A/N: this is a preview of the next chapter. i am no wheres near done, so i hope this can attempt to make up for it. enjoy.

Rarity would have pushed the human all the way to their destination, had he only been the size of a pony. A thousand pound super-solder is not easy to move. The group was now making their way to where Rarity goes; they could only guess the location. Walking through Ponyville was different though.

Anthony hadn’t been in Ponyville to much, even before he went to Canterlot, so it was a different experience for the human. He was a giant walking among the ponies, but they didn’t fear him. Most of the ponies just saw him as another pony and greeted him so. The only ones who treated him different was Lyra, for certain reasons. Everypony knew she was a human enthusiast, and Anthony was in for it.

Lyra was just walking through town with Bon-bon, when she notices the lumbering giant walking. At first both of the mares just thought it was another creature Twilight and her friends found in the Everfree Forest. The two had not participated in the mob, and didn’t know the story. They were about to find out and Lyra discovered something on the creature, hands. The basic body shape also told Lyra what it was; a human was walking through Ponyville and nopony thought to tell her.

The mint green unicorn ran over to the group and stopped them dead in their tracks. The group looked at Lyra to try and determine why she was there before the looked behind them and at Anthony, that was all they needed. They all sighed, knowing Lyra would have a mountain of questions. Anthony was left to fend for himself.

“Oh my gosh, I never thought I would finally get to meet a human!” Lyra said, jumping slightly and earning a shake of the head from Bon-bon, which was readily ignored. “Hi, I’m Lyra. Oh my gosh, I’m talking to a human. Can you talk back? What’s your name?”

“Yes, I can speak, and my name is Anthony. It’s a pleasure to meet you Lyra,” Anthony said, a very polite tone even more polite then Rarity has seen in Canterlot.

“Wow, Anthony. I have so many questions for you, but I don’t know where to start?” Lyra said, holding a hoof to her head.

“Well, what about the beginning?” Anthony said, chuckling lightly. Lyra tilted her head for a second before she got it, and started to laugh a little too. “Tell you what. I’ll be in town for a few day, so tomorrow, we meet up for a drink and you can ask all the questions you want, deal?”

Lyra’s face lit up like a Christmas display. She jumped high in the air and wrapped her hooves around the Spartan’s neck, announcing that she would be there. The residents of Ponyville all looked at the spectacle, until they saw it was just Lyra reacting to a human and they all continued on their day.

Lyra finally calmed down and she and Bon-bon left together, the mint green unicorn still full of energy. Anthony shook his head and had a smile on his face, even though nopony could see it behind the visor. The group continued on walking through town, and not a pony paid them any mind. Only the occasional glance, which became a quick glare at Scarlet, before returning to their activities. The group was not hindered anymore and all arrived at Rarity’s destination, the spa. Everyone rolled their eyes, knowing that the spa was the only place that Rarity would take them.

“I should have guessed we would come here, only you Rarity,” Anthony said, shaking his head.

“What, this is the best place to rejuvenate yourself. Now come on, I’m paying and nothing will stop me,” Rarity said, walking in the door with the group close behind.

The group was instantly greeted by Aloe and Lotus, the twins looking at the group with smiles on their faces. They, too, had not been at the mob either, giving Scarlet a reprieve from evil glares. The rest of the spa was empty, giving the group the whole place to themselves. The first thing they all did was to get robes on. Anthony walked over to a far wall and away from the main group. All the girls had robes on, even Scarlet, when a loud hissing sound pierced the air. This was followed by a loud clunk.

They all looked over and saw that Anthony was now missing his chest plate, which was lying on the floor. His helmet was on a bench, along with all of his weapons. The rest of the armor mostly fell off, only able to move by the Spartan. He laid it all on the floor in an organized manner and stood there in a form fitting shirt and pants. He looked at the roves the girls had and chuckled. When he laughed, each muscle moved showing off how large each muscle was. The ponies all looked at him with a short awe before something came up.

“I don’t think that those robes will fit me. Do you have a large towel; I don’t need something to cover my whole body, just the lower half mostly?” Anthony asked, Aloe turning and grabbing one from a supply closet. He thanked her and removed his shirt, placing it next to his helmet. “Can you all turn around; I don’t see a room big enough for me to take my pants off?”

All the mares blushed and turned away, embarrassed at why he would ask them to turn. In under a few seconds he was done and had a towel around his waist, pants on his folded up shirt. His chest was bare of all hair, showing off every muscle available. They bulged and looked dense, more dense then a brick wall. He looked at all of them and shook his head, knowing why they hadn’t taken their eyes off him.

“All right, we all know I’m incredibly sexy, but need I remind that I have a relationship with Princess Luna?” Anthony said, getting all of their attention. They all blushed again and looked away from his body; Anthony just sighed and stood there. “Waiting on you,” he said, raising his hand to gesture for Aloe and Lotus to being their spa treatment.

