Love has everything to do with it
Chapter 26
Previous Chapter Next Chapter"Come on ya lazy stallion! Get yer flank in gear!" Applejack shouted toward Midnight as he struggled to latch up a plow to his frame.
"It'd be easier to do this with magic AJ." He snorted as he pulled the strap taught on his side before turning his head back to the front. "Finally!" He sighed. "Now its time to plow those fields." He chuckled giving her an eyebrow wiggle, Applejack rolling her eyes at the innuendo.
"Jes follow Big Macintosh ya dern fool. An no using magic! If ah catch ya then yer sleeping on the couch fer the next three times ya stay at the farmhouse." She smirked seeing him gawk.
"You'd make me?! Your snuggle stallion! Sleep on the couch, in the cold vacant living room?! That's just cruel and unusual punishment!" He spoke out dramatically only to make her chuckle before she slapped a hoof onto his flank to get him to move.
"Maybe, but ah ain't got no tolerance fer slackers, now giddy up!" *SWAT* She laughed seeing him move forward quickly as he began to plow through the snow.
Winter wrap up had finally begun, and everypony in Ponyville was helping out. Even Midnight along with Starlight and Marina. The two foals were currently flying alongside Rainbow Dash as she instructed the weather team on which clouds to begin clearing from the sky before moving onto the next phase of instructions.
"Alright kids, You want to help out the weather team in clearing the clouds over town?" Dash asked the two who nodded eagerly to her. "Alright then, once you're done clearing the clouds over town hall, move out and around the town in a clockwise manner and clear them as well until you reach Sweet Apple Acres. AJ said she is going to make lunch for everypony who works hard, so don't you two slack on the bucking!" She smirked to the two foals who were giving a determined smile much like her own.
"Yes ma'am!" They saluted to her as they bolted toward town hall.
"And remember Star! NO MAGIC!" Dash yelled causing him to groan, in turn making Marina giggle at him.
"Cute kids, I can see a lot of Midnight in that colt." Dash giggled before turning back to another party of ponies to give instructions to.
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Currently, Twilight and Mayor Mare were visiting the teams to make sure that all the plans were going through without a hitch. The pegasi were clearing the clouds at a generous pace so that the sun wouldn't melt the excess snow at an overly rapid pace. Several of the flight teams had been scattered toward the south in order to bring back the birds that had flown south for the winter.
The animal team were still in the process of waking up each and every animal that had been hibernating for winter. And finally..........
"Whoa, look at that plow move!" Mayor mare spoke up as the crested a small hill to Sweet Apple Acres only to see a plow moving at galloping speed across the fields. The two ponies quickly making their way over to Applejack who was signalling another group of ponies to begin procedures to plant seeds into the now visible ground that had just been plowed over by the first group.
"Hey Applejack." Twilight piped up as they neared her. AJ turning and giving a smile to see her lavender friend trotting up with the Mayor at her side.
"Well howdy there Twi, Mayor." She smiled to the two before turning back to signal another group.
"Um, Applejack, who would be in that plow there?" The Mayor asked as she pointed a hoof toward the fast moving plow as it cleared another long section of the field.
"That'd be Midnight." She chuckled as he pulled quickly through the field and back over to AJ, coming to a stop and smiling down to Twilight and the Mayor. However, Twilight and the Mayor gave him a rather odd look as they finally noticed something special about him.
"Holy........... Midnight?! Did you split into three ponies again?!" Was Twilights first reaction to seeing him as an excessively large Earth pony. Midnight in turn just laughed shaking his head.
"No doll, since I'm apparently not allowed to use magic in order to do work, I change my form into that of an earth pony so that magic wouldn't be an issue." He chuckled.
"That's still cheating." Twilight groaned as her hoof met her face.
