I was currently feeding my daughter while in my human form. Bottle in hand and her in the other I was laid back in the chair next to her crib with her laying on my chest. It was still early in the morning when she woke up, so I took it upon myself to feed her and let Tia sleep. Which she did after she saw me get up and take care of little Solar. While Tia slept, and little Solar fed, I thought over how my father hasn’t been seen since his appearance a few days ago. It makes me wonder if he’s tried again somewhere else or somehow got word that he’s marked.

I let my mind wander after Solar went back to sleep after burping. Tia woke up with a yawn and a stretch a little bit later while I was still holding Solar, stroking her back as she still slept. Tia looked over at me with a happy content smile on her face. With a smile back, I carefully stood up, walked over to the bed, laid Solar down on the pillow by Tia’s head, and then joined her in the bed. Now laying next to her, with Solar between us, I leaned over giving her a good morning kiss. “Good morning, sunshine,” I whispered to her while rubbing her head with a hand.

She sighed contently, tilting her head into my hand, “Good morning. You looked deep in thought.”

“Yeah, I was,” a slow nod acknowledged that. “I was wondering what my father was doing. He hasn’t been seen since I put the word out. Just wondering if he knows he’s got a mark on him or not.”

When the sound of her humming took on a sultry tone, it got my attention. She was looking at me with bedroom eyes and used her hind leg to rub up against my soft member. “I know how to take your mind off of it for a while,” she mewed at me, “and put up a sound barrier around Solar, so she won’t be disturbed.” After a grin from me, she used her magic to put Solar back into her crib and put up a sound barrier. It was after that I moved over her. “We got a little time before you meet Fluttershy’s parents,” she said, wrapping her hind legs around my waist.

“That’s true,” I said softly before giving her a passionate kiss, “and you have no idea what the parents in the human world would do to use magic to put up a sound field around their child just to have some private time.” She giggled at that. “Especially after they have learned to walk and talk,” I rolled my eyes. “Constantly at the door going mommy mommy mommy mommy.”

“They really do that in the human world?” she asked through a couple of giggles.

“Oh yeah,” I nodded as the tip of my member touched that heavenly entrance. Her eyes closed with a happy moan of pleasure. “You should hear more of what my mother had to put up with.”

“Later,” she moaned with her hind legs squeezing to pull me inside of her.

^_^

I did two things before leaving for Cloudsdale. One was to get the cloud walking spell put on me, so I wouldn’t fall to my death. I may be able to maneuver in the air, but I can’t fly. The other was saying goodbye to Luna slash Nightmare Moon. Never leave without letting Luna slash Nightmare Moon know. Trust me. On the way out though I got word that the restaurant Tasty Treat is in town. Which was a good thing because now I could invite the whole family down to Tasty Treat for lunch. That would accomplish getting to know Fluttershy’s parents, checking up on the restaurants, and saying hello to Rarity and Pinkie all at the same time.

So, at the moment I was bouncing my way down the cloud street toward Fluttershy’s parent’s house. Bouncing because the street was made from clouds. I also noticed that the fences around the houses were made from rainbows and solid rainbows at that. And according to the numbers on the houses that were passing by, I wasn’t far from it either.

“Hey stud,” I heard Rainbow’s voice right before she fluttered up beside me. There was amusement in her voice as she watched me bounce along. And girlishly chuckled at my antics, “Enjoying the clouds?”

“Yep,” I told her while saying “boing” every time I bounced. Then it hit me. Was this the episode where Fluttershy’s brother moved back in? “Fluttershy’s parents invited you too, right?” I asked, stopped bouncing to simply walk while she fluttered by my head.

“Yeah. Didn’t she tell you?” she asked.

“Not that I know of,” I told after a thought. “And if I’m right, then I’m afraid that I know what’s going to happen.”

“What’s that?” We spotted the house just up ahead.

“That her parents have invited her brother back in with them.”

She was in front of me in a flash and holding my head in her hooves, “Please tell me that’s not true.”

“I hope it ain’t, believe me,” I sighed while she limply fluttered in the air in despair. And landed next to me when we walked up to the door of the house. Surprisingly the house itself was made from real materials, not clouds. And that included the door and windows. The house seemed to be in two major parts with the door on the left side of the house. The kitchen and dining room seemed to be on the right side. Because I thought I saw her parents and Fluttershy sitting at a table through the window. Rainbow knocked on the door.

Fluttershy’s father answered it. A lime-colored Pegasus with a light pink mane and tail with his mane done up like whipped cream topping with a mustache to boot. He immediately brightened when he saw us, though his voice was similar to Fluttershy’s. Soft and meek. “Rainbow Dash, welcome,” he greeted then looked at me, “and you must be Emmit.” He moved aside to let us in, “Come in.”

“Thank you,” I told him as Rainbow said the same. And just like I thought, the dining room tables were just in front of the windows. Fluttershy’s mother was sitting in a chair under the window and beamed a wide smile as we walked in. That got Fluttershy’s attention where she turned her head around in her seat, on the other side of her mother. Fluttershy’s eyes locked onto mine as I greeted her with a passionate kiss, “Fluttershy.” Being so big, I forwent the chair and simply sat down next to her chair as Rainbow took the other one on the other side of me.

“Alright you two, break it up,” Rainbow giggled at us after she took her seat.

“Oh I don’t mind,” Missus Shy said softly, again having a voice like Fluttershy. “I’m happy that she found somepony.”

“Or whatever he calls himself,” Mister Shy echoed her in agreement.

Fluttershy leaned up against me with a happy content sigh with a couple of my tails around her. I also put a couple of tails around Rainbow as well. Rainbow didn’t seem to mind. “Yes, I’m Emmit ma’am. This form is one of two that I have. This one is a fox with nine tails, an ability per tail. And not my original form. That is my bipedal form that’s similar to a hairless Minotaur.”

“Isn’t that exciting,” Missus Shy genuinely seemed interested.

“Our daughter has told us much about you,” Mister Shy told me as he took his seat beside his wife. “Another world?” he asked as a way to break the ice, so to speak regarding my history and who I was. As any father would want to ask.

I nodded, “Correct. I’m not from this world. I was pulled here by the Tree of Harmony herself because the soul of my departed mother was pulled into this world by the Shadow Organization. They tried to resurrect a dark pony and got her soul mixed with my mother.”

“Oh dear,” Missus Shy’s face fell when she heard it.

“So, when I got here I was in this form, which is a fictional one from my world. It’s not supposed to be real, but it’s what the Tree put me in. At first, it was Fluttershy only that was able to understand me. That was until the Empress herself decided to help me out. And the rest is history.”

“Well, we are happy that you and Rainbow can be with us for lunch,” Missus Shy exclaimed happily.

“It’s my pleasure,” I told them, “thank you for inviting me.”

“Thanks for inviting me as well,” Rainbow spoke up. “Things have been soo busy with the Wonderbolts that it’s great to spend some time relaxing somewhere quiet.”

“That’s exactly what I intend to do, now that I’ve retired,” Mister Shy smiled as he said it. “In fact, I’ve converted the back house to showcase my cloud collection.” So that’s what the other building had in it. Interesting. “I have my clouds, she has her garden, our daughter has her animals and her brother…” He trailed off with a look of disappointment on his face.

“He has his interests,” Missus Shy giggled a little out of embarrassment.

“Speaking of interests,” Mister Shy looked over at me, “I’m interested how we became grandparents.”

Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted Rainbow’s face looking rather forlorn.

“And can we see your other form?” Missus Shy asked me.

I thought for a second, then smiled at Missus Shy, “Alright, but first where is the bathroom?” I stood up.

She blinked at me, a little confused, as did Mister Shy. “Oh, that is through the living room on the left.”

