Later that night Tyler stared at the ceiling, while Applejack and Twilight already were asleep beside him. As he heard the sound of hooves from the balcony, it was only a matter of seconds until Luna stepped inside. As she approached the bed silently, she shared the one or another glance with him, before she stood beside him. Her voice remained silent, careful not to wake Applejack and Twilight up,
“Are thou alright, Tyler?” He nodded and she gulped as she looked to the others. “I wanted to say to thee in person how awfully sorry I am that this happened. And… I feel saddened as well, even though tis our enemy that died. Somehow I feel like a part of what I am was murdered… Does that make sense?”

Tyler shrugged,
“I don’t know… I’m not in the shape of thinking now…” Luna nodded and came a bit closer to nuzzle him. She also nibbled a bit on his earlobe. Tyler rolled his eyes. “Not now, Luna… Please…”

She giggled a bit and whispered into his ear,
“I think I’m almost done with the spell that could make ponies more receptive to human sperm…” This immediately got his attention. With wide eyes he turned to her and saw her wink as she stepped outside to the balcony. Like Celestia before, she spanked her flank with her wings and giggled a bit. He sighed and carefully climbed out of the bed. As he stepped outside, she already sat there, looking into the night sky.

Leaning against the railing, he looked to her,
“So I take it you need some stuff to complete it?”

With a brief nod she turned to him and smiled,
“Yes… I don’t know how human women look like. I already got it so far that the spell temporarily transforms the target into something I still have to define. I don’t have the genetic information for a complete human female, but the spell temporarily mixes your genetic information with those of the target and out comes a female or male hybrid that looks like human.”

Tyler arched a brow,
“Wait… Genetic engineering? Magic can do that?”

Luna closed her eyes and whirled her mane around before raising her chin proudly,
“There are things alicorn magic CAN’T do, Tyler. Fortunately this is not among it. I could turn thee into a pony as well… But I’m not sure if thou can cope with it, nor can I predict what kind of pony thou would turn out to be. Magic sometimes needs some space and freedom to work with. Also… I can’t predict how thy children would turn out. Because the impregnated mother and the cells in her body return to pony genome structure, her genetic information would be dominant in all calculations. Still, thy children might be… something different. More… resilient to magic. For instance: A foal with fair Applejack might turn out as any other earth pony, but might share your blood and thus be able to withstand several magic attacks that otherwise would be critical. A foal with Twilight Sparkle might surpass her abilities for magic, even though Twilight Sparkle is a powerful unicorn already.” She now leaned against Tyler and smiled up to him. “A foal with an alicorn however… I dare not to calculate this…” Tyler gulped as he saw her nuzzling him. “Would you love to be the father of my foal as well, Tyler?”

He gulped again,
“I guess I don’t have much time to decide for this, huh?”

Luna leaned up to him and they shared a deep long kiss before she looked at him with glittering eyes,
“We have time until the end of the next heat season… and… I would be happy, so very happy to carry thy foal.”

This prompted Tyler to gulp nervously,
“Is… Is that even possible with this spell? I mean, earth ponies like Applejack already have more than twice the chromosome pairs as I do… unicorns and pegasi have both a hand full more… How many have you?”

She blinked in surprise now and tipped her chin with her fore hoof while thinking,
“I know that… Now where was this memory stored…? Tia and her many lessons, thou know… um… Oh yeah! 3072!”

Tyler took a step backwards. He already assumed alicorns were more complex and had more genetic information as humans or regular ponies, but this...,
“You’re kidding! And how much of my 24 chromosome pairs would be implemented?”

Proudly Luna beamed at him for presenting her knowledge,
“If my calculations are correct, thy genetic structure will deliver 5 chromosome pairs into an alicorn fetus!”

He chuckled a bit,
“Really…That’s less than I thought. I was hoping for at least ten” As he turned to the balcony door, he smirked. “Why don’t you come inside to the others, spend the night with us? It would do you good to feel the comfort of others.”

With a warm smile she shook her head,
“I have duties to perform, my love… But I’ll ask Tia if she can take over a shift the next time thou three spend the night here, so I can join in.” With a mischievous smirk she looked at him. Not only the usual threesome, but a foursome? Think thou can satisfy all three of us?”

He looked at her in surprise, but then chuckled,
“You alicorns really like to talk dirty once you’re in heat, huh?” Wrapping his arms around her, he kissed Luna passionately. Little did both of them know that Celestia watched them. Although no one could see her right now, the Princess of the Sun looked upon this peculiar couple with cautious eyes. Without telling anyone, the worries grew in her.

* * * * *

One month passed since the Changeling queen died and the swarm was reduced to Shiria. As Tyler walked down a path from the woods, he could only wonder how easy ponies forget about the bad things in life once concerning their daily life again. Already the easygoing laughter echoed from the school building again and the fillies and colts played happily together. Maybe this was another good thing about ponykind. They knew they’re protected so they gave unconditional trust to their protectors. So much innocence… And how little it was misused. As he came out of the Everfree Forest and walked up a hill, wind blew into his back and the smell of the green meadows filled his lungs. Contentment filled his mind. Yes, Ponyville was a pearl of nature and harmony and it was a treasure in need to be kept unharmed.

It was late in summer already and Luna got his Playboy magazine for ‘research’ as she called it. With a chuckle he remembered her blushing at the whole different features of the female human body and her curiosity how human foals are to drink the milk when the mother’s teats are that high above. With a warm smile he remembered how he explained to her how small and fragile human babies are and showed her with mind link like he did with Celestia how they are fed by the mother. Luna nodded with a deep blush as she saw those pictures in her mind and was grateful that he showed her this. As he sat down on the meadow, he looked down to Ponyville. Since his return, the town had changed a bit. The barricades and fortifications were undone again that were built during the conflict in the Amasian Enclave.

In his backpack already was a bag full of tofu he bought from Zecora. He actually was amused the zebra had such a food in her hut, but knowing all the herbs around she was the address to go. Coming down the road he then went down the meadows to go back to town. A short shopping trip was just the thing now. Today was a big sleepover with the girls and he wanted to get a present for Twilight and Applejack. His herd became organized, thanks to Twilight and due to the fact that all members lived in different parts of town or in different cities, sleepovers were organized.

One day in a week they would sleep in the library, one day in Sweet Apple Acres and once a week they would sleep in Canterlot in the palace. Due to her duties, Luna couldn’t come to the other sleepovers but Twilight sometimes allowed Spike to join in to the sleepover so they could have lively conversations via Dragonmail. Spike wasn’t all into that sleepover stuff since he preferred to stay with Rarity during the times they didn’t need him, but they made it up to the baby dragon with several rubies and emeralds.

Today was a different sleepover though. ALL of the Mane Six would be there and the library would be place of their biggest slumber party yet. Tyler wanted to get his two girls something. Maybe this was a bit of a showoff move, maybe a bit chivalry, but hey. They were his girls after all and he wanted them to shine beside him. As he went down the road, he looked into various shops, but nothing seemed to fit in on first sight.

It was then when he recognized the garden of one of Ponyville’s florist trio, Rose. She was pouring water near her beloved roses and greeted him with a smile,
“Hello, Tyler! Wonderful day, is it not? Come to get some roses again?”

Tyler greeted her with a nod and smelled the blood red roses of her garden,
“You know, Rose… Those roses of yours are the best there are… Their flavor… Well, I won’t get the usual two. I’ll take three this time, please. “

“Certainly! Then this makes six bits.” The pale yellow mare smiled to him. “Your mares must feel so happy to get so exquisite snacks from you all the time.”

He paid the price but arched a brow,
“Snacks? You actually eat those? But they look better if worn in the hair… or mane for that matter. Why eat them? Is this like drinking wine or something?”

Giving him a mild smile, Rose nodded,
“Yes! Yes, indeed. Something like that. Some could say that flowers sometimes are non-chocolate pralines for us. But it’s fine if you want to decorate the beauty of your mares in such a way. In fact, it would be best to give each mare the bloom in a color of her coat. I would ask Lily, Daisy and Zecora for their expertise of flowers as well. And of course, good old Twilight might have several books on that matter.”

She winked at him, which prompted him to chuckle,
“That she certainly has, Rose.”

Rose now harrumphed and looked up to him with a shy smile,
“You know, Tyler… I know we talked back then when all mares of Ponyville were after you a couple of months ago and I know you don’t want to be harassed with it all the time…”

Tyler looked at her and arched a brow,
“Rose…”

But she shook her head,
“No, please! I have to tell you this! Even though there won’t be a relationship between us, I want to tell you that I’m charmed and flattered that you use my roses not only as something to look at or to savor the smell… or to eat them for that matter. No, you use them to make the mares happy that are important to you. For this I am thankful.”

Tyler blinked at her in surprise,
“Uh… Sure, no problem. After all, roses are the flowers of love, so I should thank you for supporting me despite your deep feelings.”

She gave him another smile,
“I’m happy to have you as a friend, Tyler. If this is the closest I can be with you, I will accept this. And maybe that friendship deepens a bit over time. Slowly…”

With a wide smile, he raised her chin,
“With that dignity, you should raise your chin high. You are one fine mare, Rose.”

With this, he took the three roses and left the florist pony, who waved after him. A moment later, Lily approached Rose,
“You sure have a liking in your regular customer there, Rose… Are you hoping for one of the remaining places in his herd?”

Rose beamed after Tyler,
“Maybe… You can’t force a stallion, but maybe we can develop something, he and I…”

Lily then gave her a chuckle,
“Then you better watch it… I was talking to Bon Bon yesterday; Lyra Heartstrings also has an eye on him. And you know how obsessed she always was with his kind…”

Roses eyes went wide,
“Lyra? Well, luckily for her we can’t call her human geek anymore. But honestly… There are TWO places left in his herd if you go by standards.”

Shaking her head, Lily looked at her,
“Rose, you are aware of the rumors that he has Princess Luna in his herd? Are you certain you can handle someone so important like him? I wouldn’t dare to interfere if I were you.”

Shaking her head, Rose gave her a slight glare,
“Lily, those are just rumors! And even if they were to be true, a stallion like that is worth courting! Think of it! He is worthy in the eyes of a princess! Why shouldn’t he be worthy in the eyes of a common mare?”

Tyler didn’t hear anything of that conversation since he was walking down the road heading towards the library. On his way there, he met Pinkie Pie. The pink earth pony carried a sleeping bag and several other things in her saddlebag,
“Hello, Tyler! How do you do?”

