"Well Gentle seems nice mommy, so I don't mind!" Sweet smiled at Sharp, not noticing the slight chuckle emitted from Gentle.

"You're...old enough to make these decisions I suppose." Sharp glared at Gentle, not even slightly buying his story about just wanting to be Tea's foalsitter.

"Great! How about I start today while you bath your cat, I can smell him a mile away." Gentle snickered, gesturing towards the feline who was currently enjoying his second after-morning nap. Sharp shivered slightly as she thought about trying to bathe the very irate cat a second time and sighed.

"Fine...but I'll be on the side of the manor so don't try to pull any funny stuff" She looked at them both, but only meant the last line for Gentle. She levitated the snoozing kitty onto her back, the cat instantly curling up and purring, and started walking towards the side door, giving the two ponies behind her a quick look. She heard a whistle and blushed, quickly rushing out the door due to her social anxiety. Gentle actually let out a genuine laugh and looked down at the giggling filly with a smile, he thought about what sharp said and decided that messing with her daughter right now wasn't the best course of action. Of course theres always later, he thought with a devious smirk, but right now lets just see how naughty sharps been while he's been gone.

"So Tea, what do you like to do all day?" He asked, waiting to ask about sharp until she was sufficiently distracted in order to get the whole truth from her.

"Well I have a little garden in the back where I grow stuff! And then I take some herbs to the tree we met at and..." Tea kept talking as she walked out the back door. Gentle shook his head as he followed her, thinking about how easy it was to deceive foals. "...I've figured out a few herbs with those healing properties and mommy has even read my studies about how certain magic can be improved on by using a mixture of herbs!" Sweet looked positively ready to burst that someone was interested in what she was doing, but was oblivious to Gentles lack of attention as he looked upon the random assortment of plants with indifference.

"Yeah cool, uhm hows your mother been? Has she ever brought any stallions home...toooo...uhm...inspect your garden? Or do anything else?" He gave her an unconvincing smile but she wasn't paying attention as she thought about the question he asked.

"Well there was one time she was talking to someone named Market, but she told me to stay out in the backyard so I don’t know what it was about...” Sweet Tea shrugged this off but Gentle got a rather devious look on his face.

“Market you say? Sugary Market?” He asked her, knowing the answer but making sure it was really him.

“I dunno, probably? Not many ponies named Market around here silly.” Sweet giggled as she pulled up a few plants and put them in the saddlebag that sits near her farming patch. “Hey its finally full, wanna see me make some herbal pastes and test their prop...” She frowns as Gentle flies off, leaving her alone with her plants.

“I’ll be back!” He called out to her but she didn’t hear him, not that he cared as he flew towards the side of the house.

“Hehe...think your so clever dont you Kitty? Well you cant scratch magic, so good luck escaping!” Sharp smirked as she scrubbed the cat thoroughly, she looked around to make sure Tea wasn’t nearby and leaned in to whisper to the cat. “One day...You...Me...and the safari if you catch my drift.” She gave the cat an evil look and started an evil laugh, that is until Gentle landed quietly next to her and put his hoof on her shoulder. She let out a slight scream and jumped high in the air, the cat sensed his time to escape was now and took off around the corner, when she finally landed she glared at Gentle with a look that would make even Princess Celestia think twice.

“So what were you doing with our friend Market?” He grinned even in the face of a furious Sharp, but as he predicted her face fell quickly.

“Asking my daughter foolish questions already are we? Couldn’t even wait a day?” She sighed, exasperated with Gentle already.

“Oh come now Sharpy my dear, you know me too well to think i’d just not talk to a cute little filly. So why is he here? I thought you two weren’t in danger after the murder case got settled up?” Gentle tilted his head, honestly curious as to why a mercenary was here without some sort of ulterior and hopefully devious plan.

“Well...I needed a …” Sharp mumbled the last few words and looked away, clearly embarrassed. Gentle sensed this and began laughing at her expense.

“You brought Market around to get your rocks off? But Sharpy dear...I’m always here for you...” He smirked as he moved close enough to hear every word she said now, also taking this time to reach out and rub her cutie mark. “Especially for these luscious and toned flanks.” Sharp gasped and brought her hoof down upon Gentles head with enough force to knock him onto the ground.