“Thank you, I’ll be right back,” I said to them while giving Rainbow an encouraging smile then headed toward the bathroom. I needed it for a towel to wrap around my waist. After walking inside and changing into my human form, I looked for a towel. Luckily, the cloud walking spell worked for both forms and not just one. After finding the towel, and wrapping it around my waist, I made my way back to the dining room. Making sure to duck my head down while walking through doorways. The ceiling was high enough, but the doorways were just a little too short. Rainbow’s voice hit my ears as I got closer to them. She was finishing her story on Flutterbat.

“And that’s how Flutterbat was created,” Rainbow’s voice still held regret in it for what happened.

“We know about Flutterbat,” Mister Shy said. “But how does that relate to her pregnancy?”

That’s when I walked in with a towel around my waist, “That’s where my talk with the Empress comes in.”

Missus Shy was the first one to speak as everypony looked over at me. “Oh, my,” Missus Shy blushed while putting a hoof to her chest, “what an imposing figure.”

I bowed my head to her with a smirk as I walked up to the table, “I am a predator madam.” I grabbed a chair on the other side of Fluttershy then sat down in it at the table.

“What’s the benefits of this form?”

I held up my hands and wiggled my fingers, “Fingers, Mister Shy, fingers.” They looked a little confused while I put a hand on both Fluttershy’s head and on Rainbow’s. Gently scratching their heads.

“Believe me, his hands are simply amazing,” Rainbow winked at them. “Can give you shivers in all the right places. Way better than hooves.” I think they got the idea if by them blushing was any indication. Especially Missus Shy. But we can talk about me later. I wanted to get back to Mister Shy’s question.

“Getting back to your question,” motioning to Mister Shy with my head, “on how does that incident relate to Fluttershy getting pregnant. Since then, as you know, Flutterbat didn’t go away. And about almost a year ago now, she had a desire to mate. That posed a problem. If she had foals with another pony then her foals would be true vampires. As in needing blood. And the Empress feared that the blood they would seek would be other ponies blood. But if she had foals with me, she could influence the growth so they would be omnivores like me. And be the first true thestral race under Luna’s command. They might look like bat ponies, but their desire would be toward meat, so they won’t seek pony blood.”

The longer I spoke about it the more they looked more concerned for Fluttershy. When I got done, Missus Shy got down from her chair, came over, and hugged her daughter. “Oh, I never knew,” she nearly cried as she held her daughter.

Fluttershy hugged back, “It’s alright mom, we all talked about it beforehoof. I’m actually happy to be pregnant with his two foals.”

“Two?” her father blinked over at her.

“Oh yes, there will be twins,” Fluttershy clarified with a giggle. “I’m going to be the mother of a completely new race of ponies. So, the first two eventually will have foals of their own. And Emmit is the father of this new race. I feel honored and overjoyed to be having these foals.”

“I’m just glad she’s having them and not me,” Rainbow cringed a little at the thought. “I like foals, don’t get me wrong. But I’m not ready for parenthood yet. I want to continue my career first. Plus the idea of more than one foal at a time kinda scares me.”

“And that’s alright, dear,” Missus Shy smiled at Rainbow with a coo in her voice. “And it was a little bit hard raising two foals at a time, but the joy of having them outweighs any of the problems.”

“Oh yes, she’s quite right,” Mister Shy echoed her with a smile of her own. Though I think there was some disappointment in their eyes when they thought of her brother. Then under his breath, he added, “Though one is more difficult than the other.”

Of course, we all heard it.

“He is trying at times yes,” Missus Shy agreed then looked a little embarrassed.

“Mom?” Fluttershy question was laced with worry.

“He was attending his mane therapy classes and well...” he began explaining.

She finished for him, “he was having some disagreements.”

“Oh come on, you really don’t mean…,” Rainbow trailed off, almost looking terrified.

“Oh it’s only for a little while until he gets back on his hooves,” Missus Shy said it with a hopeful smile. I don’t think either Rainbow nor Fluttershy believed it. Fluttershy face hoofed herself while Rainbow put her head onto the table with a groan.

Suddenly right then was when the door opened and Zephyr came in with a dramatic flourish and a loud, “Guess who’s home!” Then turned around to look at Fluttershy, only to stop midway and gaze at me, “That’s right big sis, it’s your one and only...” And then he froze. It was like somepony hit the pause button. Whether it was out of fear or confusion I wasn’t sure. I was only happy that he was quiet. Then he started moving again as if hitting the play button. He was trying to play the protective brother with his face seeming to harden with narrowed eyes. “You must be the one that got my big sister pregnant,” he said, not happy with me, and even walked over to us.

Leaning back in my chair, I put an arm around both Fluttershy and Rainbow. “Yeah. And?” looking at him with a smirk. This guy was such a pansy that I could take him even in my human form. Not that I wanted a fight or anything. When he got to me, it was like he didn’t know what to do next. He had a disapproving look on his face and looking at me with a glare, but not doing anything.

He paused, seeming to think about a response. “Aaand being her brother,” he started slowly with his eyes darting from one side to another, “it’s my job to protect her from ruffians like you.”

I feigned shock, with a fake gasp as well, before turning my head toward Fluttershy, “Am I a ruffian?”

She giggled cutely and with a wide smile on her face she leaned over giving me a kiss, “Not at all.”

“Thank you,” then looked at Rainbow. “Am I a ruffian, Rainbow?”

Rainbow had a different reply. She turned toward me and grabbed my head with her hooves. “I don’t mind if you’re a little rough,” then gave me a passionate kiss.

“I don’t either,” was Flutterbat’s response as well with her leaning over and doing the same as Rainbow.

Of course, that got her brother’s attention and I don’t think he was told because of the shocked look on his face. His eyes were wider than old Buick hubcaps and his mouth was open soo wide he could catch flies in it. Then he seemed to recover with a snap and a roll of his eyes. “Oh I see,” he saddled up to Rainbow and even went to put a hoof around her, “you’re playing hard to get.”

“WHAT!?” Rainbow’s loud voice cracked like a whip. She prevented him from putting his hoof around her by putting her own hoof against his leg, giving him a hard glare.

“I understand and it’s sweet that you came to see me home,” his voice was laced with arrogance. Even giving her a wink.

“I did not come for you,” Rainbow heatedly chastised him, glaring at him, “your parents invited me.”

Zephyr walked over between his parents, putting his front hooves around them both pulling them into a hug. “I appreciate you two trying play matchmaker but I’m not interested in a relationship right now.”

“We aren’t trying to play matchmaker,” his father tried to tell him.

“And how is your mane therapy studies? Is anything wrong?” his mother asked him.

“Oh there’s nothing wrong, per se,” was his nonchalant answer with a roll of his eyes and a wave of his hoof. “It’s just that the instructors have their mandatory styles. But I have my own style.” Then looked around as if searching for something, or somepony. “And where is that party planning mare? Because we need a party up in here, you know what I mean?” Walking around the table, he looked around, “And there needs to be some changes in decoration as well. I mean, drab.” The last word ended in a singsong voice as he passed us and went into the living room.

“Mom? Dad? Can I talk to you for a second?” Fluttershy asked her parents now with determination in her voice. She and her parents got up and walked out of the kitchen to the main entrance area at the front door to talk. While they talked, so did Rainbow and I.

Rainbow sighed, now finally able to relax a little because Zephyr was in the living room moving furniture around. “Man, am I glad that he’s not paying attention to me anymore,” Rainbow leaned over and whispered. “You see how obnoxious he is?”

I acknowledged it with a nod and whispered back, “I do, yes. It’s not so funny seeing it in person rather than watching it.”

“So, what happens?” she wondered. With one hand, I pulled her chair up against mine and put my arm around her to be close to me.

