I smile and then say, "Follow me over here to the shop, ah'll get ya those electric fencers to study and fix. When yer done with em, be sure to bring em back awright?" I then exit the shed after her and close the door. I then lead her over to the shop, then open the side door and feel my way around and try to crack a joke saying, "And on the first day he said, 'Fuck it's dark in here, let there be light!" I watch as she just cocks her head in confusion, not getting it. I then smile and say, "Nevermind it would take awhile to explain it to ya."

Electra carefully follows him into the shed, trying not to bump into anything and says, "I'm sorry I didn't get that joke, was it popular where you were from?"

I reach the shelf I am looking for and say, "Ehh...it got some unhappy reactions, but others found it was funny." I feel around and find what I am looking for and grab them both and make my way out of the shop when I feel something soft and blunt run straight into my crotch and say, "I do apologize for not saying I was turning around, could you try to back up or turn around?"

She blushes and quickly says, "Sorry, it is just so dark in here. It is really difficult for ponies to see in the dark, where I am standing, my wings are tight against my side and they still are touching something."

I nod in understanding and say, "Awright, one moment then." I set down the two fencers and then say, "Okay now just stay calm while ah pick you up and place you on mah shoulders." I then lift her up around her barrel and set her on my shoulders in a sitting position facing forward. I then say, "Okay now place yer front hooves on mah head to hold yerself on mah shoulders while ah pick these fencers back up."

Electra holds on with her front hooves as she feels him stand back up and starts walking towards the bright light coming through the door and says, "I'm not too heavy am I?"

I then chuckle and say, "Nah yer not too heavy, ah lift machine parts that weigh more than ya do." I then duck down and walk through the door and then listen as she flaps her wings and lands before me and brings out a bag.

She then straightens her hardhat and then says, "Thank you for helping me get out of there, it was too tight for me to move around without possibly catching a wing on something and injure myself. Can you please set the two fencers in the bag for me, I don't want to drop them and damage the one that works."

I then smile and say, "Of course ah can, ya gotta make sure that the glass at the top doesn't get damaged. That is how it catches the sunlight and charges a battery to electrify the fencer."

Electra then looks at the two fencers and asks, "Can you show me how they work?"

I then nod and bend down and then show her where the electric fence wire goes saying, "Ya see, the ground wire is hooked onto something metal that runs to the ground. It goes to this terminal here, the hot wire goes to the red terminal here and it is run around a yard and is held up by insulators that do not conduct electricity. When something touches it, it gets an unpleasant shock that forces them to keep away from it. The fencers ah have are set to twenty two hundred volts at the lowest because they are such a large animal." I then show her how to loosen and tighten down the wire nuts and turn it on and off, and how to adjust it higher or lower. I then turn the working one off and then place them both into the bag she has and watch as she picks it up and sets it around a wing and her neck and then shifts it around a little. I then look directly at her and say, "The sooner ya'll can git me power, the faster ah can start milking mah cows. They are behind schedule for this morning's milking and this evening, that's why ah desperately need to git power to mah farm."

She smiles and then says, "Well thank you for letting me use these two fencers to study and research, I will get them back to you as soon as we are done with them. I shall hurry back and get a crew to come out immediately and start working on getting this place hooked up. Have a good day!"

I watch as she takes off towards where ever this Canterlot is and smile saying, "One problem down and one more to go." I return to Celestia and the other girls and say, "Well ladies, ah'll have power sometime tonight. Thank you so much Princess Celestia for sending those letters."

Celestia smiles and then says, "You are quite welcome, would you by chance be needing a phone line to your house?"

I chuckle and say, "If it wouldn't be too much trouble for ya if ya'd be so kind and write 'em a letter too please? After that we can chat about the land issue, if ya like."

She smiles and then looks up at the sky and says, "I would love to stay longer and continue helping but I have to return to the castle and lower the sun for Luna's shift, but I will write one more letter for you. The surveyor crew shall be here tomorrow around noon to figure out the borders for the land this farm is on." She then pulls out one more piece of paper and starts writing on it and sends it off with a flash a few moments later. She then stands up and then says, "Here is your exchanged currency, your bits that you take with you are in a separate bag inside of this one. Would you please hand me the currency you have on you, so I can be on my way back to the castle in Canterlot?"

