you, cleanse you.”

Her breathing started slowing and smoothing out, compared to the nervousness as it was before. Better, but not good enough yet.

“Just you and me with nature,” I continued, her hands covering mine. “Your safe and secure with me, your friend and lover.” My lips met her neck again. Her breathing slowed and deepened, her body limp against mine. “You feel safe with me, Fluttershy?”

“Yes,” she whispered without hesitation, her head now resting back against my shoulder, and her eyes closed.

“You accept me as a friend who cares for you?” Her hands gently moved with mine in circles around her stomach.

“Yes,” against saying without hesitation.

“You accept me as a lover? One that you are willing to give yourself to because you feel safe and secure?”

“Yes,” no hesitation.

Now she was relaxed. It showed in her breathing, which was slow, deep, and calm. And now it was time to start the fire.

“And you are my friend, Fluttershy. One that I gladly give myself to as a friend and lover.” She sighed contently as my lips met her cheek and then her neck this time. Her eyes were still closed as she followed my hands around her stomach. “Right now, I’m all yours, Fluttershy. Hear the waterfall in your ears. Smell the forest, the water, and the air around us. It’s beautiful, you’re beautiful, and all that we will share is beautiful. Here, there’s no shame, no nervousness. Only us and our love.” My hand tilted her head toward me, and with her eyes still closed I kissed her. A light kiss that she sighed into, deepening a little at the end.

Then she opened her eyes and looked into mine. She was ready. There wasn’t a hint of nervousness in her eyes anymore. “Beautiful Fluttershy. You want to get aroused by me?”

“Yes, Fred,” she whispered without any doubt in her mind. It was evident in the look she was giving me.

“Then I’ll start with your wings. Lean forward, so I can unzip your dress and let it fall from around you.” She nodded and leaned forward, moving her hair from back to front over her shoulders. I took the zipper between my fingers and slowly lowered it down her back. Both hands took either side of her dress and spread them apart. Fluttershy took her arms out of the sleeves first before removing her wings from the wing holes. Got to remember to ask Rarity about that later. The top part of her dress fell forward into her lap. She was wearing a light pink bra, but not for long.

I kissed the back of her neck. “Feel the wind against your skin and fur. It’s nature, it’s natural, and it’s wild.” My voice was quiet as I kissed down her back slowly. “Let it stir within you, Fluttershy. Let that wind fan the flames of passion for me.” My hands were rubbing up and down the sides of her back while brushing up against the sides of her small perky breasts. The fabric of her bra felt like a soft cotton material similar to a shirt and looked hand made. “Feel my passion for you, Fluttershy. With each kiss of my lips. With each touch of my hands and fingers, let it speak to you.”

I had to scoot back a little to kiss between her wings. At the same time, my thumbs rubbed firmly between her wings up against the joints. My fingers doing the same from the other side. “Let them rise naturally, Fluttershy. Let them rise with your passion and arousal. Let them rise as the fire starts to burn within you.” My voice was quiet as I spoke between kisses, using my fingers and lips to massage between and around her wing joints.

“Fred,” she moaned long and soft as her wings started rising. It was in her voice, the way she breathed, and in her touch, as she started gripping my leg. Her flame had ignited and was beginning to burn.

Slow circles my fingers massaged her wing joints as I kissed firmly against her back. “You smell of flowers, earth, water, and ozone. Your scent is intoxicating.” I proved it by taking a slow sniff up her back. “And you have captured me.”

Her wings now stood fully erect. She moaned as my fingers dug into her wing joints, massaging them firmly. “Take off my bra, Fred,” she told me in a voice now filled with arousal.

“It’s too constricting,” I told her acknowledging her command. Each hand took a strap of her bra, slowly bringing them down off her shoulders.

Where she leaned back up before pulling her arms back through letting them drop to her sides. Next was her clasp, and after undoing it, her breasts were free. Her bra fell to her lap. As she leaned back against me again she took her bra in her hand and tossed it aside. My hands slowly came forward to gently caress each bosom, as if they were priceless possessions. She moaned slowly while letting her head rest against my shoulder. All the while she was trying to remove the rest of her dress by leg movement. She whined slightly as I pulled my hands away from her breasts to help her. She tossed her dress aside by her discarded bra.