He greeted her with a smile which prompted her to beam as well. How easy she was to please with a simple thing like that,
“Quite well, Pinkie. How are things in Sugarcube Corner?”

Pinkie now rolled her eyes,
You know, the baby Cakes are a hoof full of work, but then again, nothing is more pleasing the ear as the giggle of a little foal.”

Another chuckle came from him,
“So I take it you’re good in foalsitting?”

With a ferocious nod she then looked up to him,
“Uh-huh! Just make sure I have enough flour with me!”

He frowned at the answer, but decided not to question it. Never question the Pinkie Pie. He chuckled and looked at her again,
“So Pinkie… If you’re so good in foalsitting… When our herd has some foals in the future, would you-”

He was cut off in midsentence as Pinkie put her fore hoofs on his chest and looked at him,
“I’d love to!!!” She blinked for a second and chuckled, before she let go of him and patted his shirt. “Oh, Aheheh… I’d love to foalsit for your foals. That is, I’ll perhaps have to speak to Applejack and Granny Smith in case Applejack gives birth to a foal. I know how Granny Smith wants to hear the sound of foal laughter. So maybe she wants to foalsit for that foal already…”

While they arrived at the library, Twilight was rearranging the bookshelves. She was just finished as she recognized Pinkie and Tyler,
“Ah! You’re back from the Everfree Forest! Welcome home, Tyler! And hello to you, Pinkie Pie.” Both herd mates kissed as Tyler put a rose into Twilight’s mane. “For the most studious librarian I know...”

Twilight giggled, looking into his eyes with dreamy eyes,
“Oh… You shouldn’t have…”

As she went over to a mirror, Pinkie Pie giggled at Tyler as he looked after Twilight before recognizing the pink earth Pony,
“What is it, Pinkie?” he asked.

With an innocent giggle, she bumped her rump into him,
“That look on your face is funny. It’s all: ‘Dat flank!’ You don’t have to hold back because of me, I could go into the kitchen for a while… And Spike is still at Rarity’s place…” With a wink she carried her stuff to the bedroom and smiled.

As he looked after Pinkie slightly baffled, he then decided to chuckle along,
“It’s a bit different, Pinkie. I have that much self-control.” But Pinkie just kept smiling.

Twilight on the other hand looked at her,
“I appreciate your offer, Pinkie, but we don’t have heat season and although we could, we don’t do it every hour.”

Tyler chuckled,
“At least not in the daytime when someone might come in.”

Tipping her chin, Pinkie nodded,
“Mmmmmmhhh… OK! If you’re all fine with it… I mean I wouldn’t mind to watch you two at it. Might actually be quite fun. Not that I tend to watch herd couples while having sex, but I like to see my friends happy. So don’t restrain yourself for my sake.”

Tyler chuckled and patted her curly mane. She always meant well,
“Pinkie you are one good spirit here in Ponyville. What would we do without you?”

More and more of the Mane Six now arrived as the evening drew near. Rainbow came shortly after Pinkie Pie and greeted Tyler in her own special way: Ramming their skulls against each other, shouting “FRIENDS!”

Rubbing her forehead, Rainbow chuckled,
“You’re getting better at this, T-Man! This actually hurt a bit.”

Tyler arched a brow as he rubbed his own forehead
“I overdid it?”

Shaking her head, she pointed her hoof at him,
“Nah, I’m fine! I’ve had enough injuries due to brawls and stunts to assure you such a moderate nudge won’t make me whiny.”

A little white rabbit now jumped into the library and looked up to Tyler. Puzzled first, Tyler knelt down,
“You look familiar…”

A few seconds later, Fluttershy’s voice became audible,
“Now Angel, you really shouldn’t barge into a house like that…”

Tyler lifted the rabbit up and looked him in the eyes,
“Ah yes… Angel… The little feller who takes care of his caretaker…” Angel looked at Tyler, looked at Fluttershy and jumped out of Tyler’s grasp and back to Fluttershy.

The timid Pegasus nuzzled the rabbit a bit, before looking up to Tyler again,
“Yes, Angel is a really big help sometimes.”

Later Applejack arrived with two small kegs on her back,
“Howdy, folks! Ah got some of the Apple family’s-”

Rainbow span around in an instant with a deep gasp,
“AJ!!!” Tyler felt a harsh breeze as a cerulean flash passed him and got Applejack inside and hastily closed the door, before Rainbow looked at the kegs with a psychotic grin. “No need to share this now…”

Giving Rainbow a frown, Applejack wrinkled her nose,
“Rainbow Dash! That cider ain’t for ya alone! Ah got it here to share it with y’all. Especially Tyler! He never tasted Sweet Apple Acres’ cider for that matter.” Looking up to Tyler, the orange earth pony smiled. “What do ya say, Sugarcube? Care to taste it?”

Tyler nodded with a faint smile and looked at Rainbow,
“Don’t worry, Dash-Girl! This evening we will all have a mug of cider together. If you’re so excited, that cider must be awesome stuff.”

The cerulean Pegasus pouted a bit,
“Waiting, huh? Ok… If I get my fair share this time…”

By then Pinkie Pie appeared and stuffed something creamy into Rainbow’s mouth,
“Don’t worry, Dashie! We have two kegs! That means a lot of fun for everyone!”

Chewing on the stuff in her mouth, Rainbow’s eyes went wide before she gulped it down,
“Pinkie Pie! What was that? That tasted great! All creamy and sweet!”

“I don’t know, silly! The idea for it came from Tyler. Something called… Tea raw me zoo! But there aren’t any animals in it, despite the zoo! The Cakes went wild for that stuff! They were begging me for the recipe. Tyler? Was it OK that I gave it to Mr. and Mrs. Cake?”

With a chuckle, Tyler shrugged,
“I only gave you the raw idea. Consider it a favor for all your work. Your tireless effort to make everyone smile…”

Looking up to Tyler, Pinkie now beamed and stood proudly in the room,
“Yup! And I’m far from being done!”

* * * * *

As the evening went on and after several mugs of cider, the girls sat together in a circle. Rainbow laid a hoof on a bottle with a mischievous grin,
“Whoever the bottle is pointing on… must kiss Tyler!”

Twilight arched back with an impression of outrage,
“Rainbow Dash... You are aware that he’s in our herd?”

But the Pegasus simply shrugged,
“So what? Maybe one of YOU two might kiss him…”

Twilight and Applejack looked at each other and exchanged sly grins,
“Ah say we’re on, Twilight! Tyler would never walk astray from the herd. Ah know that, yer know that.”

Twilight then nodded and gave Rainbow her nod of approval,
“Spin the bottle, Rainbow!” With that the cerulean Pegasus span the bottle and leaned back.

The green bottle was still spinning as Rainbow pointed her hoof to Twilight and Rarity,
“No magic, you two! This is gonna be fair chance for anypony!” Both unicorns nodded as the girls leaned in. The bottle already was losing speed and slowed down more and more. Several teeth dug down the bottom lips as the bottle halted.

And pointed to Fluttershy.

The timid Pegasus gasped as she realized that it was her turn to do what Rainbow suggested,
“Oh my goodness, oh my goodness!!!”

But Rainbow only arched a brow as she looked up from the bottle,
“What? Fluttershy? Aw, this isn’t fun, she’ll never do it!”

By then Tyler woke up from his little nap with a yawn,
“Huh? Who’s never doing what?”

Pinkie Pie grinned and nudged him with a hoof,
“Ah! Wakey wakey, Tyler… Would you like to kiss Fluttershy?”

Looking up to the girls wondering what they could mean, he saw a bottle on the ground pointing to the shy yellow Pegasus. He then sighed and shook his head,
“Girls… I think you all had too much cider… Please leave me out of your games unless you want me to join you, OK?” He then sat down beside Fluttershy and caressed her mane. “Fluttershy? Would you honor me with a little kiss?” As she bowed down in shyness he saw to the others. “You guys… Go fetch some snacks and drinks while I take the fear out of the little one here, OK?”

Rainbow Dash cocked her head and arched a brow,
“But I wanna look!” As soon as he gave her a strict glare she yelped a bit. “Popcorn! Right away!”

While the others were off fetching something to eat and drink, he carefully raised her head,
“Have you ever kissed someone, Fluttershy?”

The timid Pegasus ducked a bit,
“Um… Sometimes… I mean… A ‘get well’ kiss on the band aid for the little critters, but not on the mouth, no…”

This prompted Tyler to cock his head,
“That’s odd…” He muttered. “I always thought you were the kissing type.”

She looked up in surprise to him,
“Oh no! I-I couldn’t! Although I’m always trying to be more… you know… assertive… I’m… always too shy to approach someone…”

He then tipped his finger on her lips,
“A kiss is the most tender and soft thing one can do to another, Fluttershy. So that makes YOU the perfect kisser.”

The Pegasus looked down in embarrassment,
“Y-you think so?”

“Sure! You are kind, gentle, caring… Not that you have to kiss assertive. There are kisses for affection, love, greetings and farewells…”

Now the little yellow Pegasus grew bolder and stemmed her fore-hooves into the ground,
“You’re right! I AM kind, gentle and caring! A kiss shouldn’t frighten me that much! I-” Suddenly she recognized Tyler coming close to her, raising her chin. “I… I…” Her body began to shiver and her cheeks began to burn. Then her lips felt something warm and her eyes widened about the sensation.

A short surprised squeak was heard before Tyler parted from her,
“There…” he said with a warm and gentle voice. “That wasn’t so bad after all, was it? Didn’t hurt a bit.” By now Fluttershy got beet red. “Aw don’t be shy! Your kiss was really good for your first one. Did you enjoy your first kiss?”
Nodding, she squeaked a bit, what prompted him to smile. “Fluttershy, I hope you will find a certain someone who takes and accepts you just the way you are.” Tickling her ear a bit, he stood up and went into the kitchen, where the others were preparing some snacks. Pinkie Pie beamed happily at the bowl of nachos she prepared.

The spicy treat was something Tyler told her as well and it was a nice variety from all the sugar,
“Oooohhh… THESE turned out quite good, don’t you think, Tyler?”

He looked at the bowl, smiled and dipped one of the nachos into the hot sauce before eating it,
“Mh-mh-mh! Pinkie! Fose mafos are fo good!” He gulped down and took another, while looking to her. “You made them crispier this time. Now that’s something I like! PLUS your nachos taste better than the ones from my world! Must be because yours are strictly without chemicals.”