I grin and then pull out the three hundred fifty dollars that is held together by a money clip, I then pull the clip off and hand it to her and say, "Here ya go, thanks alot for doin' all this fer me. Ya may not have done anything physically that helped me out, but ya did plenty by writin' and sendin' those letters to help solve my issues." I watch as she takes the cash and stuffs it somewhere and then smiles and then looks at me with a smile.

Celestia smiles and nods her head and says, "You are quite welcome, I am glad to have been of help to you in some way. I must bid you all a farewell and a good night now, at least until tomorrow." With a grin, she turns around and teleports back to the castle to finish up with the day's petitioners.

I smile and pick up the bag and then say, "Well ah gotta get these bits back to the safe, can ya be mah flashlight again Twilight?"

Twilight chuckles and then smiles and says, "Of course, I am gonna stay here a bit to look at the different books you have in the Shop. I will be right back girls, I have to help him find his way in his dark house."

Applejack smiles back at Twilight and says, "Ok Twilight, Applebloom and ah are gonna head for home cause we have our own chores to do." Applejack turns around and then says, "Have a good night Twilight, we'll see ya tomorrow in Ponyville!"

I then smile and say, "Wanna come along too Pinkie and Rainbow, ya haven't seen the inside of mah home yet."

Pinkie smiles and then says, "I would really love to, but I have a welcome party to plan for tomorrow. It's gonna be at Twilight's castle in Ponyville, are you gonna come to it?"

I chuckle and then say, "Ah'll try to, where is Ponyville? Where is Twilight's castle, and what time is it gonna happen?"

Rainbow Dash then rubs her head saying, "I would like to, but I have weather duty to catch up on. Thanks for the offer though, maybe some other day. See you at the party at Twilights, bye!" She then darts off to go take care of her duties from that day.

She then smiles even wider and says, "Well Ponyville is the town you were in when you were at the Hospital, you sure did get a lot of mares looking at you and checking you out. Twilight's castle is just northwest on the edge of Ponyville, the time will be around 2pm. Hopefully we'll see you there, goodbye and goodnight!" She then starts to pronk away down the road, back to her home.

I then watch as she heads down the road and disappears, I then start walking towards the house with Twilight following me to the house. I open the doors and hold the storm door for her and then follow her into my house and say, "It's been awhile since I had anyone in my home. Ah am extremely sorry for being so terribly rude today and not offering you girls any food. What would ya lahk, a pbj, cereal, a nutrition bar? Ya can have whatever ya'd like as long as ah don't have to cook it."

Twilight then chuckles and lights up her horn and says, "That's ok, you had chores to get done first. The others understand that too, so don't worry about offending them. What do you have for cereal, maybe perhaps you can make me a pbj too please?"

I then smile and lead her to the dining room just to the left of the entryway. I pull out a chair for her to sit in and say, "Here ya go miss, allow me to get yer chair fer ya. The house special this evening is a choice of cereal with a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich with a choice of jelly. Fer choices of cereal there are Frosted Wheaties, or Honey Bunches of Oats. Yer choices of Jelly are Peach, Concord Grape, Apple, and Strawberry. What would ya lahk to have today?"

She giggles softly and blushes and says, "Why thank you kind sir, I shall have the Frosted Wheaties and a PBJ with Strawberry jelly please. When will my food be ready, I am quite hungry?" She then gets up into the chair and sits in it, finding herself sliding forward towards the edge of the table.