One quick look behind me showed that Zephyr was still reorganizing the living room. “Basically he’ll go over to the back house over there, upturn her garden and throw out most of his cloud collection in order to make room for his art studio. That’s when Fluttershy and you return to help her parents tell him to leave.”

“Really?” she asked hopefully.

I nodded with a chuckle, “Then he shows up at Fluttershy’s place trying to mooch off of her, but she demands that he gets a job. She tries with Rarity first, Twilight second, and then you third. When all those fails, Fluttershy forces him to leave.” Rainbow was riveted. “A while later, a bird comes back telling her that Zephyr is in the forest and you can imagine how that turned out.” Rainbow was giggling. “But it did get through his thick skull that he needs to do things for himself. That’s when everything turned around and he finally starts finishing things. Even went back to mane therapy and graduated.”

“So, he can do it,” she whispered in thought.

“Oh yes, he can. He just needs some tough love is all. And sometimes, someone or somepony, in this case, might need to reach bottom before he can look up.” Putting a hand to my ear, I thought I heard bits and pieces of the conversation she was having with her parents. With the thought in mind of going out there to help Fluttershy, I got out of my chair, took off the towel, and morphed back into my fox form. “And right now, I think it’s time to advise Fluttershy of something that could speed this along.” Rainbow followed me out of the kitchen.

“…we know how to stand up for ourselves,” her father was saying. Although the look on his face wouldn’t make anypony believe him.

“Is that right, Mister Shy?” my voice held skepticism, and disbelief, in it as Rainbow and I walked up behind Fluttershy. He nodded, but none of us believed him. So, I leaned over whispering to Fluttershy. “Listen, Fluttershy. Within the next hour or so your brother is going over to that back house and tear up your mother’s garden and start tossing out your father’s cloud collection. If they don’t stand up for themselves, then perhaps you can do it for them?” I was hoping to skip a few steps, so to speak, and get the same results. If Rainbow and Fluttershy went back to Ponyville she’d hear the same thing from Pinkie and AJ. So, why not from me?

When Fluttershy looked over at me the look on her face told me that she wasn’t surprised. Whether it was what I said or that I said it? I didn’t know, but it was probably both in this case. Her sigh was barely audible, but Rainbow and I heard it. “You’re probably right. I’m not surprised that he would do something like that. And not surprised that you would know either.” Both then. She steeled her resolve with a deep breath before turning to face her parents. “Mom? Dad? I’m going to intervene and tell him that he can’t stay here.”

“But dear, you don’t need to do that,” her mother disagreed with a wave of her hoof.

“Apparently I do, mother,” she said. “He’s going to ruin your things just like he did last time. I won’t stand by and let it happen again. So, after telling him to leave, you can either back me up or let him ruin all your hard work.” With that, she turned around to go face her brother in the living room. We followed her for two reasons. One was to back her up. Two was to watch the show. And speaking of show, the series didn’t show us how much he changed the living room. But change it he did. Everything was switched around how he liked it. And Fluttershy didn’t like it one bit and it showed in her demeanor and echoed in the firm resolve in her voice. “Zephyr Breeze stop right this instant.” And personally, I think some of her motherly instincts were showing through.

He did too. I’m not sure if he ever heard that tone of voice coming from his family before. But he heard it now and stopped moving one of the chairs around and looked to her with shock on his face.

“I won’t let you trot into our parent's house and do whatever you want with it.” Her voice was firm as she spoke to him. Then turned around to face her parents which had just walked up. “Mom? Dad? I know speaking up for yourself can be hard, believe me, but Zephyr will never live on his own if he can lean on you.” While her parents were looking at each other and thinking about what she said, Zephyr had something to say about it.

“Don’t be so dramatic, sis.” He almost whined that phrase out. And rolled his eyes doing it. “Mom and Dad just wanna let me be me! Right? I can do plenty on my own,” with a big smile he dismissed what Fluttershy said with a wave of his hoof.

Got him.

“I agree,” I saw a grin form on her face, “which is why you should move out.”

Now he looked really nervous, even started sweating. “Oh. Well, I mean, I totally would, but… I don’t think that’s what Mom and Dad want!” Zephyr tried putting on the cute face, complete with the waterworks. “It’s not, is it?”

Every one of us turned around to look at them. They looked to each other and gave a very slight nod to each other before their father spoke up after a soft sigh. “You know we love you son, but your sister has a point.”

“Sure, I mean,” he should be an actor with the way he can start crying in an instant, “I really just came back to keep you guys company, but...” He started gathering things up from around the place. “Whatever’s best for the family. I just… I just gotta grab a few essentials.”

“And...you definitely have somewhere else to go?” Missus Shy asked, showing concern as a mother should.

He faked a chuckle, “Of course! There’s plenty of ponies who’d love for a little breeze to blow their way...” He made his way toward the stairs without another word.

After he was out of sight, Fluttershy was first to walk up to her parents because of the look on their faces. She hugged them because of how sad they looked right now. We were close enough to hear Fluttershy quietly tell them that she understood how hard it was to stand up for themselves as they did. Quickly, and quietly, telling them about her time with the Breezies and that sometimes the kindest thing they could do was shove them out the door.

It was after a lull in the quiet conversation that I stepped up and gently suggested, “You asked us here for lunch, but perhaps I can convince you to have lunch with me in Canterlot. There’s a new restaurant that just opened up that’s really delicious. I would be happy to take you to lunch.” Even though their mood was saddened, they agreed to have lunch with a small smile.

^_^

Both her parents and Fluttershy were concerned about leaving him alone at first before I reminded them that he was moving out. After leaving I realized something. That I think I was supposed to intervene here. Because if Pinkie was called to Canterlot to the Tasty Treat then how could she advise Fluttershy in Ponyville at the same time? From there it was off toward Canterlot and Tasty Treat. I was so looking forward to finally meeting them. Restaurant Row was bustling with activity when we finally got there. That was a good sign. And speaking of sign, I was looking for one particular sign that was at the end of a short alley. Even though I knew what to look for, I wasn’t sure where it was. And the crowd of ponies didn’t help either because there were ponies everywhere. It was much busier now with ponies going to all the restaurants. Which told me that they have already stood up to Zesty Gourmand already.

“You sure you know where you’re going?” Rainbow asked while hovering beside me where she was able to fly over most of the crowd.

“I know what to look for,” I told her while looking around, “but the actual location...is...” After a look down one short alleyway, I smiled. “And there it is,” motioned with a paw toward the new Tasty Treat with a few ponies leaving the restaurant with smiles on their faces. Fluttershy and her parents stood off to the side, looking at it. “The Tasty Treat,” motioning them to follow, I started walking toward the entrance, “where if I’m right we can have lunch with my wife Rarity and Pinkie.”

“How did you know that they will be here?” Fluttershy wondered aloud.

I looked down at her beside me with a wink, “Remember that show I told you about?” She nodded once before realizing what I was really asking her. Then she nodded again getting the idea. “So, let’s see if they’re still there.” With her parents and Rainbow in tow, we made our way to the entrance. A sign said for us to seat ourselves and I spotted Pinkie and Rarity at the other end of the restaurant by the kitchen door. Rarity’s back was toward us, but Pinkie was facing us and saw me first. She was about to wave, but I stopped her and motioned her to stay quiet. With a wink to Rainbow, I started sneaking and tiptoeing, my way toward my wife with a mischievous grin on my face. Other patrons were looking at me, some with concern and some with fear if they haven’t seen me before as I passed them. I knew that I would be designated to the couch when I visited her again, but this was just too good to pass up.