The pink earth pony cocked her head,
“Well, duh! Nopony wants to eat chemicals! I mean really! The thought of eating something like that is just silly. Why do humans do that?”

Tyler shrugged and shook his head,
“We have chemicals that make taste food in a way it’s usually doesn’t. This doesn’t harm one, but Zecora has some herbs and spices that work the same way… which reminds me…” With a mischievous grin he looked at Rarity, who looked at the plate he prepared earlier. On it were some hamburgers.

She marveled the decoration of them,
“My! Tyler, what’s this? It looks like a sandwich, yet it’s hot and steamy. And what is this brown mass between? It’s not chocolate…”

Tyler leaned in with a grin,
“Care to take a bite? It will please your taste buds, I promise!”

With a gasp and a smile, the white unicorn levitated one of the hamburgers to her mouth and took a good chunk right out of it. The taste was quite new to her,
“Well… I say… There’s salad and tomato in it and I taste pickles and sauce… But there’s one taste I can’t identify…”

Tyler giggled with closed eyes, trying to fight the laughter,
“It’s meat-taste!”

The next second, Rarity’s eyes widened and the hamburger fell down to the floor,
“M-m-meat? YOU SERVED ME MEAT?!?” The others turned around to her in a gasp.

Twilight shook her head in disbelief,
“Tyler! Eating meat is by far not healthy for us ponies!”

Rarity stepped back from the hamburger, trying to fight the urge to throw up in front of her friends. Tears welled in her eyes as her bottom lip shivered,
“I’ve… I’ve eaten meat… What a repulsive act of cannibalism! How could you do this to me, Tyler?”

Tyler chuckled a bit,
“Actually, Rarity… I didn’t!” With this the girls cocked their heads with a collective “Huh?” He then pointed to the bag he brought from Zecora. “It is tofu, folks! It’s similar to cheese, but made out of soy milk. It’s tasteless and Zecora managed to mix this together for me with a similar taste of meat. We were experimenting a lot for this. If I can’t eat meat all day, at least I can have the illusion of eating it.” He then knelt before Rarity. “I’m sorry I startled you with this prank. I would never really do this to you. Can you forgive me?” Frowning at him, Rarity then raised her chin in disapproval with an audible “Hmph!”. Tyler bowed his head. “Come on… a pardon for me, Lady Rarity?”

Gasping at him, she giggled a bit,
"Aw… Darling, you always make me melt with your words…” With that she bonked the upper side of his head with her hoof in a scolding manner.” You are forgiven… This time!” Trotting out of the kitchen with a giggle, she looked at Twilight and Applejack. “The day you leave him, I’ll get him! So you watch it, girls…”

Rainbow nudged Tyler into the rib cage,
“I say, T-Man… That prank was a close call… especially with Rarity.”

“I’d never do that to you girls. You should know that by now.” He replied before cleaning up the tofu burger on the ground. “So… Who of you girls is courageous enough to give the taste of meat a try?”

Twilight stepped forth, eying the burgers,
“I must say I’m a bit curious. Since we ponies never eat meat, because it’s a health hazard and a despicable act against nature… But with this I could at least try to imagine what carnivores find in it…” She levitated one burger and took a chunk out of it, chewed a bit on it and gulped. “Interesting… But I can’t say I like it.” Tyler shrugged and looked at the others, trying to persuade more of the girls to try it.

Fluttershy simple shook her head while Pinkie waved the thought away,
“I’m not trying this meat stuff, I’ll stick with cupcakes.”

For some reason, Rainbow stepped away a few steps from Pinkie,
“Um… T-Man… I’m not the type for meat-taste. Not my kind of stunt, you know?”

Tyler gave it another shrug before taking the plate.
“Only more for me…”

A few minutes later, the girls were giving each other makeovers while Tyler and Spike played cards and had a burger once in a while. Spike had tried a burger, but claimed that he would prefer tofu with diamond taste. Twilight, now with a mud mask on her face looked over to Tyler,
“So Tyler… Is there anything you can tell me about Earth’s stuff that doesn’t endanger Equestria’s safety?”

Thinking for a minute, he back a bit,
“Hmmm… Not dangerous stuff, huh? Let’s see… Oh yeah! I think the idea of the internet will please you, Twilight.”

As the girls all cocked their heads, Twilight leaned over his head,
“What’s… an internet?”

“The internet is a network of databases, formerly intended for military use, but nowadays used by everyone to spread news, information, messages and entertainment.” With a chuckle he looked into baffled faces, so he continued. “A compendium of the entire human knowledge; a library, theater, playground and post office in one, open and accessible for everyone directly from home.”

The eyes of the Mane Six became wide as they listened to them. Twilight became visibly excited,
“Wow… And how do you access this ‘internet’?”

Tyler now caressed her chin, only to remember the mud mask and cleaned his fingers with a handkerchief,
“Well, we call it a personal computer, or PC in short. That’s a medium sized box manufactured in a factory that calculates tremendous amounts of data and presents us the result on the ‘computer screen’. Please don’t ask me about the specifics now. The whole thing works like a book page, only with technology and you can interact with it. However… man, how do I put this into terms you can understand? You have to establish a connection to the internet with your PC and switch it on like you switch on the lights in a room. And then, once the PC is activated and has internet connection, you can go to a web page. Such a web page can include text, pictures, a movie or music. So yeah! One could say the internet is the biggest library on earth, a well of information. But it’s also one of the funniest places on earth and the one where some of the most misbehaving people give you their opinion if you like it or not.”

While most of the girls were staring at Tyler mouths agape, Pinkie was excited to hear about the funniest place on Earth. Twilight on the other hand beamed as she took note. That was so exciting to imagine, something of that extent could connect so many ponies together in friendship no matter how far they are away from each other. This would make such a fine addition to her next report to Princess Celestia,
“Great! Anything else? Maybe something about nature?”

Tyler nodded and thought for a bit,
“Nature, huh? Sure… How about Astrophysics? We humans theorize that there are objects in outer space, so densely packed together, we call them singularities. Or with a more common name: Black holes.”

Rainbow cocked her head,
“A hole in the sky? How’s that supposed to be possible?”

Tyler shook his head,
“Not precisely a hole like a hole in the ground, Rainbow. You girls all know what gravity is? The force that pulls you to the ground when you fall down?” As the girls nodded, he continued. “You see, a black hole has so much gravity, it pulls everything in. Literally everything! Nothing can escape from this pull, not even light. Black holes are the most destructive objects we humans expect in the universe. Actually, no one ever saw one with our telescopes. That is because they don’t emit light like stars or galaxies, but other celestial objects spin around them.”

The girls looked at him with big eyes. Pinkie on the other hand giggled,
“So hungry they swallow up even light? Boy, talk about gluttony!”

While they all giggled, Twilight looked at him,
“You humans seem to explore even more than we ponies do. Your universe seems so vast with so many suns and planets. So much to learn…”

Tyler kissed Twilight on the cheek,
“I never saw those things for myself, we have mighty telescopes around in space near our planet that look deep into space for us. There we saw giant planets with storms big and powerful enough to level all of Equestria within seconds. And planets covered in ice. The universe is a beautiful, yet terrifying place, not fit to live in for most planets. The sights of galactic clouds truly are sights to remember. You would love it! Which reminds me… Remember me about this when we’re in Canterlot. I’d like to tell Luna about this. I guess she would love the inspiration.”

They then stood up and went to bed. While Applejack, Tyler and Twilight slept in one bed, Rarity and Fluttershy slept in another. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie slept in sleeping bags between them. Twilight shrieked for a bit in surprise, as her eyes went wide, followed by a nudge into Tyler’s rib cage and a sly grin,
“Where are you touching me, Casanova?”

Applejack chuckled,
“The same place where he’s touching me, Ah guess… Tyler… If yer not fightin’, yer sure want to please yer mares, don’t yer?”

Tyler leaned in to the orange earth pony and gave her a deep kiss,
“After months of fighting void monsters, paramilitary cultists and Changelings… Can you blame me for it?”

Cuddling now with Tyler, both mares closed their eyes and enjoyed the intimacy with him. All three were interrupted as the other girls leaned in and sighed in a girly manner,
“Oh! Don’t mind us…” Rarity gasped. “You three look lovely!”

Tyler chuckled slightly embarrassed,
“However… We shouldn’t forget one other mare here. Spike? Take a note, please.”

The little dragon nodded and raised a scroll and a quill,
“Great! Maybe that would stop you from those gross mushy gushy stuff for some time…”

Tyler arched a finger and chuckled,
“Like you don’t like to cuddle, champ!” He then harrumphed and dictated the letter.

Dear Luna,
How are things over at Canterlot? I hope you endure the nights without us very good and I’m happy to report to you that since you started your Royal Canterlot Canto, the nightlife in Ponyville flourished to a historical peak. I’m very proud of your efforts to create the nights even more romantic for all the couples out there. Already we’re anticipating our sleepover in Canterlot in four days and I’m eager to see my bad little girl of the night.
In love,

Tyler

After hearing this, Rainbow snickered,
“Bad girl of the night? Tyler, you old hound, you… You two actually have nicknames for each other?”

He simply shrugged,
“Well, why not? Doesn’t she deserve to be treated like the girl next door?”

Pinkie Pie looked out of the window,
“Vinyl Scratch?”

Shaking his head with a sigh, he continued,
“No, Pinkie… it’s an archetype from the human world. Often used in romantic stories… The girl next door is beautiful, kind and honest. Like…” He thought for a bit. “Yeah, the kind of girl you always dreamed of but always were too shy to ask out.”

Pinkie then returned to her sleeping bag,
“Oh! Oh yeah! That description suits her in a way. Nopony would even dare to think about asking one of the princesses out. Well, except you.”

“And Shining Armor…” Twilight added with a chuckle.

Rainbow beamed,
“Yeah! It takes guts to ask out an alicorn! I’m not even sure if I would ask out an alicorn stallion. But then again, the princesses surely might be interested in him as well.”

It was then that Spike belched and another black scroll appeared,
“Here you go, Tyler… The daily late night letter from her… And with this I’ll go to bed. I’m tired.”

Tyler nodded and opened the scroll,
“Thank you for staying up so late for us, Spike. You’ve earned your slumber, champ. We’ll stay quiet from now on.” Now Tyler and his two girls read the letter.