The two spa mares led the group first to the sauna. It was a larger one then they normally used, meaning that they have had large groups before. The heat of the room was relaxing, and Anthony was actually able to sit on the bench. The rest of them kept their robes on, it being a spa thing. They all enjoyed the sweat pouring out of them, Anthony the only one not sweating. They looked at him for an answer.

“I have a high heat tolerance. My core body temperature is actually 101 at all times, so this is actually quite comfortable,” Anthony said, eyes half open. The group all nodded, not surprised anymore by the modifications Anthony has on his body.

Idle chatter was spoken by the group, mostly to catch Anthony up on the normal events that have been happening in Equestria. Twilight and Luna had found a away to close the portals and they aren’t opening anymore. A few opened up out in the Everfree Forest, but nothing has been to Ponyville or anywhere else. The rest of them haven’t done anything big, Applejack had to harvest quickly because the cooler months were on the way, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy had started dating and earned a congratulations from Anthony, Rarity had developed a new fashion line based off of Anthony’s armor for the everypony, and Pinkie has been Pinkie.

The group was eventually led out and to a row of table to have a mud mask placed on all their faces. Anthony opted out, and when asked said this, “I might be secure with my sexuality, but nothing will get me to put on a mud mask.” That ended that, even though they all tried to get him to wear one. Pinkie though was able to get it on him using some of her Pinkie magic. Anthony sighed and the others laughed, Aloe tried to place cucumbers on his eye and failed. Anthony was only going to allow the mask because it was Pinkie, but his military instinct would not allow his eyes to be covered.

Aloe and Lotus brought out files and started to file Twilight’s and Rarity’s horns, making them a finer point. Lotus filed Scarlet’s after she had finished with Rarity’s horn. The group now was ready to move on to massages.

There were only three tables, so first went Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash. The rest had to wait for them, so a question rose that Anthony was dreading.

“So, have you see Princess Luna since being banished?” Twilight asked, having seen her a month earlier. Anthony sighed and shrunk his shoulders.

“Ya, I have. That’s why I went south. She needed someone who could do the job without the loss of lives, and I was the best choose. We only talked for about ten minutes, but that was some of the best ten minutes ever. I got to see the one I love after being away from her for months, and Scarlet I know you’re probably the last one to realize this, but Luna is pregnant with my child. I’m going to be a dad,” Anthony said, a smile forming on his lips and a tear falling from his left eye. All the ponies came in for a group hug, and that was when Pinkie Pie had an idea.

“You know what this calls for? A PARTY!” Pinkie said, making everypony in the room look at her at once.

“No. Sorry Pinkie, but no parties. I think that a party would be a bad idea, and I haven’t been able to get a stiff drink for months. I also don’t like parties,” Anthony said that last part at almost unbearable levels, but Pinkie picked up on it right away.

“What?! Don’t like parties, then I’m going to have to change that mister,” Pinkie said, now sitting in front of the human.

“Fine, but after Blackwing is defeated. Then we can have as many parties as you can throw,” Anthony promised, earning a massive from Pinkie Pie.

“Okie Dokie Lokie. When might that be?” she asked.

“Probably not for another two months minimum. Could be longer,” Anthony said, setting reality back into the room. They all now knew what was going to happen in two months, Blackwing would attack. “Can we please change the subject, I hate talking about depressing issues when we’re here to relax.

“Ya, we needin to be relaxin, so how about we do just that?” Applejack said. All of them agreed, and decided to do what mares do best which was to ask about the foal.

The conversation stayed talking about the foal of the future when Rarity, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash returned. They were more relaxed and unstressed, and wondering what the conversation was about. They quickly took the place of Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight, and were now asking about the unborn foal. Anthony answered as best he could, but when they asked about names Anthony told them that it was a subject he and Luna would have to discuss. They were all finally greeted by the return of the three recent receivers, and Anthony and Scarlet went into the room to also receive their massages.

Scarlet got up on the bed, lying on her stomach. Anthony lay on a bed that was formed from putting multiple beds together to hold his form. A six foot eight human is hard to put on a bed designed for ponies. The two faced each other, and Scarlet had a forced smile on. This made Anthony curious and asked her about it.

“I’m sad and happy at the same time. Happy for you, you’re going to be a father. But I’m still upset from this morning with Silver Lining. I thought we could be together like we had planned, but that’s gone now. I removed the emotion-link, so now neither of us has to even see each other again. I miss having somepony who I can love without them eventually not loving me,” Scarlet said, no tears able to fall from her tearless eyes.