"Nope, it only counts as cheating if I use magic to increase my overall strength or cast a come to life spell onto the plow or any other spell that would aid me in any way. I simply transferred my other two parts of being an Alicorn into parts of being an earth pony. In turn I became a draft horse from my world. Or draft pony as you would put it." He smirked before coming to a stop as he noticed the Mayors unrelenting gaze.
"You ok Mayor?" He asked as she finally shook herself from her stupor.
"Y-yes, I'm just surprised is all. Draft ponies became almost extinct around the time Celestia came to this world. Not long after almost all of them fell to an illness that swept across the land. Other ponies managed to survive, and a small lineage of drafts still remain alive, but they are treated as royalty all on their own. To see you as a draft pony is........ well............ breathtaking to say the least." She giggled slightly as she covered her mouth with a hoof.
"Ah, so the Mayor does have a weakness to the opposite sex?" Midnight chuckled seeing her blush furiously.
"NO! No! It's not that................" She trailed off as she couldn't think of anything to say in order to save herself.
"Let me guess, Being the head of the town and taking control over any given situation has you itching about a stallion that could take control as well." Midnight began as he pulled himself out of the plow and jumped from it, walking slowly toward the Mayor as her eyes went a little wide at the sheer size of him.
"Midnight." Twilight began but stopped as AJ pressed a hoof to in front of her to silence her. She looking to AJ who had a huge smirk on her face as she nodded toward the Mayor who was still a burning hot red.
"And not only can he take control, he needs to be smart as well. An intelligent stallion, that can take control of any given situation, and any.......... pony that wants to be controlled." He grinned as he walked around her like a shark circling its prey. He watched as she remained stiff as a board, standing at attention and unmoving, her blush never leaving her body as it began to melt the snow that she stood in. He came to in front of her giving a smile as he stopped and lowered his head to meet her gaze. Glancing over to AJ and Twilight he gave them a wink as he turned his sights back onto the Mayor who looked as if she was about to die.
"So Mayor, How do you like it? Rough? Or gentle?" He grinned before kissing the end of her nose.
*THUD*
"Aw dang it!" Big Macintosh groaned as he trotted up and hoofed Midnight a small bag of bits.
"Big brother?" AJ began as she looked toward him in confusion while Midnight dance in place.
"I'll let Night tell ya." He chuckled as he went back to his plow and hooked up. AJ and Twilight coming over to his side giving him a questioning glance.
"Heh, long story short. I bet Mac that I could find the Mayors weakness to her preference in a mate before spring came to an end." He chuckled.
"Uh huh, an how many bits did he bet ya'll?" AJ asked in surprise as she glared at her brother.
"Not much. Just a days pay. But I won't hold him to it. It's more fun to gloat anyway." Midnight chuckled as he tossed the small bag to AJ. "Give that back to him later. I'm going to get back to plowing. Tell the Mayor I said bye when she wakes up will ya?" He laughed as he quickly hooked up to the plow and took off through the field, zooming by Big Macintosh who began yelling at him and trying to catch up.
Applejack gave a loud chuckle as she looked at the Mayor who was still laying on the ground with a dopey smile across her face. Turning back to Twilight she noticed her eye gaze still following Midnight as he bolted across the field. Trotting up to her side she stood there for a minute before speaking softly into her ear.
"I'm guessing the strong book wormy type is a bit'o a turn on fer ya ain't it Twi." She chuckled seeing twilight jump a foot away, blushing brightly as she stared at AJ for a moment before turning back to Midnight who was still galloping through the field with a huge snowball in front of his plow, much like the time she had tried using the come to life spell onto the plow before.
"Is it that obvious?" She squeaked, showing her embarrassment.
AJ joined her as they watched the over sized stallion finally turn and make his way across the field once more before she let out another chuckle.
"Can't say ah blame ya, that is a mighty fine flank we have there." She smirked, giving Twilight a nudge. "Ya kin have'm tehnight sugarcube. Ah'm gonna be a might tired once all this work is done wrapping up winter. But he's mine tehmarah ya hear?" She grinned seeing Twilight almost explode into a blush that had taken over her whole body. She gave a sheepish nod only to make AJ giggle as she went back to doing her signalling to the various teams that were wrapping up winter on the farm.