I greet thee, my beloved Tyler. And thou both as well, Twilight and Applejack.
Words do not serve me well enough to express my feelings for thee all as I’m eternally thankful for thou three to let me into thy herd and guiding me to the way of romance and love. After so many years of trying and failure, I’m so happy to finally have a way to bring the ponies of Equestria closer to the night. My night doesn’t need to be eternal, only less frightening to the ponies.
And to show my gratitude, it is my personal pleasure to report to thee that the temporary humanization spell has finally reached readiness. With it, a mare in heat should finally be able to beget a foal with a human. I’m certain thou will use this spell wisely, my Dark Companion.
In eternal love,

Luna

While Rainbow snickered at the nickname, Applejack became bumpy,
“Whoa nelly! That’s a dream come true, Tyler! Ah’m so excited over this. Are ya excited, too?”

He nodded. “That’s good news no doubt. Seems to me your wish might come true soon, Applejack…” He pulled her closer to his face and glanced into her big emerald eyes.

They were now decorated with the diamond like glitter of little tears of joy as she nodded,
“A foal from you…” Applejack shivered a bit. “My… look at me, y’all! Ah’m shaking in excitement! That’s new!”

Tyler now gave her forehead a kiss before he pulled both girls in, snug as a bug,
“Let’s go to sleep folks. It already was a long evening…” It was not long after this that the library was asleep safe and sound.

* * * * *

As Tyler opened his eyes, he was all alone in a hall with two doors,
“What’s this, a dream? I was in the library a moment ago…” With this the two doors swung open and Celestia and Luna entered the room. While both eyed him like a piece of meat, he more and more got uncomfortable with the situation. Why was he here with both of them? Why were they in his dreams?

Celestia now approached Tyler,
“Sooo… What’s it going to be, young boy? Bright and flirtatious?”

Luna on the other side of him leaned against him,
“Or dark and romantic?”

While they encircled him, both were smacking their flanks with their wings looking at him in a seducing manner,
“Kinky and adventurous? “

“Or nocturnal and mysterious?”

Both smiled at him, trying their best to seduce him. He gulped and his brow twitched for a second. Something seemed heavily amiss,
“Uh… I think the question is: Why are you letting it sound like I have to choose here? Don’t you want to be in the same herd?”

But strangely the two alicorns didn’t seem to listen, as Luna continued,
“I’m so glad! So glad to have thou around me! Since I know thee, thy company made me forget about the loneliness of the past, making me a better pony.”

Grasping for words, Tyler stammered a bit,
“O-okay… I’m glad you’re feeling better… But really! I must insist to know why you’re both here in my dream!”

“Why, to have fun with you, young master…” Celestia now came closer, licking her lips. “After millennia of all that obedience finally we found someone appealing to heart and soul… someone courageous enough to stand up to us to be of equal. Oh the thought alone makes me hot for you… I have to taste what you can give…”

He raised a finger in protest,
“Now, Celestia… Bad tongues could claim this is some sort of ancient pedophilia… Or do you call it pedofillya?”

But both alicorns grinned as Celestia leaned down to him,
“It wouldn’t be my first kink with you…”

As her mouth dived into his crotch, Tyler’s eyes went wide open and in the next moment he was sitting in his bed, screaming in shock, before calming down the next second. As the girls around him looked at him with wide eyes in their places in bed, he sighed and closed his eyes,
“Now THAT dream was somewhat awkward…” Twilight and Applejack looked at each other, before they stood up and looked up to him.

Applejack laid a hoof on his leg,
“Yer OK, Sugarcube? Ya screamed! Was it a nightmare?”

He shook his head,
“Nah… Not something like that… Just Luna and Celestia… Doing weird things…”

Hearing this prompted Twilight to arch a brow and cock her head,
“OK… Luna is part of the herd as far as I concern. But what was that about Princess Celestia?”

Tyler waved it away,
“Nothing special… She only wants to be part of the herd as well.”

It just slipped out of his mouth as he realized with wide eyes of what he just said. The girls now all stared at him with enormous eyes. Rainbow shook her head,
“Princess Celestia! Like… THE Princess Celestia?”

Rarity shook her head as well,
“The most regal pony who ever walked on equestrian soil?”

Tyler sighed,
“And it is THIS behavior of all of her subjects that made ME attract her I suppose! You guys all praise her SO much she developed a behavior I wouldn’t expect her to have! I mean I was fine with her first, but then I more and more saw another side of her. The one of the seductress!” That statement made the girls gasp in shock.

Twilight approached him,
“Princess Celestia is my mentor, Tyler. And I never noticed ANYTHING like that! You know I love you, but stop to talk about her like that at once!”

He arched a brow and looked at her with his mouth open,
“Oh, so you don’t believe me? Fine! Spike, come here, please! I want you to deliver another message from me to Canterlot with Dragonmail.”

Dear Celestia,
The time has come and I let the cat out of the bag. But the girls don’t believe me. Please confirm or revoke that I speak the truth about your wish to join our herd as well.
With respect,

Tyler

As Twilight read these lines, she shook her head,
“Don’t make a fool of yourself, Tyler! You’re ruining the evening! There’s no bucking way she would be interested into our herd! She’s way above that!”

But Tyler shrugged and gave Spike the scroll,
“In that case I’M the one who’s in jeopardy, not you, Twilight…” Spike looked at Twilight for a moment, before he sent the mail.

Shaking her head, Twilight turned away from Tyler,
“Stupid! You just made a walking joke out of yourself! Believe me, she’s more than that! I’ve known her most of my life and she’s like a second mother to me.” But then Spike belched and another scroll appeared.

And when he opened it, his eyes widened,
“T-Twilight… I… You…”

Twilight rolled her eyes in annoyance,
“What is it, Spike?” Levitating the scroll out of his claws, she read along the lines as her eyes widened instantly. ”ROYAL LETTER OF APPLICATION???” With this she fainted and fell to the ground.
As Applejack and the others approached her, the scroll lied open on the ground.

ROYAL LETTER OF APPLICATION

Dear Twilight Sparkle, Tyler Jones and Applejack Apple,
It has come to my attention that there is room for another mare in your herd and I’m interested in joining your unique herd. Due to the fact that each of you saved Equestria from grave danger several times already, I deem your herd interesting beyond ordinary limits. I would love to add my skills and experience to yours, if you let me. Please consider my application like you would consider anypony’s application.
Sincerely yours,

Princess Celestia

The girls now looked baffled at each other, then down to the scroll again and then looked with sly grins to Tyler. All except Rarity, who fainted as well and lied on the floor with Twilight. Rainbow hovered right beside him,
“I say we skin this daredevil here for going for the impossible! You’re going to burn your hands on that girl, T-Man! She’s the most regal of all ponies!”

Fluttershy gulped nervously,
“I… I knew you impressed Luna and since she needed all the kindness… But… Oh my… If Princess Celestia… the… The apex of kindness and love wants to be with you… I…”

Tyler immediately frowned,
“If you bow before me, I’ll sock you guys! I’m still the same guy as before and I don’t want extra treatment! And neither does Celestia. She already said so. And there are things going on in Canterlot that need to remain secret, you hear? Although she wants to be treated like anyone else, Princess Celestia has her secret nature as well. A dark side nopony should know about. We’re talking about ‘Top Secret’ things! I for one didn’t know how to approach this properly, but they both told me they would contact you.” He sighed. “Obviously this contact was made now…” He lifted Twilight up and carried her back to bed.

Applejack stood up on these words and took Tyler with her downstairs into the kitchen,
“Sugarcube… Let’s talk honest for a while… All this talk about Princess Celestia… Yer said yer saw a side in her no one else saw? What was it? Did she gave yer a hard time?”

“It’s not exactly that… She… She provoked me with sexual allusions and puns. Until I lost it and smacked her flank.”

Applejack’s jaw dropped in an instant,
“Ya… Ya gave the royal flank a spanking? Why are ya not in the dungeon yet?”

“That’s what I feared as well, AJ… But then her shocked face turned into one of lust! She… She actually enjoys being punished in that way. She…” Looking around to make sure no one else was around, he lowered his voice. “She loves to be dominated…”

Applejack looked him into the eyes while he spoke and finally sighed while closing her eyes,
“Ah can’t sense a lie in what yer telling me, Tyler… so either yer telling the truth or yer crazy enough to believe it yerself. Ah’m ready to hear her out, if ya ask me. But Ah don’t know about Twilight… Also, did ya had sex with her already?”

Tyler arched back,
“No, I’m not like that! But she demanded a thorough spanking before the conflict within the Amasian Enclave.”

The orange earth pony nodded,
“Good! Because frankly, Ah wouldn’t forgive ya if ya buck astray from the herd without consent! Even if it comes to the princess.”

With a grin he caressed her chin,
“AJ, do you really think I would neglect the womb who promised me children for a piece of royal flank? Come now… I ran from a horde of crazy mares to remain faithful to both of you and Twilight back then. There’s no way I wouldn’t consider you when introducing a new mare.”

Both embraced each other now,
“Ah know, Sugarcube… Ya may be lucky with the mares, but yer faithful to yer herd mates. That’s why Ah love ya so gosh damn much…”

* * * * *

The night passed and as Tyler stood up, he decided to take a look into the logbook he found in the Enclave. As he studied the logbook over and over again, Twilight gave him a concerned look. By that time all the others went home again,
“Tyler… You’ve been reading this book five times now… Are you going to read it a sixth time as well?” He looked up and shook his head. She was of course right. This ship got to Equestria, but this didn’t meant that he could go back the same way.

With a tired moan, he got up and stretched himself,
“You’re right, enough of this. The rest of this puzzle isn’t here, no reason to continue.”

Twilight laid a hoof on his arm as he leaned on the table,
“Tyler… You’re not going to look for a way home to Earth to leave us, do you?” He looked down to her and saw her worried face. Was he looking for a way back home? Why was this logbook so heavily on his mind?

He then raised his hand and caressed her cheek as she leaned her head in his palm,
“I’m not going to leave you, honey. Never! I think it’s just curiosity… And maybe others want to return to Earth once they’re here. But then again… Maybe we shouldn’t allow them to return and tell Earth about this place…”

“Would it help you to know that I’m scared about you studying this book?” This sentence from her made him gulp and as she opened her eyes, he saw tears in her face.

“If it’s so bad… Then either destroy it or give it to Princess Celestia. She’s wise; she’ll know what to do with this.” With this he kissed the tip of her horn. “Twilight, you know I love you… And I will never do anything to hurt you or make you feel bad. Remember this, always. The day I raise my hand against you or the others will be the day I’m not myself. And I entrust you to do whatever is needed to correct this situation. With any means necessary, you hear?”