I chuckle and finish pushing her chair in then answer her, "Yer food shall be ready in five minutes miss, ah shall be back within a few minutes with yer food." I then turn and head to the kitchen, grabbing a small flashlight that I keep on the counter. I click it on and hold it in my mouth while I start getting a plate for her and a bowl, then get the box of Frosted Wheaties from the cupboard. I then pour some into her bowl, filling it halfway before setting the box aside for after I get her food to her. I then open the fridge and grab the half gallon of milk, thankfully there is just enough for two bowls of cereal. I set the light on the counter facing me and unscrew the cap and sniff the milk, making sure it isn't sour and screw it back on. Feeling happy that it is still cold and still good brings a smile to my face, I then put the light back in my mouth and then pour some of the milk into her bowl and stop when it is just over three quarters full and then screw the cap back on and return it to the fridge even though there is no power. I open a drawer and grab a silver spoon out of the drawer, carefull not to touch where she will be eating from and set it inside her bowl. I then grab the bread out of the cupboard and set it on the counter, then remove the twist tie and pull out two slices of bread and set them on her plate laying them opposite of each other. I then take the peanut butter out and set it on the counter, then go to the fridge to grab the Strawberry jelly jar and set it on the counter as well. I then open a drawer and pull out a butter knife, then proceed to making her a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. After spreading the peanut butter on one half and the jelly on the other half and putting them together, I put the lids back onto the jars to make my own meal after I serve hers. I then carefully pick up the bowl and the plate and make my way into the dining room that is dimly lit by her magic and then approach the table saying, "Dinner is served, Madam. Here is yer PBJ with Strawberry jelly and yer Frosted Wheaties, the meal is on the house." I then carefully set the two dishes down on the table before her, keeping up the gentlemanly butler act.

Twilight smiles and then says, "Thank you for bringing my food so promptly, it usually takes somepony else ten minutes to make something like this."

I grin and then say, "We strive to impress miss, ah shall return in a little bit with mah own food, so please excuse me." I then turn around and head to a side cupboard in the dining room, pull out two unused candlesticks and a small box of matches. I then set the candlesticks on either end of the long dining table and light them both and say, "Now please enjoy your meal in comfort miss Twilight." I then head to the kitchen and make myself something to eat and return saying, "So how're ya lahkin' the makeshift meal?"

She looks at him, finishes chewing her food, then swallows it and says, "Oh I really like the Frosted Wheaties, we have them here but I haven't tried them yet. The PBJ tastes really good, what kind of bread is this? I don't recognize the taste of it."

I smile and set the food down on the table first, then sit down at the table across from her. I then take the flashlight out of may mouth, then turn it off and place it down on the table and say, "It is made by a company called Sara Lee on Earth, and it is made with real honey. Other than that though, ah'm not sure what you mean by taste."

Twilight then smiles and then says, "That explains the different taste that I was trying to figure out. I will have to make you a sandwich with the bread we have here so you know what I mean." She then takes another spoonful of her cereal and puts it into her mouth and chews it silently.

I then grin and continue to chew my food and swallow it and say, "Ah look forward to learnin' new recipes to make fer ya ponies." I then smile as we both remain silent through the rest of the dinner.

Twilight tries not to think of this semi romantic setting as a date, but she can't help but think how nice this feels. She finishes her food and sets them aside with a content sigh saying, "That really hit the spot, thank you so much for the food Roger." She then suddenly remembers that Spike is home at the castle alone, then pulls out a letter and a quill saying, "I can't believe I forgot that my assistant and little brother Spike is all alone at home, I need to tell him that I may not make it back until late tonight." She then begins writing him a letter telling him that she may not make it back tonight until late, and that he can go ahead and eat without her. She then sends it off in a flash to him and says, "I hope he hasn't made dinner for me already."

Spike is just about to get started on dinner and says, "Boy I wonder if that creature will be okay? I hope she comes home soon to tell me all about it, cus I'm getting hungry." when a letter pops in front of him with his name on it and opens it and reads it, 'Dear Little Brother and #1 Assistant Spike. I am sorry for not telling you this earlier, but I probably will not be home tonight until late. I have found some new books that have caught my attention and I must satisfy my curiosity, you know how I get with new books... Anyways, please go ahead and eat without me tonight, Roger made dinner for me already. I made a new friend today and I decided that I'll look after him tonight while he recovers from his wounds and gets electricity to his farm, he has trouble seeing in the dark like us ponies do. I shall be home tomorrow morning to help Pinkie Pie and the others prepare for the Welcome to Ponyville and Equestria Party, try not to stay up too late okay? Goodnight Spike, sweet dreams little brother.' He then chuckles and sighs saying, "At least I know that he is gonna be alright, and of course I know how you get when you discover new books. You stay up until you read through every single one, well at least she told me that she ate. She sometimes does forget to eat something when she really gets into a new book, but who is this Roger guy and why is he making dinner for my sister? Oh well, I can find that out later after she returns home tomorrow. Starlight is in the Crystal Empire with her friend Starburst, which means...I AM THE DRAGON OF THE CASTLE!" He then starts to make himself a gem stir fry, before he goes and has a blast while they both are out of the house for the night.