I didn’t hear the others behind me which means that Rainbow probably held them back out of self-defense. I was close enough to strike but didn’t get the chance because Saffron walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of soup in her magical grasp. When she saw me sneaking up on my wife, she didn’t know I was her husband but a simple predator. Thereby her reaction was to scream loudly and magically launch the soup directly at my face.

When she screamed and launched lunch at me, the other patrons did the same. As well as my wife. With a sigh of defeat, I plopped my butt down on the floor in front of my wife with the bowl hanging off of my muzzle and a couple of tomatoes over my eyes.

“You won’t attack any patrons while-”

“Saffron! Stop!” my ears picked up Rarity’s cry as the two vegetables slowly slid down off my eyes. “It’s alright, that’s my husband.”

“Husband?!” Saffron cried out in shock through her thick accent.

“Yep,” Rainbow obviously decided to join us. I could hear her hoofsteps and her laughing as she approached. She wasn’t the only one laughing either. Fluttershy and her parents were as well as most of the patrons. “Man that was soo perfect dude,” Rainbow laughed at me. She was to the left of me.

Pinkie was giggling as Rarity stepped up with a few giggles saying, “Oh darling, I’m so sorry.”

“No, you’re not,” Rainbow giggled and felt her pick something off of my head. “Wow, that’s good even with a dash of Emmit.”

“I am sorry as well, I didn’t realize that he was your husband,” Saffron apologized profusely.

“Here, let me clean you up,” Rarity took the bowl from my muzzle then wiped my face clean.

“Thank you,” said to her giving her a big kiss.

“You’re welcome,” she was happy to see me by the look on her face, then it changed to more disappointment. “Were you going to startle me again?”

“Was being the right word as it didn’t work.”

“I’m sorry. Please have a seat and I’ll get you the house special,” Saffron pleaded to me.

“Thank you, as well as these four with me as well,” I told her motioning to Rainbow, Fluttershy, and her parents.

“Of course,” Saffron bowed her head to me before heading back into the kitchen.

“Have a seat,” motioning for them to have a seat at the table.

The table was just big enough for us all with Rarity deciding to start the conversation going while we waited for lunch to be served.

“Hello, I’m Rarity, Emmit’s wife,” she looked over at Fluttershy’s parents, “and this is Pinkie Pie.”

“I’m Mister Shy and this is my wife,” Mister Shy smiled in greeting. “Fluttershy is our daughter.”

“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you both,” Rarity told them as she leaned up against me with her front leg through mine.

“Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie the best party planner in all of Equestria. Fluttershy is our best friend.”

“Our daughter has told us a lot about both of you,” Missus Shy said, her voice filled with joy. “We are so happy that she has such great friends.”

“So, what brings you here to Canterlot? And how did you know we were here?” Rarity looked up at me for the answer.

“Remember the show I told you about?” It took Rarity a second to understand before giving me a nod. “But today, Fluttershy’s parents invited Rainbow and I for lunch and I thought that it would be good here. My treat, of course.”

“Well that was truly chivalrous of you, dear,” Rarity cooed, leaning over giving me a deep kiss. “And a true pleasure to meet you both,” she said to Fluttershy’s parents.

“Our daughter has told us much about her friends and mister Emmit.”

Mister Shy agreed, “And we are happy to finally meet not only him but her friends as well.”

She leaned up against her husband, “And happy that we are finally grandparents.”

Fluttershy was blushing when I looked down at her but leaned up against me with a content hum after giving her a kiss.

“It was unsettling to eat meat at first. But I got used to it and don’t mind it so much anymore as the two foals need it.” She put a hoof against her protruding belly, rubbing lovingly. “I’m actually looking forward to being a mother. Feeding them and taking care of them.”

“You have had a lot of practice with your animals,” Rainbow pointed out.

“Here we are,” Saffron cheered while levitating a rather large tray filled with soup bowls and what smelled like hot fresh garlic buttery covered bread.

“Oh, that smells good,” Pinkie sounded like I was feeling while her eyes, and mine, were latched onto the tray.

“I say it does smell divine,” Rarity echoed that sentiment as Saffron passed out the bowls around the table with a couple of slices of bread for each of us.

I couldn’t help but immediately levitate a small slice of bread and dip it into the bowl to take a quick taste.

“Mister Emmit,” Saffron’s sad voice hit my ears as I savored the flavors that lovingly attacked my tongue, “I’d like to apologize once again.”

“Accepted,” I hummed out to her, “because this is really good.”

“Thank you so much, Mister Emmit,” Saffron bowed and I didn’t stop her either, mostly because I didn’t want to miss any part of this dish. “We hope you enjoy your lunch.”

^_^

We did enjoy lunch after the food was delivered. I kept the foreknowledge of Rarity and Pinkie’s mission and the series to myself, so Fluttershy’s parents won’t freak out. After things slowed down some, Rarity and Pinkie invited Saffron and her father to join us for company and conversation. So, we spent time eating and enjoying everypony’s company. Soon though, it was time to leave and Fluttershy’s parents to go home. Once again they said it was a pleasure meeting me and getting to know me during lunch. So, I wished them well before the girls and I headed toward the train station for Ponyville.

At the train station, I requested the private car for all of us because it was going to be a couple of hours until Ponyville.

“I’m glad that everything went well for us all, especially with Tasty Treat,” Rarity was saying as we all walked into the car. I was the last one in, chivalry and all. “So, I’m looking forward to spending time at the spa after we return home.” Rarity and Fluttershy sat next to each other with Rainbow and Pinkie on the other side. I decided to take my seat between Rarity and Fluttershy, putting a couple of tails around both.

“I’ll say,” Rainbow echoed licking her lips, “that lunch was super awesome. Not to mention having edible portions for a change.”

I rolled my eyes slightly. Here we go. Rarity and Fluttershy leaned up against me.

“It was super delicious,” Pinkie was almost bouncing in her seat, “and I’m super happy that they can make the meals that they want.”

“And not just them but other restaurants wanted to do the same for a couple of years now,” Fluttershy echoed their sentiments while using a wing to gently rub my back.

Rarity’s sigh was short but just loud enough for me to hear it. “I’ll admit that having Zesty make every restaurant the same wasn’t the best for the owners. She was preventing them from cooking what they wanted.”

I gave her a soft kiss, knowing that it took some courage to say that for her. It was almost saying that she was wrong. Almost. “If Zesty wants a certain dish that’s fine. However, making every restaurant be exactly the same and serve exactly the same foods? That’s not freedom. That’s stifling creativity. As far as being a high-class restaurant, let the public decide. After all, they are the ones going to them to eat, right?”

“You do have a point, dear,” Rarity admitted, looking up at me with a small smile. Almost as if admitting defeat. “Now that the mission is over, It’ll be good to get back home and relax.”

“Well...maybe not,” I hesitantly pointed out. All eyes went to me.

“What do you mean? Will our trip to the spa have to wait?” she put on the charm by giving me a worried look and flashing her eyelashes at me.

“Not necessarily, but it won’t be relaxing either. You see Zephyr will show up at Fluttershy’s place.”

“What!?” both Fluttershy and Rainbow said simultaneously.

“He said he had a place to say,” Fluttershy protested.

I gave her a sheepish nod, “He thinks he does with you.”

“He better work if he wants to stay with me,” she protested rather fiercely. “I won’t tolerate him not working.”

“How does it go on the show?” Rainbow asked, obviously hoping that I would have another solution.

“Well, as you said Fluttershy, if he wants to stay he would have to work,” I pointed out. “The first job was dying fabrics for Rarity.”

“I do have some that need it,” she agreed.

“Yeah, but he lets the animals do what they want with it and claims he’s just being creative. He leaves the place in a mess.” She was getting mad just thinking about it. I swear there was smoke coming from her ears and I think her eyes turned red.