She nodded and embraced him,
“Thank you for stopping this research for me, Tyler…”

As they parted from each other, they both kissed before he went to the door,
“I think I’ll spend some time in town. Maybe I’ll go to the Carousel Boutique to get myself a new pouch for my belt. Or maybe she can fix the old one… Maybe it will be a wonderful day in Ponyville” But as he opened the door, a heavy shower was over the city. “Did I miss anything? Since when was it to rain today?”

Twilight came to his side,
"That’s because you weren’t listening earlier. Rainbow mentioned it while you were studying that book. The weather patrol has to catch up with the rain this week, so they have to do this right now for an hour.”

Just as he wanted to close the door, Rarity ran inside,
“Oh, this weather patrol ruffians! The rain completely surprised me! My beautiful mane! It’s ruined!”

Tyler rolled his eyes in slight annoyance as he closed the door and fetched her a towel,
“No it’s not!”

“Yes, it IS!” The elegant white unicorn insisted. “I’m soaking wet!”

As he looked to her, he chuckled. She really was wet and her mane was in disorder. He then gave her the towel,
“Oh, you’re paying too much attention to one tiny detail… That wet look still is adding something to your inner beauty. And isn’t it your natural beauty that makes you stand out?”

Rarity looked at herself in front of a mirror and began to smile,
“I guess I get what you mean, Darling… It’s like I get out of a waterfall on a crystal clear mountain lake and give the stallion before me my most lascivious smile…” She gave the mirror a smile and wiggled her flank a bit. “Unladylike, but still… It HAS its charm…” Her eyes then widened. “No… No! I shall not succumb to such behavior!” With a nervous chuckle, she looked at Tyler. “At least not in front of anypony… Maybe for MY stallion… If I ever manage to find him, that is. You don’t have a secret doppelganger of yourself, Tyler?” As he shook his head with a smile, she sighed. “Let us never speak of this again…”

When the rain ceased, Rarity had remade her mane well enough to go back outside, but remained wary of the clouds. Tyler rolled his eyes with a smile and handed her a red and white umbrella,
“Now come on! Such a big unicorn and so afraid of so little drops of water…”

* * * * *

Later in the evening, both Tyler and Twilight went to Sweet Apple Acres after they brought Spike to Rarity’s place, "Another night over at the farm. Remind me not to eat so much this time, Twilight… Granny Smith cooks all too well.”

Twilight giggled at this,
“Don’t worry, I can relate. Harvest time is coming soon, isn’t it? Do you want me to help?”

Caressing her mane, he smiled,
“Tempting offer, Twilight, but I will decline. I won’t hinder your studies so I can have an easier way with the harvest. Also, AJ and I make a good harvest team. It’s what brought us two together in the first place.”

With a nod, Twilight looked towards the farm house,
“I see… You’re trying to spend time with every mare with the things she excels in. That’s one way to organize the herd a bit. But remember not to ban a herd mate from activities.”

“What? No! No…. It’s not like that! We can spend some time together during harvest time if you want to. I was just thinking about you and your studies. I mean, they mean so much to you!”

This caused Twilight to smile at him,
“But not as much as you mean to me.”

“Awwww… That’s sweet of you, Twilight…”

By now they’ve reached the farm house and Granny Smith was sitting in her rocking chair. Tyler greeted her with a friendly nod,
“Good day, Granny Smith! It’s another beautiful day on the farm!”

The old mare smiled at him,
“That it is, mah boy! That it is! My, what a fine herd y’all are. Applejack’s beaming all day since she’s with ya, Tyler. Ah never saw her that happy.”

Applejack appeared in the orange light of dusk and smiled at her herd mates,
“Howdy, y’all! Ya sure come early. Uh, but Ah’m afraid this week it’s a bit tricky with the sleepover at mah place. Ya see, Ah’ll have to stand guard outside with Big Mac tonight.”

This caused Tyler to beam,
“Great! I wasn’t camping since I came to Equestria! A big camp fire, marshmallows, coffee…”

But the country mare arched a brow,
“Yer sure ya both don’t want to go inside? Big Mac and mahself have to stay focused, so we won’t have much time for ya.”

Tyler however waved it away.
“Oh, we don’t mind… Actually we could help you guys out if you want to.”

“Thanks! Ya know the Timberwolves seemed to have a tough time lately, which means they are not as easy to repel as usual. That’s why we have to tell them it’s not healthy to come near the farm. It’s important! So if ya want to help, don’t slack off!” As Twilight and Tyler nodded, both the Apple siblings took their places once the sun was set. Big McIntosh sat by the camp fire cooking a can of coffee as Applejack went on a ramp to a tower, where she unveiled a cannon with four barrels. “Behold, y’all! The Apple Cannon 2000! Repels Changelings, Parasprites, Timberwolves and Flim Flam Brothers!”

Tyler cocked his head,
“What’s this? Some sort of paramilitary wonder?”

Big Mac on the other hand played the guitar and looked to Tyler,
“Hey look, pardner. Me and mah sister are earth ponies. That means we solve problems. Not problems like ‘Who’s best Pony?’ That would fall within the purview of yer conundrums of philosophy. We’re talking about practical problems.” Applejack pointed the cannon at the Timberwolvesnear the edge of the forest and two Apples slammed into them, causing the predators to back off with a painful howl.

Big Mac continued,
“For instance: How are we goin’ stop some pack of Timberwolves of rippin’ us and the family a new one?” Another three shots left the cannon and Tyler winced at the painful sounds of the wolves. “The answer?” He grinned broadly as a barrage of shots were fired into the pack still lurking on the edge of the Everfree Forest. “Use an Apple Cannon! And if that won’t work…” With that Applejack aimed her shotgun and shot into the darkness, prompting a painful howl of another one of the beasts. “Use more Apple Cannon! Like AJ’s large apple caliber ‘Hydrakiller’ hunting shotgun with apple seed pellets designed by her… Built by her… And ya best hope not to be a Timberwolf pack when this baby’s around…”

Tyler nodded in silent marvel,
“Wow… You actually build a fast reload, rapid fire spudgun that shoots apples? When did you build all of this? We could have used all of that during the conflict with the Changelings.”

Big Mac shruggedm
“AJ got the idea when ya were gone. She said the farm needs to be protected if anything should happen.”

Twilight nodded in approval,
"We organized an armed militia in your absence, Tyler. The remaining royal guards went out to the cities of Equestria to ensure each unicorn knows at least one way to attack and to defend. Unicorns watched the night sky in case of Changeling attacks. We also had batteries of unicorns in Canterlot that would have served as air defense.”

Tyler’s eyes narrowed,
“And all this misery because of the madness of one Changeling Queen…” After two hours, Applejack and Big McIntosh switched places and she sat beside Tyler, her hoof rubbing in his crotch. Tyler chuckled a bit. “Let’s wait a bit, honey… The more I save up, the better later in heat season…” But she already nibbled on his earlobe. Truly earth ponies had a stronger desire than other kinds of ponies or maybe that was just her.

The next instant Apple Bloom jumped out of a bush and beamed at them,
“Howdy, Tyler! Yer making sweet love to mah big sis again?”

Applejack shrieked up and turned to her little sister,
“Apple Bloom! Ya should be asleep already!” Tyler chuckled a bit. Saved by the filly… he thought. Applejack now approached her young sister. “Go on! To the farm house with ya!”

But Apple Bloom galloped to Tyler and put a hoof on his leg,
“But Ah want to listen to Tyler’s stories about Earth as well! Tomorrow is Saturday, there’s no school anyway. Pleeeeaaaaaseee?”
She looked up to Tyler with big puppy eyes and he smiled as he pulled her in,
“Oh, alright! But only for tonight! Next time you listen to your big sister, you hear? She knows what she’s talking. And while we’re here on a farm, I’ll tell you something about plans we humans have for future farming. It is called… ‘Vertical Farming’!"

Apple Bloom cocked her little head,
“Vertiwhat?”

Tyler continued,
“Vertical farming, dear… The idea is to build a tower many stories high and on each floor are windows so that sunlight can come in. Like that crops could be harvested all year long.”

The eyes of the little filly grew wide. “Oh… Now Ah see! Instead of having one big orchard, ya stack many little ones on top of another. But why do ya want to do that?”

“There is not enough room for so many orchards on Earth to feed everyone and have balance with nature at the same time. There are many, many humans on Earth, Apple Bloom. Around seven billions that is…”He replied to her.

She cocked her head another time,“Is that much? Miss Cherilee only covered 100 with us in school yet.”

With a nod he wrote down in the dirt to visualize it for her,
“Well, you know 100. And 100 is ten times ten, right?” She nodded before he continued. Now… A billion is written like that…”

1.000.000.000

She gasped at the thought of that,
“So many humans? Gosh, Tyler... And yer the only one who made it here. Do ya miss Earth? Are ya feeling lonely?”

Tyler looked up to Applejack, before both exchanged smiles,
“No, Apple Bloom… I have many friends here and I feel good here with your sister, Twilight and the others. I don’t miss the hasty life back on Earth.” With that he embraced the little filly and looked over to Twilight, who smiled at him. And about an hour later, Tyler was asleep while the others watched over the edge of the Everfree Forest.

* * * * *

Tyler ran up a large spiral stair as something was lurking from deep down below. As he carefully leaned over the edge of the stairs he saw a bottomless dark pit. And something horrible was climbing up the stairs. It seemed to be two gigantic equine heads with monstrous snouts and razorsharp teeth, snapping at him as they climbed up to him. The sight alone was enough for him to keep running upwards,
“SHIT! SHIT!! SHIT!!! WHAT’S WITH THESE STRANGE DREAMS?!?” As he kept running, the quaking climbing of the two creatures came closer and they began screeching and howling as they got his scent. By now the creatures got on the same height as Tyler, but he simply kept running. No need to show them an invitation to take a bite. He could see that the creatures seemed to be two grimdark parodies of the princesses.

But unlike them, these two didn’t seem to be friendly or caring,
“MINE!!!! HE’S MINE!!!” yelled the dark one.

“I WANT TO HAVE A TASTE FROM YOU, BOY!!! SURELY YOU PREFER A MATURE BROOD MARE!!!!” screamed the white one. Tyler couldn’t see what was happening below him, but it appeared to be that the stairs were crumbling in a growing pace. As he stumbled on one of the stairs, he fell down. But as he got up again, the stairs crumbled away below him, letting him fall into the bottomless pit as the two giant creatures snapped at him.