I cock my head and then say, "I didn't know ya had a little brother, tell me a bit about him."

She then smiles and says, "Well, he isn't a pony like me like you would think. He is a dragon that I hatched from an egg when I was in Celestia's school for gifted young ponies. I got my cutie mark from a sonic rainboom that startled me and caused me to go way overboard with my magic and caused the egg to hatch. I learned later that the sonic rainboom was done by Rainbow Dash for the very first time. The amazing thing was that the six of us Element bearers all got our cutie marks from Rainbow's Rainboom, if it wasn't for her, we never would have met." She then chuckles and sighs saying, "So sorry I got off topic there, I tend to trail off subject once in awhile. Spike enjoys eating gems mostly, but he can eat regular food." She then goes on to tell Roger more about her little brother.

I listen to her tell me about her brother and finish my food and push the plate aside and continue to listen and then wait for her to finish talking and then I get up from the table and say, "Wow, he sure is a brave lil dragon. I look forward to hearing more stories after ah have a chance to settle in, ah'll put the dishes in the sink and then we shall go upstairs so ah can put mah money in the safe." I then pick up my flashlight, clicking it on and setting it in my mouth. I then pick my dishes up and walk around the table, setting them down so I can neatly stack them all together. I grab her spoon first and set it in my bowl, then I grab my bowl and stack hers under mine after noticing she drank all the milk that was left over. I then stack the bowls on my plate and then I stack mine on top of hers and take them to the kitchen sink. I set them in the sink and then click the flashlight off and set it back on the counter, then return to her and say, "Are ya ready to follow me upstairs my little flashlight?"

Twilight giggles at the joke and says, "Of course I am, let's get going so I can get a look at these books I haven't seen before."

I then pick the sack of bits up, pulling out the smaller sack and toss it onto the top shelf of a rack where I have some power tool bags sitting. I then go up the stairs, grateful for Twilight for lighting the way through my dark house and say, "Thanks again fer doin' this menial task fer me Twilight, it really helps keep me from fumbling around and stumbling over things. If ya ever need me to do somethin' fer ya, all ya hafta do is just ask and ah'll help ya out."

She then smiles and says, "You are very welcome, I will make sure to remember that. Do you mind if I stay here and look after you tonight? I told Spike that I wasn't going to be home tonight, and if I was, it would be very late."

I reach the top of the stairs and go into my room and then shake my head as I remember something else that I forgot to ask the girls and say, "Ah plum fergot to ask that earlier, and of course ya can look after me tanight. There's a couch that ya can sleep on in the living room. The nurse said that she would agree to allow me to leave if ah found somebody to check on me while ah'm recoverin'." I then step into my bedroom as Twilight follows and looks at the walls, away from where my safe is and then take the picture down and open the safe. I then shove the bag of bits into it and then close it and spin the lock and return the picture on the wall and then say, "Well, that is done. Come with me and ah'll show ya to the office in mah shop where ah keep the manuals." I then lead the way out of my bedroom, then out of the house and over to the shop when I look to the left and see several ponies making their way onto my farm wearing yellow hardhats. I smile and say, "They have arrived quickly, ah thought ah'd be waitin' a few hours at least. Awright, follow me inside and try not to knock anything over cus ah have parts scattered around that need to be finished and put back together."

Twilight lights up her horn and follows him inside and sees a couple tables on one side of the large building with parts scattered around and shelves standing along the doorway, making an aisle to walk down as she says, "Wow if this corner is this full, you must really have a lot of stuff in here."