“I’m sorry. And not just about Silver, I’m sorry that we can’t be together. If the situation was different then we would, but I have a foal on the way. I also don’t feel cheating is acceptable,” Anthony said, Lotus had started to attempt massaging his massive back muscles. Aloe was working on Scarlet, who was moaning from the pleasure of the massage. Their conversation was put on hold until later.

Lotus was having a hard time with the human’s muscles and after calling for help from the third massage therapist, they both worked on him. Even with their combined efforts, not a dent could be made into the muscles.

“Don’t worry; I knew that you wouldn’t be able to do anything. My muscles are too dense. I feel fine though, what I need is a good workout, but thanks for trying,” Anthony apologized, getting up from the bed and walking back out to the lobby.

The mares wondered on why he returned early, and he just flexed his bicep on his right arm and all saw why. Big muscles made it difficult to massage, but muscles that put the strongest earth pony to shame were impossible. Anthony did drop down though and began doing push-ups. All the ponies looked at him like he was crazy. He looked up at that and smiled, knowing that look.

“If I want to relax, I need to relax my muscles. The only way to relax my muscles would be to exercise them. That’s what I’m doing here, and I think I need to up the difficulty. Pinkie, would you and Applejack get on my back?” Anthony asked, going down and holding it.

“Okie dokie,” Pinkie said, but was stopped by Applejack.

“Now hold on. How do we know that ya` can hold both a` us?” AJ asked. Anthony pushed up and held it so as to be closer to her head.

“If I couldn’t hold you, I wouldn’t ask. I can handle weights of almost a thousand pounds, so you won’t be a burden. Now will you two get on,” Anthony said, going back down and holding it. Both mares got on with little difficulty, but had a hard time both being on his back. They weren’t able to do anything as he pushed back and used his right hand to settle AJ.

Both mares looked down and saw he was using only on hand to do push-up, and wasn’t even breaking a sweat. He used his right hand to wave the others over and held himself in the down position. The rest of them looked a little uneasy about it, but eventually all except Rarity got on. She was the stubborn one.

“I am not going to help you harm yourself. And you could get all sweaty and get it on me,” Rarity said, earning a shake of the head from Anthony.

“You won’t hurt me, and I’m not going to sweat. When I was bleeding out and my whole body was bruised, I still didn’t break a sweat. You’ll be fine, so please get on. Any and all weight helps, no matter how little,” Anthony said, giving her a complement without her even knowing it. She sighed and got onto his already crowded back. She was surprised that they didn’t fall, but she place that at the balance of Pinkie and AJ and Anthony using one of his hands to keep them up.

He kept doing push-ups a good while. Scarlet had finished her massage and saw the pile up on the Spartan and took it upon herself to get on, giggling the whole time. She jumped on top and any other being would have hesitated, but not the human who kept going at full speed. He finally finished and held himself in the down position to allow them to get off. What he didn’t know was that his towel had come loose from the exertion of his body and the looseness of the fabric.

Anthony stood up and his towel fell from his waist, startling the mares. Before the towel hit the floor, it was back around Anthony’s waist. The mares all couldn’t help back having caught a glimpse of him, and all of them had a massive curiosity as to what it was he was hiding behind that towel. Anthony blushed slightly, while all the mares were blushing heavily. Lotus and Aloe walked in on the awkwardness and led the group to the next station.

This was the mud bath. They wrapped the ponies in seaweed and placed them in a bath of mud. Anthony shook his head at this. He went there to get clean and they were placing him in mud. He would never understand spa’s, and while everypony else were sitting in the mud Anthony took his weapons and did a equipment check.

The weapons were all laid out in front of him, each one set in perfect reaching distance of the Spartan. He took the SMG first and removed the magazine, silencer, barrel, stock, etc. in one move. The gun lay disassembled on the floor, in full display of all. His eyes scanned the weapon and he took a rag and cleaned out every part in quick succession. He eventually put the gun together in the same lightening speed as he took it apart.

He did the same with his handgun and sniper rifle. What he did with the pulse rifle was nothing, he just cleaned the outside and let it be. His grenades were also left alone, not able to be pulled apart and cleaned. He decided to take his four knifes and pull them out in front of him. Each was identical to the next, but each one had a certain location on his body. After a cleaning and a quick flick of the wrist, all knifes were done and placed back in their sheaths on his suit.

They mud bath now finished, the group moved through the last station quickly, it not being able to hold Anthony. It was also only made ponies, and to help with their hooves. Anthony’s nails were all good and so he placed his clothes back on, knowing that after this it would be time to leave.

With the last piece of armor on, the girls had all finished and were waiting on him. They left together most of them refreshed and ready to head on over to Applejack’s. Anthony was the only one who still felt he needed something, and that was a shower. The farm closed in and the group made their way to the barn.