She closed her eyes and relaxed against me with a long sigh of arousal. Keeping to the outside of each bosom I let my fingers rub around the circumference. Her head tilted away from me in command to kiss her. I happily obliged. “Oh, Fred.”

One of her hands gripped mine as it explored around her breast. The other pulled my other hand away and led it south. “Lead me, my beautiful Fluttershy.” Now it was my turn to turn my head away as she started kissing my neck as she placed my hand between her legs. Firmly she pressed my hand against her over her panties. I could feel the heat from her already. She started kissing and sucking against my neck. The vibrations of her low growling moan ran through me like a bolt of lightning.

“Guide me to your passion, my beautiful Fluttershy. Invite me in.” She guided my hand to squeeze her breast with the other being guided under her panties. Her body was hot, wet, and ready. Her breath tickled my skin as she guided my finger inside of her.

Each kiss got needier as she guided my hands into pleasing her. She even stopped kissing me and looked up at me. I saw the fires of passion in her eyes. A minute later she had a look like it wasn’t enough. And with her eyes locked onto mine, she let go of my hands to remove her panties.

“Fred?” she asked as a hand came up caressing my cheek.

“Yes?” I asked, gazing into her eyes. The look in her eyes told me everything. “Lay down,” I whispered with my own voice filled with fire for her. And as I stood up, she did. She laid down on her back, spreading her legs for me with her wings outstretched and stiff with arousal. As I positioned myself, she spread out her hair from under her head. And with my tip touching her entrance, I leaned over her positioning my arms under her shoulders and under her wings to caress her head. It was the most wonderful feeling to feel her legs wrap around my waist. And then to feel her legs press against me as she invited me inside.

She kept her eyes locked onto mine as she stretched to accommodate me. I claimed her open mouth as my own as her entrance claimed my member. The fire was lit and she was burning in the flames. Each pull of her legs, each moan in my ear, each whisper of my name, and each kiss she gave me drove me further in the need and want to please her to the fullest.

Everything else fell away as we loved each other. It was only us in the world right now. What had started out as a gentle calm lagoon was now roaring rapids. And we were happily riding those rapids as the need to claim and please each other gripped us as we gripped each other. The burning fire was consuming us as we let it burn us.

We couldn’t get enough of each other. And as our need for release got closer, I lifted my head to look into her eyes. She looked into mine and I saw the same burning passion for release in hers as she saw in mine.

“With...me, Fred. Inside...me,” she grunted with each meeting of our bodies. I had used one hand to continuously rub between her wings. And it showed on her face and in each deep growl and moan.

Our climax hit us hard and fast. And with one last meeting of our bodies, her entrance gripped, pulled, and milked me for all I could give her. I was hers and she let the forest around her know with one wild cry of climaxed pleasure. Her legs squeezed me as did her entrance. We tried keeping eye contact, but the pleasure overwhelmed us as our bodies shook with the pulses of release.

I turned my body over to let her rest on top of me as our climax subsided. Her whole body went limp as it left us drained, spent, and completely content. “Wow,” she said softly after a few minutes of quiet as her body still quivered slightly during the afterglow.

I, on the other hand, was quite happy to lay there catching my breath with my arms around her while she planted light kisses across my chest. My mind was having trouble keeping a train of thought in my head after something like that. Thank you, Philomena, for this. I made a mental note to repay her any way I could later.

“Fred?” she mumbled softly against my chest.

“Hmm?” was the only thing I could say. Even tilting my head up seemed like a chore.

“I’ve got an idea,” she whispered with the tone of voice letting me know that I don’t think we were done yet.

“What’s that?” I finally lifted up my head to look at her and ask.

She looked at me with a wide content smile on her face. “It’s night now with a new moon. And with the stars out, it’s a beautiful night.” I looked up to see the night sky twinkling above us. “Why don’t we walk back to my cottage just like this. Naked. And while under the beautiful night sky, the full moon and twinkling stars, take an outside shower together? I wash you and you wash me before going to bed together?”

Holy crap, it’s always the quiet ones, isn’t it? “My beautiful, Fluttershy. That sounds absolutely wonderful.”

She giggled excitedly, which was a wonder she could move at all, actually “I don’t think we’ll be spotted. Not on a night like this and this late at night. And my cottage is close by.” Then she leaned up, giving me a long passionate kiss that told of a long night to come, “Even if we’re spotted, I don’t care.”

My night wasn’t over yet.

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