I laugh softly and answer, "Not as much as you think there is, but yup this corner is the fullest of the whole shop." I then lead her around a few shelves and an old John Deere small square baler I need to get the gearbox back into it. We eventually make it to the office where I have several shelves and an older Acer desktop computer sittin on a computer desk with a printer beside it and sigh saying, "Well, ya prolly don't have computers or internet here, so the computer is practically useless without the internet."

She turns and looks at him and says, "Remarkably, we have made a little progress with getting computers researched with the help of the Ponies from the other side of the portal to alternate Earth. Unfortunately though it will be several more years before we finally understand that technology."

I watch as her eyes go wide in amazement as she begins looking at the shelves that are full with various maintenance, care and operator's manuals and say, "Ah shall leave you here to read through those manuals, ah hafta look after the workers to make sure they don't make a mess of things."

Twilight barely hears what he says through her excitement and waves a hoof at him and says, "Alright, I will find you later when I finish or lose interest." She then begins to dig into the first one intently and begins to read the cover page, '1948 John Deere Model Maintenance Manual.'

I chuckle at how she acts when she finds a brand new book and make my way out of the shop to go watch them start working on supplying power to my farm. I then see a Unicorn pony make their way towards me wearing a white hardhat and smile and say, "Howdy, welcome to Sheridan Acres. Mah name's Roger Sheridan, ah look forward to helpin' ya git power to mah farm."

She smiles and then says, "My name's Bright Bolt, I'm cousins with Electra Caramel as well as her boss. She told me about her visit here and what kind of setup you got here. I'm surprised that you have three phase power here, can ya show me what exactly it runs here?"

I smile and say, "Of course, come with me north of mah house and ah'll show ya mah grain bins and the dryer." I then start leading her northeast of the house and down the road towards the silos and the dryer.

After a few minutes of walking, Bright's eyes widen at the large structures beside the road and follows him to a single structure straight ahead of them and asks, "What in Celestia's name is this thing here, and what does it do?"

I stop beside the control box to the Dryer and say, "This here is an electric grain dryer that takes the moisture out of wet grain, turning it into dry grain with as low as twelve percent moisture. Since yall're here, ya should see if the buried wires were brought over here along with my buildings and such. Ah sure hope they were cus if not, yall're gonna be really busy goin to each building and hooking wires up."

She looks at him with a surprised look and says, "I sure hope those other wires came here too, because we have to see off our males for when the season starts in a couple days."

I look at her with a curious look, thinking I don't really want to know the answer, but curiosity wins out and I ask anyway, "What do you mean, see em off, is there a war somewhere?"

Bright's eyes light up with humor as she lightly giggles and says, "You really are clueless about this world aren't ya? I am in a good mood today so I will help you out a little, no there is no war. Every year around this time, the males that don't want to add to the population go away for two to three weeks and then come back."

I then rub my chin in thought as I try to assemble the clues she is telling me, when it finally hits me like a runaway train and I say, "Estrus season right?"

She smiles mirthfully and then says, "Yep, you came here just before it started. Are you gonna go with all the other males for two or three weeks?"

I sigh and then say, "Unfortunately, ah can't go anywhere at the moment cus ah have regular chores to do evry day. Now ah know why she said this hell will be of mah own makin'."

Bright chuckles and says, "Well, if it makes it any less scary for ya. Some mares do take a tea called Moon Tea that helps curb the worst of it as well as function as a contraceptive."

I chuckle awkwardly and then say, "It does help a bit, but why are you talking to me about something like this? Isn't this a very sensitive and personal subject for girls lahk ya to discuss with a male?"

She blushes a little and cough chuckles, enjoying how his face is turning red from talking about the function of the opposite sex saying, "It is, yes. But I am discussing this with you because you do need to know and as a pony that cares for others, I want you to survive."

I clear my throat, eager to change the subject and say, "Well thanks fer the heads up, shall we return to checking if the lines came with the farm?"