“No...I wanted Market to be her foal sitter, which would’ve probably been a much better idea than a pervert such as yourself.” Sharp sighed and shook her head as she began to wonder how she ever got to know a colt like Gentle. She suddenly remembers their first meeting with disgust, he had tried with all his misguided foolishness to try to mate with her for one night. He wanted to convince her to let him stay the night, knock boots, and then in the morning he’d be gone. As if she would let someone like him anywhere near her or her precious books. “Speaking of being a bad foal sitter...what is your grand excuse for leaving my daughter alone?”

Gentle went to speak but for some reasons word escaped him at this moment, “Touché I’ll make my way back to your cute little filly...” he winked and took off with renewed vigor. Sharp looked at the ground and sighed, ‘Am I a bad mother? I try my best but I can only work with what I get. I mean for Celestias sake I’m only one pony and even though I’m not her real... What am I saying of course I’m her real mother’ Sharp shook off her doubts and walked into the house, intent on finding out where exactly the duo were. As she was trotting around her manor, looking for Gentle and Tea, they were out in the back near the tree where she first met him.

“So Sweet, I was curious about you. Have you felt funny around other colts or fillies?” Gentle looked at her with all the charm he could muster.

“Felt funny? What do you mean? Like telling jokes?” She smiled as she trotted into the tree, not noticing that gentle was not flying beside her but behind her as she walked up the branches. He let out a slight whimper as he imagined caressing the underage filly, spreading those perky little cheeks and putting his big me- wait did she seriously not just get what he said?

“W-what? No...like have you ever had a crush on anypony?” He asked as she went into the hole in the tree, this time he was looking at her face rather than her flanks.

She turned a cute rosy red, “M-me? Crush? N-nope...” Gentle smirked as the nervous filly tried to deceive him.

“Don’t lie to me sweetie...I’m just curious.” He squeezed into the narrow opening of the tree but once he was inside he found it to be rather roomy. ‘Perfect...’ he thought, ‘More than enough space...’

She began to rub her hooves together and looked at him as he moved closer to her, “W-well...there is a mare...who I think is the prettiest in all of equestria. But you can never tell her!”

Gentle couldn’t contain himself as he thought of the innocent little filly trusting her body to a mare, their lips meeting and the mares hoof moving down the tiny frame towards her...

“Its my mommy...” Gentle gasped and had to hide himself as the mysterious mare turned to Sharp, showing her foal the ropes.

“Wow...thats ho-...I mean...well good you should pursue that! But...have you ever had a crush on a stallion?” He was using his hooves to hide his ‘happiness’ as he asked these questions, not keen on letting her see anything lewd just yet.

She shook her head at this question, “I don’t know any stallions....besides you. Just like my mommy is the only mare I know.”

“That explains a lot...well have you ever had your first kiss?” He gave her a warm, comforting smile that she returned. He wraps his wing around tea and pulls her even closer, leaning his head in to nuzzle her gently. He noticed her face turn an even deeper red.

“Y-yes...o-one day mommy had a bunch of wine and when I went to sleep in her bed she leaned in, wrapped her hooves around me, and pressed her lips against mine. I-is it bad i-if I liked it?” Sweet looked up at Gentle for confirmation to her fear, she could feel her heart racing as if she just ran a marathon.

“Well...yes mares often like mares in this society as there is a lack of stallions, but since I’m the only stallion you know... how would you like to have your first male kiss?” He moved one of his hooves to stroke her mane, smiling as the filly bit her lip.

“I...I don’t know...but I-I’m in love with sha-” She was slightly cut off as Gentle shushed her with his hoof, moving his lips closer to hers. Her eyes quivered with fear of the unknown and her heart threatened to beat out of her chest, if it was like kissing Sharp then maybe it’d be okay. But the problem was it wasn’t her, instead it was a stallion she barely knew. He moved his hoof from her mane to her chest, then down to her belly. She wasn’t responsive and was shaking, unaware of what was happening and what he was doing all she knew was that she wished it was Sharp here. Maybe if she imagined he was, then everything would be ok. She closed one eye but right before she closed the other she felt her horn spark up suddenly and a dark object appeared in front of her.

“Hi Mommy!” Was all Gentle heard before everything went black.

Author's Note

Longest chapter yet...woo! I'll try to update frequently...if anyone cares :p