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A couple of hours passed as the fields had finally been cleared and the rest of the seeds planted for the coming spring. Midnight had finished two fields by himself in the time it had taken a whole team to clear just one field. In turn, making the workload for the rest of those clearing the fields, that much less. After pulling himself from the plow he headed back to Applejack to advise her that he would be leaving to help with the weather team to finish up what was left of the related weather conditioning.
Thirty minutes passed by as he had grabbed a snack and something to drink while on his way to meet Dash to help. He had taken the liberty of turning into a full blown pegasus as well, forcing his unicorn and earth pony sides into becoming a stronger flier.
Dash was currently above town hall, sending out more fliers and giving instructions to Starlight and Marina who had finished a section of the sky that they had been assigned. The dark Alicorn making his way to their side as they took a resting stand atop a small cloud.
"Hey you three." Midnight spoke up as he landed near Dash giving her a nudge.
"Hey big guy." Dash smirk giving a nudge back.
"Daddy!" Marina beamed as she flew over to him and gave him a loving hug. He doing the same to her only to make her give a soft burp from the love he gave to her.
"Hello father." Starlight smiled giving a nod and smile. "Rainbow Dash was just giving us some final instructions on what parts of the sky we were to clear next."
"Yea, she said we could go and take care of some of the snow clouds next." Marina beamed as she flew around her father.
"Did she now?" Midnight smirked, raising a brow as his gaze fell onto the cyan pegasus at his side.
"Yea yea, it's a piece of cake. Nothing to worry about really. I mean they are just snow clouds after all. Not like the storm clouds that get pumped out of the factory in Cloudsdale. Simple task for these two. Just make sure to stay away from the darker grey clouds. Those hold some lightning in them, and sting a bit if you get hit." She chuckled.
"Will do!" The two stated before quickly bolting off into the direction just over the edge of the Everfree Forest so that they could buck some clouds.
Dash and Midnight watched the two fly through the sky as they made their way toward their destination. The two disappearing in the distance as a few clouds blocked their path.
"So Dash, what've you got for me?" Midnight asked the cyan pegasus who looked over a clipboard with several sections of the sky drawn onto them, several large red X's draw over a few areas.
"Not much left really. Just a couple sectors on the north side of Ponyville. and three toward the Everfree where your foals went. I figured they could take care of those areas pretty quick. Those snow clouds aren't that bad to buck..........." She slowly came to a pause as her hoof rubbed her chin for a moment.
"Dash." Midnight spoke in concern as he gave her a slight glare.
"Hmm? Oh it's nothing, I'm sure they've been taught in the castle about how to buck snow clouds correctly right?" She stated with a nervous grin.
"I have no clue............." He trailed off as he gave a confused expression. "How do you buck them correctly? I mean........ what happens if you just up and buck them?" He asked only to see her facehoof.
"You mean you've been here all this time and you have never learned anything about how to correctly buck clouds?" She spoke in slight shock. "You are such a lost cause." She chuckled before pulling out a quick reference guide on how to buck different types of clouds and hoofing it to the dark Alicorn turned pegasus.
After quickly glancing through the pamphlet, he gave a surprised reaction to the consequences of bucking snow clouds improperly.
"Dash, this is pretty bad. If they were never taught about this, then they might get hurt." He spoke with concern behind his words as he looked from her to the direction that his foals had vanished into.
*SNAP FLASH*
Midnight and Dash blinked as they were suddenly blinded by a bright flash of light in front of them. After blinking a few times Midnight saw his son flying in front of him with a terrified expression on his face. After seeing him like that, he then noticed the lack of Marina.
"Starlight, where is your sister?" He spoke in a nervous tone only to see his son starting to tear up.
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