With another scream, he awoke at the campfire, only to realize his surroundings. With a deep breath he closed his eyes,
“These dreams really are getting to me…”

As he looked up, he saw Big McIntosh drinking a big cup of coffee,
“Eeeeyup! Try to get some more sleep, pardner. We will wake yer if there’s something.”

After Tyler laid down again, he looked into Twilight’s worried face,
“Don’t worry… I’m fine… Just some bad dreams…”

Her hoof caressed his face now,
“Tyler… What’s with you and these dreams?”

He sighed in defeat, by now he couldn’t hide anything so easily from his mares; they knew him too well for that,
“Strange dreams about the princesses, you know? I’ll talk to them once we’re in Canterlot…” Luckily for Tyler, nothing more happened that night. As much as these dreams were a nuisance, they only came occasional and once per night.

* * * * *

As he stood up and spent some time with Twilight and the Apple family on the farm, he and Twilight said their goodbyes around 10 o’clock and went back on their way to Ponyville. Applejack smiled as she embraced Tyler,
“Ah’m sorry Ah hadn’t enough time to spoil ya the way Ah usually do, Tyler… Ya know how much Ah like to do gentle stuff with ya.”

He simply waved it away and kissed her,
“There will be time for that in Canterlot, AJ… You Twilight, Luna and myself…” Her flank shivered a bit in anticipation as he whispered this into her ear, but she showed some willpower in front of Apple Bloom and let her stallion go.

While Granny smiled at her granddaughter, Apple Bloom giggled at her big sister,
“Applejack, yer all dreamy eyes. Does love do that to yer?”

Looking at her little sister with a stern look first, Applejack then smiled mildly,
“Apple Bloom, one day ya will be old enough to see colts and stallions with completely different eyes. Then there’ll be one colt who will become yer entire world. THEN tell me yer not dreamy eyes either.”

With this Apple Bloom stared at her big sister with wide eyes and a deeply red face,
“Me? Kissing a colt? Ah…. Ah don’t know…”

Applejack now grinned,
“Oh, so you would rather kiss a filly?”

“Ewww, gross!” With a stretched tongue, the little filly now looked grim at her big sister. “Stop it, Applejack!”

Coming after Applebloom who ran away, Applejack grinned,
“Come here, ya little filly! Ah get ya a big smooch!”

While Twilight parted from Tyler on the way back home to get straight to the library, Tyler had some errands to do in town. Several ponies needed his assistance in maintenance issues and it took him three hours of carpenter work and several other things were fingers were better than hooves. After that he stretched himself and looked into the sky. Rainbow slept nice and calm on the little cloud above him and he thought for a bit, until a smile came up his face. A minute later his head slowly ascended through the cloud. The otherwise so lively and active athlete of a Pegasus mare slept like a baby and looked just as innocent as one. As he watched her for a few seconds he rubbed his chin before he nodded and descended again. A second later, his hand ascended through the clouds again to tap her head three times with his index finger, before the hand vanished back into the cloud.

Rainbow raised her head with sleepy eyes. Obviously another Pegasus wanted her for something,
“Huh? Yeah?” But there were no pegasi around. Looking around in wild wonder, she recognized something tickling her flank and jumped up on the cloud. “What the hay is going on?” Now she recognized a dirty giggle from beneath the cloud as she stuck her head through the cloud, she saw Tyler chuckling underneath.

As she harrumphed, he looked up, grinning mischievously,
“Got me!”

She looked down at him and saw he was levitating his boots and trousers,
“Nice move, but this isn’t very efficient flying…” He nodded and slowly sank down to the ground. But as he almost was on the ground, Rainbow tackled him down and nailed him down for good.

“I love you…”

Tyler looked up to her,
“Rainbow?” Before he could say anything else, the Pegasus mare leaned down and kissed him, prompting him to open his eyes wide. What the fuck? he thought in surprise. First the kiss surprised him, but then something warm dripped on his cheeks. Rainbow was… crying?

Tears ran down her cheeks and she sobbed into the kiss as she parted her lips from his,
“I love you, Tyler… I love you so bucking much… Too bad you’re already with AJ, Twilight and Luna… If you would be single, I’d like to set some records with you…“

Gulping now, he managed to free one arm and caressed her cheek,
“Come on, girl… Snap out of it… Don’t cry! It ruins your pretty face. You know, if you want to, I could talk to the others…

Closing her eyes and shaking her head she began to smile,
“I guess I’m too competitive to even share you with my friends. I would have the urge to best them in pleasing you. This probably won’t work. I won’t say it doesn’t hurt… because it does… But I had to confess to you, T-Man… Whatever you do, go make your mares happy, OK?”

Arching a brow, he smiled,
“What is it with you girls and me? But we’re still friends even though we’re no herd mates, right?”

She got off from him and chuckled,
“Don’t be ridiculous, T-Man! I’m way too awesome to let this take me down to the extent that I refuse to be your friend. You’re not a stallion of a supersized herd and you’re not stupid enough to give up all the mares for one ambitious mare, I have to accept this and I can accept this. Let’s call it bad timing.”

As he stood up, he chuckled,
“There may be another chance to get a human, Rainbow. I mean… it’s possible.”

“What do you mean?” she asked with a cocked head. “That Rainbow Gem is destroyed and you said you never wanted to risk things like that to happen again.”

With a nod he went to a bench with her,
“True. This gem should never be produced again. But during my time in the Enclave, I saw something from my world, a ship. This seems different from the way I came to this world. But sadly all the people who were on that ship died or almost died in a bad state when the ship crash-landed.”

Now this puzzled the cerulean Pegasus,
“What do you mean it landed? How can… Ships don’t fly! Unless they’re airships. And how did it land?”

Tyler shook his head,
“As a wreckage on the rocks of the Enclave. Like it fell out of the sky. And it fell hard enough to break the bones of the crew members as well. Which means there are several ways from my world to Equestria. That logbook of the Captain stated that this ship was a ship of World War 1, so it disappeared about a hundred years ago, but who knows… Maybe it wasn’t only sent through space but also time.”

Rainbow was visibly puzzled at this.
“Come again?”

“It means maybe I was sent from my present to your present without difference in time by the gem, but that ship might as well being sent from its present to your past. That I don’t know… I’m not an expert in human remains and their decay. But even a hundred years would be enough to rot a body away…”

Rainbow shook her head,
“Yeah… but I meant the term you used. World War… Sounds nasty…”

Tyler nodded,
“It probably is. A World War is when not only a few countries, but a few continents wage war with one another. But the second one was worse.”

The Pegasus wrinkled her nose,
“Wars are no fun, there’s nothing to win from them. And you? Did you see this second World War?”

Tyler chuckled,
“No, even that one was before my time. But the consequences were felt even decades after.” There was a short silence between them and he somehow got an awkward feeling. “So… You sure you’re OK, Rainbow?”

The cerulean Pegasus nodded, slightly annoyed this time,
“Again: Yeah, I am! I must get over it, I’m a professional! If I let my feelings get to me like that there’s no chance I’d be able to become one of the Wonderbolts!”

Tyler nodded at this last sentence. Obviously she tried to forget about this with working hard,
“OK … Tell you what: I want you and Twilight to help me learn how to fly better!”

This caused Rainbow to gasp and she had a wingboner in an instant,
“Ohmygosh! Ohmygosh! Ohmygosh! You mean it, T-Man?”

"Why… Sure! Since I can fly only with magic, I thought with your expertise in flying and Twilight’s expertise in magic you both could help me. I mean I can lift off, but this is only good if I fall down a cliff or something. Slow ascent and descent. Not very efficient like you already said. Maybe you both can think of something with me?”

Tipping her chin, she inspected the human,
“Well, you don’t have wings. Which means the only way for you to fly is with magic and this means you’re limited to the amount of magic charged in you. I’m sure me and Twilight could think of something so you’re not a dead duck in the air. But still, remember it all has a magic limit for you. Keep track of your magic, you hear? I’m not eager to find you as a human pancake on the ground. Now… I’m sure you’re not the type who wants butterfly wings…” Butterfly wings? He didn’t understand entirely, but he got the idea that this was one of Twilight’s spells she was talking about. And for the rest of the day, they discussed this matter with Twilight.

* * * * *

It was late afternoon on the next day as the train stopped in Canterlot and the three herd mates stepped outside,
“Here we are, girls… Lots of things to discuss now, aren’t there? The spell, those dreams and a certain application letter…”Twilight sighed and was visibly nervous. She had the scroll with her in the saddlebag and was now thinking in overdrive of what to say when facing her mentor. But Tyler noticed her concern and patted her mane. “Don’t worry, Twilight… We will talk with her in peace and quiet and you will have all the time to clear everything.” This calmed her down. Tyler’s right! We will talk to her and it will be fine… With a deep breath she closed her eyes before looking up to him again with a smile. They all now knew each other so well by now they could see clearly when one of them was stressed. A strong bond held this herd together.

In the chambers of Princess Celestia the princess awaited them already,
“Good evening, you all. I’m glad you all came to see me before spending the night with Luna. Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student… How are you?” But just as she wanted to hug the unicorn, Twilight held the letter of royal application up to her like a shield. It looked like Twilight held a study with an F grade to her mother, uncertain what punishment to expect. But then the princess sat down to her haunches and sighed. “Please sit down next to me, Twilight…” Twilight did so and looked up to her mentor.

“Twilight… You see, every 500 years Luna and I enter heat season. But this isn’t the reason why we wish to have Tyler around us. It only escalated the situation… As he probably told you already, we recognized the way he reacts to us on a more… equal level. Unlike everypony else, he doesn’t obey every word we say. And that is a very refreshing thing when everypony else bows down in an instant we enter the room. With Tyler, we can forget once in a while that we are the rulers of this country and act with someone else like you act with your friends. Can you see the dilemma here?”

Twilight and Applejack looked at each other, before Applejack looked up to the princess,
“Ah say… We’ve experienced Luna to be somepony who wants to be around others and had problems due to her long absence in Equestria… and couldn’t fit in because she didn’t know how… We were fine with her being around him since she yearned for love. But Princess Celestia… Yer loved by everypony! Ya want even more?”