“Next was Twilight. He would clean the windows. Only he gets Spike to do it for him by tricking him into showing him the best way to do it.” Now the other girls were getting heated over it. It showed on their faces.

“And the last job, him being a Pegasus-”

“Don’t you dare say it,” Rainbow interrupted me.

“Yes, is working with you.”

“I don’t you not to say it, Emmit,” she said dryly with disappointment.

“Oh, it ends well. You shock him with a lightning bolt,” I told her to cheer her up.

She brightened immediately, rubbing her front hooves together, and chuckling almost madly, “I take it back, it’ll be fun.”

Even Fluttershy was amused at that one. “After that,” I continued, “is when both Fluttershy and Rainbow gives him a talk on finishing what he starts. Because he’s afraid of failing, therefore he doesn’t try. In the end, he does go back and finishes mane therapy.”

“So, it works out in the end?” Fluttershy’s deep hopeful eyes looked up at me.

I gave her a reassuring kiss, “Yes, it works out in the end. But perhaps we could keep Rarity’s place from becoming a mess by taking out her cat?”

“Oh, I could take her while you and Rarity go to the spa,” Fluttershy agrees.

“That might work.”

Rarity leaned her head up giving me a passionate kiss, “Hopefully it will, thank you, darling.”

“That just leaves taking Spike somewhere when he goes to Twilight.”

“I think I can do that, my husband,” Rarity coos. “Besides, I have a feeling that he’ll make a mess of things anyway and I’ll need Spikes help in cleaning it up.”

Fluttershy sighed with disappointment, “I’m afraid you might be right, Rarity. At least it will turn out good for him in the end.”

“But at the cost of my boutique?” Rarity almost whined.

With a lighthearted chuckle, I put a paw around her shoulders, hugging her. “There, there. The spa will make everything better.” Rarity looked up at me with a rueful expression that got the other girls giggling. And made the trip to Ponyville much more enjoyable.

^_^

After the train stopped in Ponyville, everypony went their separate ways. Fluttershy went home, Rainbow flew up to check on her weather team, Pinkie went home, and I followed Rarity to her boutique.

Before she and Pinkie left for Canterlot, Sweetie and Scootaloo were spending time at Sweet Apple Acres, so it was just her and I. We walked side by side with my tails over her and pulling her against me until I escorted her inside her boutique.

“It’s soo good to be home again,” Rarity cooed and stretched after walking inside. Then turned, lowered my head with a gentle push of her magic, and nearly put her nose against mine. Humming slightly she gave me a slow long lingering soft kiss that spoke of a lifetime of love. “You know, there should be time before Zephyr shows up,” her voice flowed into my head like an aphrodisiac, almost making my head spin. “And I do need to freshen up.” She lightly kissed down my muzzle and down my cheek to my neck. “Would you be a dear and wash me?”

My own head lowered where my nose picked up her scent. My nose brushed up against her neck as her scent filled my head and stirred my instincts. It made my heart start to pound in my chest.

“I would so much enjoy your hands gliding all over my body,” her voice was soft in my ears as my body shivered in excitement. “Those magical fingers digging into my coat.” After nibbling on her neck gently, she stepped back and with those beautiful bedroom eyes gazing at me she softly commanded me to, “Morph into your human form, my husband.” So, I did. And stood there naked before her. Her eyes roamed over my naked body before she turned around with her tail wrapping around my hard member. “This way,” she cooed and pulled me toward the stairs, “it’s time to take care of your wife.” I stayed quiet as we walked up the stairs toward the bathroom. “I’ve been thinking about something.” She opened the door with her magic and I shut it behind me after stepping inside.

“And that is?”

After using her magic to turn on the water, waiting for it to heat up, she turned around, jumped up on her hind legs, and put her front hooves on my chest. A hoof lightly ran across my chest as she spoke. “Ever since seeing precious little Solar in her crib has got me wondering about being a mother myself. On whether or not I’m ready.”

My hands gently took her head, “One can never truly be completely ready.”

She leaned her head into my hands, “You’re right,” and closed her eyes. “So, I’ve decided that when my heat hits in about a week.” She opened her eyes and gazed up at me. Her eyes held love and desire in them. “I won’t use any preventive measure this year.” My thumbs ran across her cheeks. The love I have for her showing through my eyes as I looked down at her. “I want to have your foal.” She leaned in, closed her eyes, and started peppering my chest with kisses. “I want you to get me pregnant, Emmit. I love you so much.”

My arms wrapped around her and held her to me. “I love you so much as well, Rarity. Let’s have a foal together.” I let my hands rub up and down her body, my fingers taking in every curve and every feel of her soft coat. She hummed, closed her eyes, and laid her head on my chest as steam started filling the room.

“This year’s heat won’t affect Tia because she already has a foal, nor will it affect her for the next few years.” Her hooves now rubbing against my back as I felt her body, relishing on how she feels against me. “Luna, Twilight, and I will have ours next week. A few days later will be Pinkie, Rainbow, and Applejack. Fluttershy won’t have any heat either because she’s pregnant.” We separated, so she sashayed her way over to the tub slash shower making her rear end sway as she walked. It drew my eyes as her tail lightly ran up my hard shaft making me shiver in pleasure. “I had a thought that we, Luna, Twilight, and I could role-play again.” She pulled back the curtain with her magic and stepped inside. Her eyes looked at me with bedroom eyes filled with lust and desire. “Would my master please wash and pleasure me?”

“As you wish,” said with a grin, a throb in my loins, and joined her in the shower.

^_^

Soon after we got done with the shower, Fluttershy showed up with Zephyr. While I leaned up against the doorway in my fox form, I watched the show as Rarity stood beside Fluttershy and explained to Zephyr exactly what he needed to do. My eyes rolled when he said that there wasn’t anything to worry about. Right after is when Fluttershy called to Rarity’s cat to come with her and low and behold the cat walked right over to her. And then left Zephyr to his own devices.

Rarity practically cried when we got outside because of what we knew would happen to her boutique. But after Fluttershy said we’d see her later, I ushered Rarity toward the spa telling her that she would feel much better. That pretty much cheered her up immediately. Not to mention the mischievous and lustful glint in her eyes.

Aloe greeted us with her usual smile after we walked in, “Rarity, Emmit, how are my favorite customers?”

“In need of relaxation,” she said with a flare in her voice while leaning against me, as if she was going to faint.

“The usual?”

Rarity seemed to think about it while her eyes gazed up at me. There was that glint in her eyes again as she made up her mind. “Actually Aloe, no, not the usual. I think we will have a nice long hot herbal bubble bath first, then the sauna where he will buck me senseless where I will let you two watch, and then a hot relaxing shower.”

Within the span of two seconds, Aloe had run up to the door, switched the sign to closed, and rushed back in front of us with the biggest smile I’ve ever seen on her.

“I’ve already given you a shower,” I pointed out.

She blinked her eyelashes at me, “What’s good once will be better the next time.”

“Take all the time you need,” Aloe was practically glowing right now with a smile that reached from ear to ear. “You two are the only ones that are here. I will get my sister to prepare the tub for both of you.” Then she all but sprinted to the back to get her sister.

“Going to let the sisters watch, huh?” I raised an eyebrow at her with an amused expression.

“Mhmm,” she hummed, lightly kissing my cheek. “I’m no exhibitionist, but having some close friends watch you buck me I’ve found to be a major turn-on.”

“Really? Now that’s interesting.” Leaning down I gave her a passionate kiss.

She returned the kiss eagerly before whispering, “Morph into your human form and carry me to the tub, darling?”