She smiles and says, "Yes, let's get back to the main control box so I can check those with my spell." She then follows him back to the road to a smaller shed saying, "The sun's gonna be goin down in a few hours, but we can use our horns to provide light to continue working in the dark."

I then open the door on the electrical shed and say, "Here ya go, before the crew starts marking the path down ah'm gonna cut that tall prairie grass down so ya'll don't have to work in it and worry about ticks gettin' onto yer coats and makin' ya sick."

She nods her head and then says, "That's mighty kind of you to do for us, but we are kind of in a rush here to get you hooked up and cutting that grass will take you awhile."

I laugh and then say, "Ah can git that grass cut faster than ya gallop a full lap around mah house and silos. Just you wait, ah'll show you how ah cut grass and alfalfa back on Earth." I then turn around with a grin on my face as I start to head to the small machine shed across from the shop.

Bright has a look of concern on her face as she looks at the bandages around his body and says, "Are you sure you should be doing strenuous work like that while your injured?"

I turn my head and say back to her, "Ah've worked through worse, trust me. This is nothing but a scratch compared to a few of the injuries ah've sustained on this farm." I then turn my head back around and continue to the shed, glad that I left it open when I left to go cultivate field nine. I then go over to my cabless Hesston 640 swather and climb up into the seat and then turn the key, letting out a slight chuckle as the antique still runs like a dream. I then take the brake off, raise the head off the ground, turn the lights on and slowly roll forward and drive out of the shed. I roll down the road to the power shed and stop, idle it way down, set the brake, then hop off of it and walk over to the gawking Bright and say, "Ah do need yer crew to look for any rocks bigger than their hooves and move them onto the road so ah don't hit em with this antique swather. There are teeth at the bottom that are protected by guards and keep the bar they are on from wandering, but they break and get damaged easily when they hit something that isn't grass or alfalfa."

She is too stunned to say anything for a moment and shakes her head and shouts out above the motor, "Alright, Unicorns and Pegasi listen up! Remove any flags that are placed and look for any rocks that are bigger than your hoof and move them onto the road out of the swather's way so the teeth aren't damaged." She then turns back to him and then says, "All of the buildings have wires running to them, so it is a relief that we don't have to rewire the whole farm. We shall have your farm powered up within a few hours after they finish looking for the rocks."

I then smile and watch as they quickly work together to point out rocks and in a few minutes, they stand on the road as a few of them wave their hooves in a way of saying all clear. I then return to the 6400 and take the brake off and turn off the lights, and slowly drive over to the side where the tall grass is. I then engage the head, idle the speed up and then push the levers forward into the tall grass slowly. Not running into anything, I stop and back it up looking behind me for any ponies in the way. I back it back onto the road towards the small machine shed and then push the levers forward, watching the area ahead and the edge carefully. I continue forward until I hear a mare shriek, quickly stopping and disengage the head and look around to see a male pony rolling on the ground laughing at her reaction and getting punched for it. I then breathe a sigh of relief and shake my head and reengage the head and continue going forward down the side of my driveway. I reach the oak tree that is on the left side of the road and continue to a cross road that is not very wide and then turn it around and make one more pass to ensure they have enough room to work. I make it to the end of my initial path and say, "Damn ah'm good at guessing the width wit' this thing!" I then disable the head and return it to the machine shed and shut it off, then set the brake and make my way towards where Bright is outside of the power shed and say, "Would ya be able to burry the cable deeper than normal? Cus ah plan on flattening this land a bit so it ain't so hilly when ah git this land."

Bright smiles and then says, "Of course we can do that for you sugar, that would not be a problem." She then looks to her workers and begins to trot towards them and bellows, "Alright everypony listen up! Today we're gonna be burying three phase ten feet down instead of the regular six because he plans on doing some dirt work to remove some of the hills! Let's get this job done fast and right so we all can go home and get some sleep afterwards!"

I watch as they quickly get to work pulling a thick cord and assemble pipes to run the wire through, running a heavy string down each pipe with a unicorn holding the end with her magic and threading it through each pipe that is added to the previous one. Working like a well oiled machine as a n earth pony looks for the previous entry point for the three phase line and finds it and removes the old housing, preparing it for a new one and then begins working on getting the old line disconnected from the box and rolls it up and ties it together so it stays rolled and then looks to me.