Celestia shook her head,
“Applejack, I’m afraid you misunderstood me… Every citizen in Equestria loves me because of my reign since the last thousands of years. My subjects love and adore me as their ruler, not because of who I am. Everypony thinks I don’t make mistakes and have the perfect, most regal personality… There is no questioning in that! But Tyler questions it. He wants to see behind the curtain of royalty and wants to see Luna and me for who we truly are. That is why we learned to love him.”

Applejack nodded in thought,
“Ah see… Yeah… Ah know Ah would go crazy if Ah had to behave like Rarity all the time… Ah think Ah can relate to the thought. Being perfect all the time must be horrible and having someone who takes yer for who yer truly are sure is a blessing.” Looking over to Twilight, the orange earth pony nodded. “Ah’m fine with her in the herd, Twilight…”

Twilight on the other hoof eyed her mentor thoroughly,
“What about my studies, Princess Celestia? Would we still be mentor and student? Would we be on equal ground? What if he decides to be with you and not with us anymore? I-”

Celestia raised a hoof and cut Twilight off in midsentence,
“This I won’t allow! He will only be with all of us or none of us! Luna and I already talked with him about that and we won’t steal him away from you both.” The princess then snickered. “But it’s sweet that your studies are your greatest concern, Twilight… Yes, we will still be mentor and student… But in the same time, we will be much more. We will spend much more time together as well… Would you like that?”

Twilight now beamed happily,
“Would I like that? Yesyesyesyesyesyes!”

With this they got up and went to Luna’s chambers, where the princess of the night was still in her slumber. Tyler gestured to the others to remain silent as he leaned over Luna’s body. As he bowed over her head, Luna felt his lips on hers, what prompted her to awaken softly. As she opened her eyes, she blushed,
“Oh my! Did I oversleep? As she raised, she saw the others and her blush grew deeper. “I…”

But her sister only smiled,
“Good evening, Lulu… I hope you had a pleasant slumber as always…”

As Luna readied herself for the night, the others made themselves comfortable. For the first time, Celestia joined the group and Tyler tried to ease Twilight down, for she was the one who had the most tension in her at this time. Once it was time for the storytelling part, Tyler took a lute and played a bit as they sat together,
"I begin this time. As for today, here in Canterlot, we’re together with two alicorn girls of royalty… So why don’t I tell you a story about royalty from my world? This is about a country named England.” And with this he began a song. Both Celestia and Luna listened closely, both of them were eager to hear something about Earth as well.

Putting the lute away, Tyler looked at the girls with a smile,
“And below the hilt, in letters of gold, were written these words: ‘Whoso pulleth this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king.’” He stood above Twilight and held her horn loosely, but posed as if he was pulling hardly. Twilight didn’t liked this, but trusted him not to fool around with her horn. “Many tried for the sword with all their strength, but none of them could move the sword nor stir it.” He then let go of her horn and pulled a blanket over them both. “So the miracle had not worked. And England was still without a king. And in time, the marvelous sword was forgotten…”
He leaned forward and looked around suspiciously. “This was a dark age... without law and without order. Men lived in fear of one another, for the strong preyed upon the weak…”

As he told them the story of the sword in the stone and King Arthur, all of the girls listened excited. While Celestia was interested in the character of King Arthur, Luna was interested in Morgana while Twilight was excited about Merlin. After he ended the story, Celestia smiled at him,
“My… What a precious tale… And inspiring, too! It seems to me that whoever created this sword, must have planned to make sure that no man with lust for power can become king, but someone with a good and caring heart… What a great lesson to all of us…”

Luna now beamed,
“Now, let me tell you a story of mine!” As the herd mates put their attention to the young princess, Luna began to tell her tale. “It was a dark and moody night in Canterlot as the silence was utterly broken by a scream. Two burglars had stolen the bits from a local shopkeeper and as she screamed for the guards, they galloped away. The scoundrels tried to flee, but the Maiden of the Night was on their hoofs. They maybe escape from the guards, but not from her ever watchful eyes. There is no escape as her justice is swift and grim. And with an agile step she landed in front of them, her shining eyes narrowing as she eyed the frightened rascals step backwards in fear.

But violence sprang to their minds as they rediscovered their courage with the means of weaponry. A pistol and a knife were raised against her. But the Dark Maiden discharged a spell to disarm them and leaped into one of them, leaving him unconscious. The other however fought back and kicked at her, but her swift and agile moves saved the Dark Maiden from being hit. And with a decisive kick she managed to knock him out. And by the time the guards arrived, the two scoundrels were tied up, much to the wonder of the guards. Unseen of anypony, the Dark Maiden continued to stood guard over the night.”

Twilight now cocked her head,
“And who’s that hero? Mare Do Well?”

“Oh, didn’t thou know?” With a stern look on her face, Luna looked at Twilight and raised a dark voice. “I am Batmare!”

This prompted Tyler to laugh loud. It wasn’t only the sentence, but the way Luna said it and as she saw the wished result, she laughed as well,
“Luna, You really get something out of these comic book heroes. Batman is your favorite, eh?”

Celestia chuckled,
“She’s growing keener on her night watch since you told her about this, Tyler. In fact, Luna is very proud of those two criminals she caught that night.”

Luna smiled and held her chin high proudly,
“Why of course! I take personal pride from making sure that everypony can have pleasant dreams at night…”

Tyler's laughter then got sober,
“Speaking of dreams…” Tyler then told the princesses about his recent nightmares during the sleepover nights and Twilight added how this worried her.

Luna lowered her head,
“I’m sorry, Tyler… I think our alicorn sub consciousness try to make deeper bonds with thee…”

Celestia nodded,
“It CAN happen… It must be because despite our age of several millennia, Luna and I are still young in alicorn terms. Our mother…” Celestia hesitated for a bit, surely this wasn’t her most favorite topic. “Let’s say she claimed that she was hundreds of times older than we both are now.” Tyler nodded although he couldn’t really use this information for anything since he didn’t knew the age of those two. “ Young alicorns in love can try to build up a strong telepathic bond with the one they love. But don’t worry, Tyler… We will meditate about this from now on. You shouldn’t be harassed by those dreams anymore. We’ll just have to bring our thoughts for you in harmony. Thank you for telling us.”

Applejack now harrumphed a bit,
“To mention another topic… Luna? Ya said that yer spell is ready? May we see the result of yer hard work?”

Blinking at Applejack for a second, Luna then caught up,
“Oh yes! The temporary humanization spell! It lasts only one night for safety measures. But to present the result, I need a volunteer!” Without hesitation, Applejack stepped forth, prompting the other herd mates to smile. Luna looked at her. “Why am I not surprised of thy reaction, Applejack?”

Celestia on the other hand looked at Luna with one arched brow,
“Luna? Do I have to remind you of the incident during your experiments with this spell before it reached readiness?”

Tyler looked up,
“What? What incident?”

Luna shook her head nervously with a chuckle as she raised a hoof,
“Nothing! Tia is jesting…”

But the princess of the sun remained stern,
“I am not! Poor Dusk Aegis! We had to put him into quarantine! The spell wasn’t ready yet, so he got a magical miss reaction from it. It turned out to be some sort of flu reaction. Every time he sneezes as a unicorn, he transforms into a human and every time he sneezes as a human he turns back into a unicorn. We will have to spend the whole next week to put this straight.”

Luna now narrowed her eyes,
“Nevertheless the spell now is ready! I would cast it on myself, if I weren’t in charge of the moon.”

Celestia grinned,
“And yet, you don’t have the 100% certainty to use it on yourself…”

Luna gritted her teeth,
“Oh, bite me!”

Applejack nudged Luna now,
“Ah’m ready if ya are, Luna… Ah trust ya.”

Harrumphing a bit, Luna nodded,
“Very well then, Applejack. Please come with me.”

Celestia on the other hand smiled at Twilight and hugged her,
“As for me, I have to leave you now, Twilight. I will see you in the morning after the sun is up again.”

The unicorn nodded and looked up to her mentor,
“I’m happy we could talk, Princess Celestia.”

The Princess of the sun now turned to her younger sister,
“You know I have faith in you, Lulu… But please… Please be careful with Applejack.”

Luna smiled at her older sister,
“Don’t worry… I wouldn’t harm any of our subjects…

As they left Luna’s chamber, Luna turned to Tyler,
“Tyler, please be a dear and wait for us in the great hall downstairs, will thou? I’d like to prepare Applejack a bit.”

Tyler cocked his head a bit, but shrugged finally,
“Take your time. But don’t forget about me.”

While he went down the other way to go downstairs, Luna lead her other herd mates to her office. Applejack arched a brow,
“Prepare me? What does that mean?”

“It means I don’t want him to witness thy first clumsy steps in thy altered body. Don’t thou two agree?”

Twilight thought about it for a second and nodded,
“Good thinking. This will make a nice surprise for him!”

As they entered Luna’s office, Luna took a quick look on her notes to make sure she got the spell right. With a nod, she turned to Applejack, who now gulped,
“Wait, yer transforming mahself into a human girl... Won’t that hurt?”

With a nervous chuckle, Luna shook her head as she charged her horn,
“No… but it might tickle… With this she tipped the point of her horn on Applejack and blue light engulfed the orange earth pony. Her mind was racing as her body began to feel numb. And soon after that, her body grew a bit in size as her limbs grew longer and feet and hands developed at them. Her tail vanished as did her coat and she gasped as she felt her face reshaping to a human one. As the transformation ended, a naked human girl sat in front of Luna and Twilight.

Twilight raised her hoof carefully,
“Applejack…?”

With this the girl opened her eyes and opened her mouth,
“Did it work?” It wasn’t exactly Applejack’s voice, but it was recognizable her. As she heard herself talk, she gasped and her hands grabbed her mouth. “My voice! MY MOUTH!!!” In slight shock, Applejack now watched her fingers as they moved slowly. “T-Tarnation! This is weird… This hand thing…It’s so sensitive! Ohhh, my orange coat is gone too?” As her hands wandered over her body, she yelped up in shock. “My teats! They’re right at my chest!”

Luna chuckled nervously,
“Yes… Due to human anatomy, it’s alright. ‘Breasts’ are supposed to be at this place.”

Luna and Twilight however blushed as Applejack started to massage her breasts,
“They’re very sensitive… Ah sure hope he likes them…” But as she stood up, she fell down again a second later. In her second attempt she was swaying wildly. “Whoa! Ah say… How’s Tyler able to walk with only two of these things?”