“As you wish,” I whispered into her ear and morphed into my human form. Her eyes roamed over my body as I knelt down, taking her gently around her barrel, and lifted her up where her front legs were over my shoulders. Then stood her up enough so that her hind legs could wrap around my waist before fully standing up. One hand was on her rump to support her weight and the other was rubbing her back. She laid her head on my chest and closed her eyes with a hum of contentment.

While waiting for the tub to be ready, I was enjoying holding her. The feeling of my fingers against her soft coat. The way her coat tickled and even tingled, my skin as if sending tiny sparks of electricity through me. The light kisses she was peppering on my chest. Every one of them had their charms. Rarity’s coat was always soft and true to her generous spirit she has given all of herself to me.

“Your bath is ready,” Aloe came back to say happily. So, without a word, I followed Aloe to the room where the huge bathtub was. And with Rarity still in my arms, and after aloe shut the door, I stepped into the tub. There was a place in the tub for me to lay back on like a beach chair, so Rarity could stay laying on top of me. Bubbles covered the surface and I could already feel the benefits of the herbs they put in it as well.

“This is really nice, Emmit,” Rarity cooed onto my chest, wiggling a little to get herself more comfortable.

“It is,” I agreed, peppering her head with light kisses. She was always careful of her horn while her head was on my chest. Now, her horn was within easy reach of my mouth. That would be later. For now, I used my hands and fingers to rub up and down her body. Starting with her neck, my fingers massaged in slow circles to get the water deep into her skin and coat. My eyes closed to relish the feeling. Slowly, my fingers migrated to her shoulders. Digging into her coat, slowly my fingers rotated in circles. Enticing her to relax more and more as the warm water, soap, and herbs relaxed us both.

She hummed softly, giving my chest another light kiss, “Don’t stop. It feels soo nice.”

I knew she could feel my heart in my chest beating a little louder as I enjoyed what I was doing to her. “You feel my heart beating for you, my wife?” I whispered as my fingers moved slowly down to just below her shoulders.

“Yes,” she sighed softly, her head rubbing my chest.

“Feel my fingers digging into you? Slow circles to massage you, entice you, and arouse you?” Slowly my fingers and hands rubbed against each side of her body. “I love how your coat tickles my skin.” I kissed the top of her horn. She moaned softly against my chest, moving her head so her horn is easier to access. Her waist started to move slightly against my semi-hard member. Her lower lips starting to part as my shaft hardens.

“Don’t stop,” her voice was soft and filled with arousal, “suck on my horn.” I did so. My lips surrounded the tip of her horn, sucking gently as my lips slid further down. My hands slowly rubbing up and down the sides of her body firmly, her cutie marks within easy reach now. “My pussy lips feel soo wonderful against your shaft,” she moaned. “Rub my cutie marks,” she commanded softly. I could feel her deep aroused breaths against my chest. It took all my effort not to move my hips against hers right now as my member stiffened for her. I did as commanded, reaching down with my hands and rub her cutie marks firmly in slow circles.

Thanks to magic, the water was still at the same temperature. And due to our bodies heating up it felt like the air was getting hotter and thicker. I kept sucking on her horn gently, letting my lips kiss up and down her horn lightly before sucking the tip again. She sighed long and loud kissing my chest again as my fingers dug into her cutie marks. Moving in slow circles, I encouraged her to rub herself against my hard member. Which felt like it was throbbing in time with the beating of my heart.

I gripped her rump in my hands as the ache to be inside of her grew with each pound of my heart inside my chest. “Emmit,” she moaned my name long and loud before she shifted her head to run her lips against my neck. Stopping me from sucking on her horn, I leaned my head back with a moan. Her lips against my neck send shivers through me. My body responding by pressing up against her, making her lower pussy lips part around my throbbing shaft. “Is that for me, my husband?” she whispered into my ear, her breath brushing against my skin and hair.

“Yes, Rarity,” my voice soft and low moaning out my response to her.

“I can hear your heart beating in your chest,” she moaned softly, peppering my neck with light kisses. “I can feel your pulse through your shaft,” she moaned into my ear as she grinds her waist against my hard throbbing shaft slowly, but firmly.

“Rarity,” I moaned her name softly, my head leaning back as she sucks my neck, and grinds her lower lips against my hard shaft.

“Are we ready for the sauna?” Aloe walked in and by the sound of her voice, she was eager to watch us.

Opening my eyes, I watched Rarity lift her head and use a hoof to brush her wet hair away from her face. Then looked to Aloe with lust filling her eyes. “Yes, we’re ready.” Her eyes held passion and possession in them as she looked down at me. “The foreplay is over and it’s time for the main event. Carry me, my husband.”

“Yes, ma’am.” I did as commanded and carefully got out of the tub carrying her against me with my arms wrapped firmly around her. Her front legs over my shoulders and around my neck helped hold her up as I followed Aloe out the door. As we walked down the hallway to the sauna, she used her hind legs around my waist to grind her lower lips against my shaft. And not just her lower lips either but her soft coat rubbed against the head of my member. Which made every step pleasurable. And the rhythm of her body against mine while I walked was madding. I wanted her. Now!

“Can’t have you go limp on me,” she whispered as we walked up to the sauna door. Lotus was standing there looking ridiculously happy to see us. She opened the door without saying a word when we approached. And I stepped inside the hot room without saying a word. Steam had already filled the room. After stepping in I heard the door shut behind us. Taking a quick glance showed both Aloe and Lotus behind me. “Lay down, Emmit,” she commanded softly but firmly. Carefully, I lowered myself to a kneeling position first before letting her go and used both hands to steady myself to lay on my back with my feet stretched out before me.

Her front hooves were on my chest she leaned her head down giving me a long passionate kiss. She sighed in deep pleasure as our lips met and her tongue sought entrance. My hands reached up to run through her hair which is now framing my face. She let my tongue dominate her entrance as they both danced inside of her mouth.

Seconds later we parted with a soft kiss and sigh of pleasure. Putting pressure on her hooves she raised herself up, water dripping off of her hair that framed her face. With her bedroom eyes gazing into mine, she raised herself up high enough to sit straight up. Then after scooting back a little, she gently took my hard member in a hoof, raise it up, and pressed it against her belly. “Emmit,” she sighed softly, almost longingly while gently stroking my hard member against her soft coat.

“That feels soo good,” told her through a soft low moan and went to rub my hands on her.

But she had other ideas. “Aloe? Lotus? Take his hands and keep them behind his head please.” Without missing a beat both of the girls moved to my side, each gently taking a hand with a hoof, and moved behind my head where they promptly sat on my hand. Each of their respective lower lips was pressing down on my fingers. “Thank you, dears,” she sighed, closed her eyes, and continued to slowly rub my shaft with her hoof against her body.

While this was a great feeling, I took a glance at Aloe and Lotus. Both of them had their eyes locked on Rarity and her hoof rubbing against my shaft. Because of that, and that they were literally sitting on my fingers, I’d figure why not give them a little fun. While Rarity had her eyes closed and rubbing my hard shaft against her body, I started wiggling my fingers against Aloe and Lotus' pussy lips respectively. Both of them went stiff in an instant with Lotus letting out quiet “eep” like a mouse.

I pretended innocence while watching Rarity. Who at the moment just stopped what she was doing, lowered her head and opened her eyes. She was gazing down at me with half-lidded eyes and her mouth hanging open slightly. Then slowly raised herself up to guide the tip of my member against her pussy lips. With her eyes on mine, almost like we were staring into each other’s soul, she started lowering herself down with a long sigh.

Entering inside of her is the most amazing feeling that I can never put into words. Her moist warmth started surrounding my head and shaft drawing out a long moan from me, “Rarity.” My body was already starting to sweat because of the heat, so I knew that Rarity was too. That didn’t stop her as she started slowly riding me, sighing with pleasure on the way down.