“Hey, AJ. Quick question; where can I take a shower?” Anthony asked, everypony looking at him like he was crazy.

“We just came from the spa, what would you need to shower for?” Rarity asked, not thinking like him.

“I didn’t do most of what all you did. And I haven’t showered in months, the closest I’ve come to a shower was when I jumped in a lake to save an apple. To dangerous to just stop and bath, and I don’t like all that beauty stuff anyway,” Anthony admitted, removing his helmet.

“I gots a hose that ye` can use. I don’t think you’ll fit in my house,” Applejack offered.

“That’s fine, I can actually make a working shower with just a hose and colander. If you can get me a colander and a shower curtain, I can get cleaned up and meet you guys inside when I finish. Rarity, do you still have some of my clothes?” Anthony said, looking from AJ to Rarity.

“Why yes, I still do. I held onto some of them incase you ever did come back and need more. I can go get them while your cleaning up,” Rarity offered, earning a nod from Anthony. Applejack had already left to get the supplies for Anthony.

“I think I’ll go get Spike, I don’t think he would want to miss out on this,” Twilight said, also turning and heading back to Ponyville.

“I’ll set up the barn,” Pinkie said, sending a chill down Anthony’s spine. He had a bad idea about this, but it didn’t matter. He knew that the pink party pony would do what she wants, so he sent Scarlet to keep Pinkie from making too large of a party. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy both decided to go inside the house and say hi to the others.

Applejack came back with the supplies Anthony asked for and set up a nice outdoors shower in no time. He then shed his armor and clothing, wrapping himself in a towel provided by Applejack. The water was turned on and Anthony began to quickly wash the grim off of him. Even though he only had some shampoo and body wash provided by AJ, he still felt cleaner than he has in months.

Anthony got out of the shower quickly and found his new clothes there. Anthony dried and put on the new clothes, loving how they fit. He didn’t have Rarity make him boots, but she did make him a pair of white cotton socks that were very comfortable. The color was good too, a blue that matched that of his love. Her cutie mark was over his heart on the shirt and he couldn’t help but get emotional. He was quick to get himself composed and went to find the girls.

He found them all on the front porch, talking about something. They saw Anthony walking up in his new shirt and pants, and Rarity had a big smile on her face. Anthony walked up and asked everyone how he looked. They all voiced their approval, even Spike who was not that big into fashion anyway. Anthony then asked for a mirror and brush, and Twilight levitated the items over to him. Anthony quickly brushed his hair into a neatness, and allowed Twilight to take it back.

Anthony inspected his face and shook his head. He pulled out one of his knifes and brought it up to his face. Twilight tried to pull it away, but Anthony stopped her.

“What are you doing?” Twilight asked, she being the only one who can see what he was doing.

“Shaving. I need to shave this down, or do you want me walking around looking like wolf man?” Anthony asked, looking at her like she was crazy. Twilight just shirked away a little and allowed him to proceed. The knife was sharp and removed all the hair in just a few quick scrapes across his chin and jaw line. The human replaced his knife and was finished with the mirror.

He stood in front of his friends and they were all surprised at how good he really looked. With his hair brushed back and face clean, he was actually very hot, and all the mares noticed. Even though he was human AND in a relationship with Princess Luna, they still couldn’t help looking at him like he was candy.

“Okay, you can all stop staring. I know how I look, and you all can stop it,” Anthony said jokingly. The mares all blushed and giggled at the thought.

“Oh, yes. You might be good to look at, but how do we know you’re any good in bed?” Rainbow Dash said, a hint of seduction in her voice. She did not expect the come back.

“Right, and me getting lucky with Luna and having a massive cock don’t matter,” Anthony said, smiling devilishly. All the girls laughed and Rainbow Dash blushed harder than ever. This caused everyone to laugh really hard. Only Spike was lost.

“I don’t get it?” Spike said, his head tilted to the side.

“We’ll tell you when your older,” Anthony said, laughing the whole time. Eventually the laughs died and the group made their way to the barn to reveil what Pinkie had done.

The whole inside of the barn was full of streamer and balloons, cakes dotted random tables around, and Scarlet was tied up on the ceiling. She couldn’t speak and was wiggling around, trying to escape.

“Why is Scarlet hanging from the ceiling?” Anthony asked, none of them knowing why. Except for Pinkie.

“She got in the way of my party cannon. I was wondering where she went, and now we found her,” Pinkie said, smiling and thinking it was all funny. The others shook their heads and Twilight levitated Scarlet down from the rafters. Anthony removed the streamer over her mouth and Scarlet took in a massive breath of air.

“Oh thank you. I almost forgot what the air tasted like. She is crazy, why hasn’t she been admitted yet?” Scarlet asked.

“Admitted where?” Pinkie asked,