Twilight helped her keeping the balance and slowly let go while Luna nodded at the sight,
“Thy equilibrium sense is still thinking like a pony… Try to adapt a bit to keep balance to this new body…”

Puzzled, Applejack looked at Luna,
“My what sense?”

With a frown, Luna rolled her eyes,
“Thy sense of balance! Try to balance thy body on these two legs, not four.” As Applejack closed her eyes, her swaying slowly ceased.

It was then when she opened her eyes again and looked at Luna,
“Ah think Ah got it…”

Nodding with a smile, Luna looked at Twilight, who smiled as well,
“Great! Now Applejack, try to make some steps and walk a bit in this body.”

The former earth pony gulped and nodded,
“Ah’ll try, but don’t expect muouch!” With her first step she got out of balance again, fell down and pushed herself up with her arms. “Buck it! Ah feel so stupid!”

As she carefully stood up again, Twilight tipped her chin,
“What’s more… You’re naked… I mean we as ponies all wear little to no clothes, but humans act different… Your private parts are all visible. I can see why Tyler wears clothing now. Luna? We should dress her up a bit…”

One magic spell later Applejack’s upper body was now wrapped in an oversized and orange sweater, showing large amounts of cleavage and one entire shoulder and some hot pants wrapped her hips in jeans. Luna grimaced,
“I’m not a seamstress, thou know… Maybe I’ll just…”

But Applejack shook her head,
“It’s fine! Anymore tighter and Ah’ll feel strange. In fact, these pants already are uncomfortable… Ah guess this is due to the fact we never wear clothes. All this fabric rubbing on this sensitive body drives me wild!”

* * * * *

Tyler meanwhile waited in the hall and leaned against the railing of the stairs. Man… What’s taking them so long? he thought as his patience was growing thinner. He waited for an hour now already, as he suddenly heard hoofsteps. Luna and Twilight came down the stairs and stood beside him,
“Are you ready?”

He shrugged with a chuckle,
“No, but who cares?”

Looking up the stairs Twilight nodded,
“Applejack! You can come!”

As she walked down the stairs with careful steps, Tyler’s eyes widened and his jaw dropped in an instant. Applejack truly looked gorgeous as a woman. Ample breasts and hips, firm tights and the clothing… Yes, that big oversized sweater served its purpose, only hiding half her breasts. Already his jeans grew tighter as he watched her coming down the stairs,
“Oh… Ohoho… Hubba hubba! What a hottie! THIS… is my Number one favorite country girl?” As he looked into her face, any doubt was wiped away. These were her freckles, her blond hair and the eyes… Fuck, yeah… her eyes… “Yes… Those big emerald eyes of yours… No one could copy these emerald eyes in a million years.”

Applejack giggled shyly as he pulled her in and wrapped his arms around her,
“So, Tyler… Did Ah turn out OK?”

He inspected her legs for a moment as he looked up again,
“Turn out OK? AJ, you look absolutely gorgeous!” With this he lifted her up and carried her upstairs.

Applejack looked at him with wild marvel,
“Tyler! What’s the matter, Sugarcube?”

But he just looked straight forwards as he went to their chamber,
“Shut up, honey… It’s been an eternity since I had a human girl and you are so damn hot right now, I’m trying not to take you right here in the hallway!”

Applejack snickered and leaned into his embrace as she whispered into his ear.
“It seems Ah found a way to ensure ya remain faithful to us girls, Sugarcube…If yer a good boy, the human form might come as a treat for ya…”

As she licked his earlobe, he growled with lust as he kicked the door to his chamber open, prompting a maiden inside to yelp in surprise as she was cleaning the chamber in his absence. With a snarl he looked at the earth pony, nodding to the door,
“You! Good job so far! The room is clean, now get out of here!” With this he placed Applejack on the bed, pushed the mare outside and closed the door, what prompted the mare to frown at his behavior. But mere seconds later the door opened again and he gave her two bits tip, before he closed the door again.

Looking at her bits, the maiden grinned and trotted back to the stairs, where Luna and Twilight followed Tyler in a slow pace,
“Well… That was weird… it’s like Tyler was in heat…”

Luna grinned as she looked at Twilight,
“Thou should consider, Twilight… He did it with us because he accepts us as the intelligent beings we are… He was forced to live abstinent from human women for our sake. Now fair Applejack has granted him something special, she now shares a similar form as he has and this deeply attracts him. Trust me, he loves us for who we are, not what we are… But his lust gains an extra kick out of this now… Tell me, Twilight… Have THOU ever considered begetting a foal with him?”

Twilight looked up in surprise,
“Me? Being mother to a foal? Well, I had this dream about adopting a black alicorn filly once… But foals are so time-expensive… My studies would suffer!”

Luna chuckled,
“Or thou could learn so much about what it takes of being a good mother. Maybe we can study this topic together, what do thou think?”

When they reached Tyler’s chamber, Applejack’s lustful moans were audible already. Luna looked at Twilight who nodded and they both entered the chamber, before closing and locking the door. Both Tyler and the human Applejack were wild at it and both mares dug their teeth into their bottom lips as they watched their herd mates having intercourse. Twilight gulped a big lump down,
“So humans have sex like we ponies have, huh?”

While a drop of sweat trickled down his forehead, Tyler grinned,
“Oh there are so many positions… Right, Applejack? Why don’t we play another rodeo mare?”

Applejack groaned in delight,
“Oh, Tyler… Ya know how this makes me neigh…” A few seconds later, the country girl of the herd sat on Tyler’s lap and rode her stallion with loud and lustful moans as he kneaded her bouncing breasts.
Having sex with Applejack visibly turned Tyler on, Twilight and Luna noticed he was more aggressive and dominant now.

Luna blushed deeply as she leaned to Twilight,
“That outstanding vigor… He bucks her like an animal…” Twilight gulped and simply stared at Applejacks nude human form. Her earth pony friend showed her something she never saw before and in her mind she took notice that she had to experience this as well. Their herd stallion went wild for this human appearance. Not because for the mere human female form, but the humanoid form of Applejack. Twilight recognized his eyes wandering between AJ’s green eyes and the human teats or breasts as he called them. It was clear to her that Tyler loved the result of Luna’s spell and greeted the result with open arms. It now came to their attention, that his moans got louder and Twilight nuzzled Tyler while he closed his eyes in delight and embraced Applejack’s upper body tightly, causing her breasts to squeeze against his chest.

His member stabbed into her womb in frenzy, prompting Applejack to squeal in anticipation. She knew he would cum any second now,
“It’s OK, sugarcube… Ah said Ah want yer foal… So please… Release yerself!” She then whispered into his ear. “Ah can’t wait for heat season to come when ya knock me up.” With that she leaned down to him and pressed her lips on his as they embraced each other tightly. Tyler moaned into the kiss as he released himself in her and like before she greeted his semen with a loud moan as she reached climax as well. With a happy expression on her face, she looked down to Tyler. “Ah know ya would love this, Sugarcube… Yer were more at it as usual… Seems to me ya love taking me in mah human form, don’t ya?”

Tyler looked up to her and thought a bit,
“It was something no pony could give to me so willingly but you, AJ…You did that for me despite the risks. I think that earns you the right to be the first in the herd to have a foal… What do you girls think?”

Luna nodded in approval,
“I prepared the spell and knew the risks. So did fair Applejack. But despite the dangers she stepped forth bravely. Yes, I second that. She deserves to be the first mare to have thy foal, Tyler.”

Twilight shyly nodded,
“Applejack was a bit more adventurous with this spell than I was and her wish to have a foal is definitely stronger than mine… I wouldn’t object if she’s first in line.”

For the rest of the night, the herd mates talked while Luna once in a while went out to the balcony to watch if everything’s alright with the night. Applejack’s finger coordination got better with time. First only a few clumsy movements, she soon were able to wriggle with them, quite to her own amusement. As Tyler recovered from the tête-â-tête with Applejack, he began to caress Luna, who got an instant wingboner because of this. With a blush, she looked at him,
“Tyler… No… not in front of the others!” But he only raised one of her wings and licked at her wing muscles again, prompting her to shriek in delight. Trying her best to hold up a poker face, Luna grimaced before he entered her womb and began to thrust. “No… I feel so lewd…”

But Applejack shook her head,
“Don’t worry, Luna! Yer doin’ what mares do when they’re feelin’ it. And yer lucky to have Tyler around as yer stallion.”

Twilight nodded proudly,
“Right! None of us will judge you for being in heat, Luna. And Tyler won’t as well. Right, Tyler?”

He smiled down to his herd mates and with a mere “Right” he did his best to satisfy Luna’s needs. This sleepover made Luna very happy. Not only because of Tyler calming down her sexual needs, so that she could perform her duties to full extent again. No, everyone in her herd accepted her for who she was as a mare. It felt… secured, safe, loved… content. Yes, life in this herd made her content with herself and with anypony else. No one here saw her for the diarch she was or the alicorn… She was a member of the herd, nothing more. Something so simple could feel so extraordinary good. It was near dawn as she climaxed and Tyler got off from her to give her the usual kiss and cuddle after sex as the little herd lied together on the bed.

And as the first rays of sunlight touched her naked body, Applejack returned to her former self as an earth pony as white and bright light engulfed her one more time,
“Whoa nelly! This sure tickles every time it occurs…”

Twilight and Luna came closer now, and inspected Applejack,
“Is she alright, Luna?”

The princess nodded,
“Welcome back to ponykind, fair Applejack! Thou are as healthy as an earth pony can be.”

Twilight now beamed at Applejack,
“How was it to be human? How does it feel? Were your senses inhabited or enhanced?”

The country pony now laid a hoof on Twilight’s mouth,
“Twilight, Ah’m no good in describin’ these things in the detail ya want and ya know that. Ah just say Ah had mighty problems keepin’ balance first. Ya have to adapt yer way of thinkin’ to become a human. This is somethin’ for Lyra Heartstrings, but not for mahself. ”

Luna smiled at Applejack,
“As for the spell, there seem to be no aftereffects. Don’t worry, you’re fresh and healthy. We will repeat this once heat season is starting… But for now I must bid you all farewell… The moon has to go down the horizon and my sister will soon awake.”

As Luna went to her chambers, she thought a bit. I think I forgot something… Something quite important regarding humans that Tyler told me about… Now what was it? Oh, ponyfeathers! Me and my order of things…
But little did they all know that in Applejack’s womb millions upon millions of human sperm cells surrounded an equine ovum that already triggered cellular mitosis as it began to wander…

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