Aloe and Lotus were wiggling their rear ends against my fingers more. And trying their best to keep quiet. But as Rarity took me inside of her, I used my middle finger on each hand to slip inside both Aloe and Lotus. Rarity closed her eyes again which gave me the opportunity to look over at Lotus first. Lotus gazed down at me with a deep blush on her face while biting her bottom lip. Looking over at Aloe next had her looking at me intently while moving her hips up and down a little. I helped her by moving my wrist up to meet her.

Rarity’s hoof started digging into my stomach bringing my attention back to her. She was biting her bottom lips a little as well and starting to moan loudly because she quickened her pace. Her warm walls massaging my shaft in all the right ways. It had me raising my hips up to meet her when she came down again.

When Rarity opened her eyes again, a deep lustful need filled those beautiful orbs. The sound of our bodies slapping together filled the sauna and Rarity’s wet hair bounced around sending water droplets flying in all directions. Our bodies were hot and not just because of the sauna. Our eyes were locked together in an unwavering desire to see the pleasure glow from within the other. My own moans of pleasure echoed hers as the need for release quickly rose up to start commanding my actions.

“Fill...me,” Rarity groaned out between gasps as our bodies met. Her lust-filled eyes boring into me for release. “I want,” she paused to groan, “to get...oh buck...pregnant.”

“I’ll make sure that you do, my beautiful wife,” I told her between groans and grunts of effort as my body thrust up to meet her time and again.

“Then...come for...me,” she groaned with her hind legs now crossed underneath me and using them to squeeze me each time she went down upon me. Her words “come for me” were getting louder and louder as our climax started to peak. Then with one last yell of “COME FOR ME” she slammed herself down upon me as our bodies succumbed to the violent orgasm climax. I tried my best to keep eye contact, but the immense pleasure had me closing my eyes as her walls clamped down upon my head and shaft. Her body sucking and milking me hard with each pulse of her orgasm against my member. We each let out our own cries of intense pleasure with the mutual climax took over our bodies.

And as it went away, Rarity slowly lowered her shaking body down upon me. Aloe and Lotus let go of my hands, so now I put my arms around her. To hold her against me as the afterglow of our lovemaking took us over. I was thankful for the two sisters when they opened up the door to let all the heat out.

Using one hand, I rubbed Rarity’s head gently, being careful of her horn. The other gently rubbing her back as her body twitched occasionally with her afterglow.

We laid there for at least a few minutes before the twins came back in with Aloe announcing that the shower was ready for us. “Thank you. We will wash ourselves,” Rarity’s voice was soft and soothing while slightly slurred because of our recent activity.

It was amusing to me that it took another couple of minutes for her to stand up after the twins were gone, leaving us to our own devices. She did finally stand up and stretched out as a cat would after a long nap. “Oh my that feels wonderful,” she hummed out while stretching. I, meanwhile, stretched on the floor and felt a couple of joints pop softly. She giggled at me with a wink, “And now it’s time to clean ourselves off and check up on Zephyr.”

Indeed, the shower was ready for us. The water was already hot, but we both preferred it cool because of the sauna we just came out of. Nothing was sexual here. We each enjoyed washing the other. Rarity quietly sighing contently as my fingers worked themselves over her curves.

“I thoroughly enjoyed our time, dear,” Rarity cooed up at me after I got done washing and rinsing her. She had turned around, stood up on her hind legs, and put her front hooves against my chest. Leaning up, she used her magic to gently pull my head down giving me a soft lingering kiss. “I love you.”

“I love you too,” I whispered after we parted as my hands firmly rubbed the sides of her body. Enjoying the tingle of her coat against my skin as my fingers dug in and massaged her.

“And now it’s time for me to do you,” she said with eagerness in her voice then used her magic to manipulate the water to wash me. I stood there letting her wash and soap me down, even closed my eyes to enjoy the feeling. She wasn’t done quite yet, though. There was a washrag that she lathered up with soap, and with her magic wrapped it around my semi-hard member. I looked down at her with a smirk on my face.

Slowly the rag started sliding up and down while squeezing it against my member. “You have another in you, darling of mine?” her voice was like a vixen right now, unable for me to resist her.

“I might.”

She stood in front of me in the large two pony shower, looking up to me intently. “Then come again for me. Come again for your wife.” She knew how to get the most out of me by now. And by the feel of it, took some lessons from Fluttershy. I say that because the rag was acting just like Fluttershy when she uses her mouth on me. Gently sucking on the tip, or the rag did rather. I kept my eyes on her while she took her time getting me off again.

Afterward, she finished washing and cleaning me up. We both dried each other off, me morphing into my fox form, before heading toward the exit. On the way out we made sure to thank the twins for the wonderful time. Both of them winked at me with a few giggles saying for us to come back anytime. There was a hint in there for me to come back alone anytime that I wished for some fun time alone with them. I wouldn’t do that without permission if I wanted to sleep in a bed anytime soon.

“I hope that it isn’t too bad,” obviously worried at the outcome we were walking toward her boutique.

A couple of my tails were around her, pulling her lightly to me as we walked together. “That is unsure because we took away your cat. Your cat was how everything started at your place. So, I don’t know how it will look.”

Our ears picked up the sound of two ponies arguing in the store when we got closer.

“Oh dear, I think I hear Fluttershy in there already,” she picked up the pace, quickly trotting to the front door, and almost yanking it open. That’s when we heard their voices clear as day.

“Well, we’ll just have to see what she says when she arrives,” Zephyr’s proud sounding voice hit our ears from the back of the store as we walked in. “I’m sure she, of all ponies, would appreciate my unique artistic talents.”

Following closely behind her, I watched her quickly trot over to the door leading to her work area and yank it open. She was eager to see what he did to the place that he would see it as artistic. And from such a simple task.

“Oh I don’t think you want to-” Fluttershy began to say before Rarity cut her off with a loud shout of fright at the sight before her. “Never mind,” Fluttershy finished quietly and moved to my side leaning up against me as Rarity gasped taking in the sight before her.

Rarity’s eyes were wide with her brain looking almost like it was smoking as it tried to process the chaos. Somehow, someway, Zephyr had gotten big splotches of dye not only all over the fabrics but also everywhere else as well. And not a single animal ins sight. All Rarity did was let out a few quiet squeaks of shock as she looked around.

I wasn’t quite so frozen. “Zephyr? Just how the hell were you able to screw up this badly? All you had to do was dye the fabrics. Put them in and let them sit. That’s it.” I was trying to channel my inner Rarity with a voice to match. Raising my voice to almost a shouting level, I tried to make him see just how badly he did.

That didn’t stop him from defending himself either. “I got some inspiration. I thought that surely a pony like Rarity would appreciate my unique point of view on this art. That I’ve created just for her.”

“This is NOT art,” that snapped Rarity out of her brain freeze and now she was glaring at him so hard I thought he might burst into flames. I hoped not because that was my thing. “How did you screw up this badly? All you had to do was dye the fabrics, not try and create some sort of art out of them. Now, look at this mess that we have to clean up.” Zephyr didn’t move but kept looking at her like a spoiled child. “I SAID LOOK AT IT.” Now he did act like a child. With a toothy grin and silly squinted eyes, he looked around the room. “GET OUT!” Rarity screamed at him, the hoof she pointed toward the door was shaking. She was literally shaking with rage.

Fluttershy’s face showed the anger and disappointment for him as well as she didn’t say a word, just opened the door for him, and then followed him out shutting it behind her.

After they left, I slowly made my way over to her. Her back was to me, with her hoof still out, and still shaking slightly. My paw gently touched her hoof, making her jump slightly, and eased it back down to the floor. Then put that paw over her, with a couple of tails, to gently pull her against me to comfort her. It took her a few minutes to calm down and relax against me, even starting to cry a little. I just held her.