The pony asks him if he wants this old line or not, then nods as he hears him say no and then tosses it into a pile to collect later and then goes and searches one of the wagons they brought for a new housing to use. He then brings back a couple pieces and finds one that fits perfectly and then sets it down to return the other one and grabs a few more fittings and then starts to assemble them to the hole and finishes and then puts in a rubber mouth guard and grabs the end of the line and pulls it back down the road to run through the pipe that is finally assembled.

I then begin to feel exhaustion creep over me as my feet slowly begin to feel heavier and wave to Bright and say, "Ah'm gonna git some sleep, ah had a long day of chores taday. Thank ya fer gittin power out here, it gets really dark when you are not near a town with light pollution."

Bright waves and smiles and then says, "Your welcome, it is our job to bring power to those that ask for it. Goodnight Roger Sheridan and don't let those mares bite!" Her joke causes a few ponies to laugh and stop what they are doing momentarily.

I chuckle and walk over to the shop and then hear a soft snoring echo through the building and smile thinking, 'I didn't think that she would fall asleep after being so excited over reading some manuals.' I quietly feel my way through the shop towards the sleeping Alicorn, trying not to wake her up. I pause and try to pinpoint where her snores are coming from and reach the office where it is the loudest, I crouch down to the floor and feel around on my hands and knees for the sleeping Alicorn. I find her with her head laying on some manual that is too dark to identify now, I then carefully worm my hands and arms under her body. I lift her up and cradle her like a newborn calf that I have to return to its mother after catching it and vaccinating it. I hold her with one arm carefully as I use my free left hand to raise her head and horn onto my shoulder and hold it there so it isn't hanging down to catch on something and break her horn off. I use my right hand to also hold her wing in place against her body along with her tail so it doesn't catch on anything and startle her. I make my way out of the shop when I hear a pony snickering and look over at them and see that it is Bright and shake my head and make a soft shushing noise to silence her.

She fights the urge to burst out laughing at how cute this sight is and says, "Don't worry about her waking up from a slight noise, she could sleep through a ferocious storm. She only wakes up when someone shakes her awake, I walked in on her in this state a few times so I know." She then smirks and then says, "You know, I think you would make a really good father. After seeing this, I am going to have so much fun teasing her about it later." She then hurries off to return to her duties before he can say anything else.

I then shake my head again at her remark and make my way to my house, carefully thinking of how I'm going to hold this door open and then move my left hand to push down the lever and pull the door towards me. I then shift my stance a bit and move my left foot against the door, then I reach over and turn the handle and push the door inwards a little ways so I can get Twilight and her horn through the doorway without hitting it. I then slowly shuffle my butt against the door and then turn my body to the left so that her horn doesn't touch anything as I continue to shift my stance so that my right foot is against the door acting as a doorstop. I then remember that the couch has a few grease stains on it and then sigh and say, "Ah'm terribly sorry Princess Twilight, but yer be sleeping with me tonight. Ah would put ya on the other bed but ah need to git it replaced cause it has bedbugs really bad." I then duck down and place my hand at the tip of her horn so I know where it is and then go through the doorway. I shove the door closed with my right foot and then proceed up the stairs to my bedroom, seeing that the sheets are thrown across the bed when I woke up today. I then lay her down carefully on the bed so that her body is facing the right direction, I then go through the house and double check that all of the lights are off and grab my bit pouch before returning to my bedroom. Finding that she somehow pulled the covers over herself making it comfortable for her to sleep, I set the pouch on top of my dresser. I notice that she moved one of the pillows off the bed and chuckle a little bit, then take my shoes off and hang my cap up on the hook behind the door and push it almost completely closed. I then lift the sheets back and then crawl into bed and pull the covers over me and face away from her and softly say to her, "Goodnight and sweet dreams Princess Twilight."

Twilight continues to sleep on completely oblivious that she is beside him and says in between soft snores, "Good...night...Roger. Don't...let...mares...bite."

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