She finally spoke up after another few minutes, “I know you said that he would mess it up. But I didn’t think that he would do it this badly.”

“I didn’t think he could either after taking your cat away,” I sighed with a slight shake of my head. “I guess we better start cleaning all this up.”

“Oh, but you don’t have to-”

I stopped her with a smile, putting a paw to her lips. “What kind of husband would I be if I just left you here to clean it up all by yourself?”

She smiled up at me gratefully before kissing me, “A pretty bad one I would think. Alright then, let’s get started.”

^_^

It took us about three hours, give or take, to clean everything up. And even then there were some spots on the carpet floor that had to be deep cleaned just to get the stains out. The fabrics that she wanted to be stained were ruined beyond help and would have to be replaced. She rejected my offer to buy more for her as well. Not that it was surprising. That was one thing that I admired about her, always wanting to do it herself rather than leaning on royalty to bail her out. Finally, though, we got done with what we could and couldn’t do anymore. And decided to head over to Fluttershy’s place to check up on Zephyr and how he was progressing.

Zephyr wasn’t there when we got to her cottage. Only Fluttershy and she was laying down on the couch talking to her small animals when we walked in. After walking in, her face brightened up immediately then blushed when I morphed into my human form. She looked soo cute trying to hide behind her mane while taking glances at me as I walked up to the sofa. Fluttershy squeaked when Rarity lifted her up enough for me to lay down and gently take Fluttershy in my arms. Fluttershy face lit up with a wide happy smile before giving me a long lingering kiss. She giggled, curling up on top of me as one hand rubbed between her wings and the other gently rubbing her growing baby bump.

“How was the spa?” Fluttershy asked, looking over at Rarity who took a seat on the same sofa at the other end.

“Oh it was simply heavenly, darling,” Rarity answered with a soft sigh. “Just what I needed before meeting the disaster your brother caused at the boutique. No offense.”

Fluttershy shook her head, dismissing her, “He’s always been this way since as long as I can remember. We even tried having him wash Twilight’s windows.” Fluttershy looked up at me, disappointment in her eyes, “It turned out like you said it would.”

“Unfortunately.”

She nodded with a hum, wiggling herself to get a little more comfortable on top of me. “Unfortunately, yes. Now he’s with Rainbow and I know she won’t take any slack from him.”

I had to chuckle at that while remembering how he showed up back here in the show half burnt to a crisp. “Nope, she surely won’t.”

“How long did it take to clean up?” Fluttershy asked Rarity.

Rarity rolled her eyes with a horse like snort, “Three hours, give or take. Even then I still have to get some of the carpet professionally cleaned, which I’m still not sure if some of those stains will ever come out. The ink used to stain the cloth was specifically designed to not wash out under heavy washing.”

“Oh my.”

“Still,” Rarity continued, “it is just my workshop, so it’s not like the public will see it when they walk into the store.”

While Rarity was talking, my hand, that was resting on her baby bump, felt a couple of light kicks. I looked down while rubbing her baby bump just a little bit harder.

“Oh, oh my,” Fluttershy giggled excitedly, “Rarity I felt the foals kick.”

I kissed her head gently, “I felt it too.”

Rarity squeed, her previous trial at her boutique all but forgotten at this point. She got down off the sofa to move in front of us, gently putting her hoof next to my hand.

“Can you kick again for mommy and daddy?” Fluttershy asked, her voice filled with joy and hope.

We felt a couple of more kicks. “Oh Fluttershy,” Rarity squeed in delight again after it happened again. Fluttershy herself was humming happy and contently while looking down at her baby bump. Joy filled my heart at feeling our foals kick. With it being twins, I just hoped they didn’t kick each other. “Just don’t kick each other, little darlings,” Rarity said as if hearing my own thoughts. Then scooted up giving Fluttershy a hug around her neck, “I’m soo happy for you darling. And can you keep a secret?”

Fluttershy nodded, curious as to what secret she was being asked to keep. I knew, however.

Rarity whispered excitedly, “I’ve decided to have a foal as well. My heat will be next week and I’m not going to use any preventive measures.”

“I think that’s wonderful, Rarity,” Fluttershy all but giggled in excitement for her friend.

“I do too,” she said now with a dreamy look on her face. “Over the past year and a half, I’ve watched Tia get pregnant, give birth, and be a happy mother. I’ve watched you get pregnant and see the absolute joy on your face. Especially when feeling them kick just now. I’ve realized that I want that in my life.”

“I’m soo happy, Rarity. But you’ll have to eat meat because your foal will be an omnivore. It won’t be easy, or pleasant, at first, but you’ll get used to it.”

Rarity smiled at Fluttershy. “I know that in my head at least. I’ve seen both you and Tia do that for your foals.” Then her eyes met mine and held joy in them, “I am willing to do that for our foal. To have one with Emmit.”

I was about to answer Rarity, happy that she feels that way but was interrupted by the door slamming open. Zephyr walked through the door with half of his body, namely his head are and his butt area, burnt to a crisp. The hair on his mane and coat standing up, some even sparking a little. And in spite of trying as hard as I could, a few deep chuckles escaped me as Zephyr complained, “You see what she did to me?”

We saw alright and Rarity was sitting there with quite the satisfied smile on her face. Fluttershy put a hoof to her mouth trying to hide her quiet giggling.

“Did you deserve it?” I asked between chuckles.

“Obviously she did not appreciate my efforts,” he tried to defend himself with his head held high.

“Efforts?” Until Rainbow landed behind him and walked in to further berate him. “What efforts?” she glared at him. “You hoofed off work to every other pony in the skies while sunning yourself on a cloud all day.”

“What about you?” he rounded on her. “I’ve seen you sleeping on clouds yourself.”

“Yeah, but on my own time,” she corrected with a growl, “not while I’m working. I’ll never leave Ponyville hanging if they need clouds that need busting or if anypony needs rain.” She nearly put her nose against his. Now she was really getting upset because the hair on her coat was beginning to stand up, like dogs when they start growling. “You think I would jeopardize cider season by denying AJ her rain just for the sake of a nap?” She backed up and practically jabbed her hoof into his nose. “Unlike you, I know how to work first and play or relax later.”

“You have to learn to finish what you start,” Fluttershy told him in no uncertain terms with a look to match. Lifting her head up from my chest just long enough to say it. “And you’ll start with the first hairdo they wanted you to do and you’ll finish it before you leave the room. So march right upstairs.”

He looked flabbergasted at being talked that way.

“You heard her,” Rainbow smirked at him. “March!”

Rarity even got into it by trotting over to Rainbow to stand next to her. “Up you go. It’ll be your payment for ruining my work area.”

With a smirk, I just gave him a little wave as he took a glance at me. He finally started heading up the stairs after seeing that he didn’t have any choice in the matter. His head was hanging low a little and clearly not happy about it. Almost looking like he was heading toward his death. Once they were upstairs, it was just Fluttershy and I.

She gave a frustrated sigh before laying her head back down onto my bare chest. “I hope you’re right that this will help him.”

“I’m pretty sure it will,” with a whisper, my lips met her head in a light kiss again. One hand gently rubbing her head, while the other lightly rubbed her baby bump. She hummed in contentment with her eyes closed and a happy smile on her face.

“I’m happy that I’m having foals with you, Emmit,” she sighed happily, rubbing her head gently on my chest. “I can’t wait for them to be born, so we can finally say hello to them.”

“Until then...”

She lifted her head up, eyes filled with joy and a smile on her face. “Until then I’ve got an idea for a room expansion for them.”

Leaning down I kissed her again, “I think I can help with that.”