Embracing the Sun

You would think that things are a little bit easier since you have another adult in your house, you would think that she would keep the colt and two fillies in line, but oh how wrong I was on that idea.

My assumptions went down the shitter faster than I could imagine, which leaves me to being the grownup that is tending to three magical talking ponies that are fun to be around, but are also pains in the ass when they want to be.

Over the week of having to be the teacher of four ponies, I've had to make my way to the store more times than I could count because of the three foals playing chef after they watched Hell's Kitchen.

Sombra just pouted, but Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon whined and threw fits when I took the knives and whisks from them, which is a rule they broke anyway.

Celestia has been helping me out a lot, but the foals are more cooperative with me than they are with her. At first I thought having her around would be awesome, but I remembered that she is a princess and controller of the sun, which means it is up to her for the cycle of day and night to remain normal. Of course I brought that up and questioned why she has not tried to go back to her world.

Her answer was quite simple, but very confusing since I know nothing of magic. Apparently she has already contacted her sister by sending letters that are filled with a large enough portion of magic for Princess Luna to use when moving the celestial bodies. How that is possible is something I will never understand, but at least I don't have to worry about her world being forever dark.

Next was asking how she can use that much power without getting tired, which brought up the confusing part about her phenomenal ability. Her answer was that the link between us amplifies her magic and gives her the ability to leech magic from the one she has claimed.

At that point I was thinking my life force was being constantly sucked out of me by this alicorn, but it turns out that I somehow have an extremely large pool of magic.

Of course I asked how it was possible, but even she doesn't know how I can have magic. The theory we came up with, after much research through the internet, is that humans were magic users a long time ago, but over the years it became a forgotten ability that has sealed itself through disbelief in the hearts of humans.

Somehow this link of ours has awoken the source of magic that is hidden inside me, so now I have to deal with the fact that I am some sort of fuel for her power.

Eventually she explained that her way of taking this magic from me consists of touching my head, with her horn of course, when I am sleeping.

Yeah I felt a little violated on that part, seeing as how she is sneaking into my room just to save herself from being exhausted. With that now in mind, I told her she cannot do it without my permission, which actually settled pretty well between us.

Also, no funny business in teaching me magic; that is something I will get pissed about. The last thing I need is to be pulling some Harry Potter shit when my brain can barely process the reality of having talking ponies in my house.

Anyway...

Life was a little quiet while walking through Wal-Mart to retrieve the last few things on my list, seeing as how the foals went through all the canned foods after their last try in becoming 'master chefs'. Celestia was keeping an eye on things, but this link of ours was keeping her in contact with me in every way she wanted. Our minds are so close together, thanks to the link, that she can see what I am seeing in the store.

Everyone was staring at me, knowing my eyes are strangely ruby colored, but that is for the reason of the alicorn invading what little time I have to myself. I was basically a parent now, running out and about only when I need to fetch some groceries and other things. It really isn't so bad when they are acting so adorable tome, but there are moments where I just want to smack them on their heads and give an earful.

That would be wrong though, especially when these three former villains are needing a good influence so that their lives can restart in the right path. I was now their guardian, their parent, their father, so I have to bite my tongue at times, and stay my hand before even thinking of raising it against them.

If I was to make these three foals become good, then I have to be an excellent father that teaches them the difference between right and wrong. Funny how I have to keep myself in line, seeing as how I was always punch first and ask questions later.

Basically I'm teaching myself to be good.

...

You know, karma is a bitch, but right now she's on her period...and I'm the target.

Damn.

"Okay I have the Spaghettios, but I still have to find some fresh fruit that the foals will like. What about you Celestia, do you have any favorite foods?" I asked the alicorn in my head, not even noticing that people were watching me talk as though I was a man with schizophrenia.

I didn't care though, not when reality has been turned upside-down in the last week, and that I basically have kids to raise. I might as well call them my family because the ponies in Equestria will go bat-shit crazy if they ever found out who the foals are. If they were to discover that their old enemies are foals now, I would be having a war against a species that probably wants them dead.

That's not going to happen though, that won't happen as long as I am around.

"Strawberries are my favorite" Celestia answered, then to my confusion was starting to giggle while I wrote down her favorite food on my list.

Curious I was as to why she would be giggling, but I got the answer before I could ask the question. I knew she was very upfront with me, knowing that by how she kissed me when we met, but I never expected her to be so open-minded and truthful about things that she sees and believes. Celestia may be a kind monarch back in Equestria, but in my house she is very honest and very much herself because there is not a single pony around to judge her.

The foals don't count, so she has every right to be herself.

"We sound like a married couple...my mate"

"You do realize that-!"

Suddenly I stopped in the midst of my sentence, for there was a certain person blocking my path, and said person was examining a loaf of bread while my brain went into overdrive. Celestia was seeing everything as this happened, but she didn't know that I was wanting to avoid this woman before things got uncomfortable and dramatic. I knew this woman in front of me was the same girl I asked out back in my senior year of high school, I knew it was none other than Julie Marks.

She's a great looking woman, but under that personality of hers is a viper waiting to strike those she lays her eyes on. I happened to be one of those victims during the senior prom, I was so foolish to think that a cheerleader would go with me to senior prom. To be honest, I have never danced with someone, and I have never been on a date, and lastly I never had a friend.

To be frank with my past, I went to senior prom with Julie and readied to dance with her, but that all changed with a terrible prank that sent me over the edge of insanity. I was actually ready to dance, ready to show off what I spent months learning, but she signaled the football team to pull their prank when I was in the middle of the dance room.

Without a clue as to what they were up to, I became the victim of a prank they stole from the movie 'Carrie', I was stunned by the animal blood that fell out of a bucket and landed on top of my head. The shock was enough to make me stop breathing, but the laughter was the trigger that brought out the monster inside me, and they witnessed it when I finally snapped out of my stupor.

Let's just say I put six football players in the hospital; all of them having broken bones and needing their stomachs pumped because I punched them until their teeth were swallowed.

That was not a good year for me; scratch that, senior year was the worst year for me because everyone blamed me for the football team not winning the state championship. I was hated already, but I was the school's worst enemy after the principal announced that the football players, I tore apart, were going to be out of the championship.

That did not go well with the other students, especially when they found out that I was only suspended.

The past is the past though, so right now I have to deal with the fact of this bitch being right in front of me without knowing I was right there. Seeing as how I could sneak past her, or turn around, I pondered my choices for a moment before the blond could notice I was in front of her.

"Joshua, what troubles you?" Celestia asked, her voice sounding concerned as I turned around and walked away from a potential uproar between me and the bitch.

I didn't answer the alicorn that is connected to my mind, I just continued my walk out of the bread and coffee aisle with only the thought of getting the hell out of dodge.

Unfortunately karma was biting me in the ass today, karma was biting my ass and taking a chunk out by having fate intertwine an encounter that made me mutter some choice words.

Her voice is still annoying as hell; no...I was wrong...everything about her is annoying!

"Josh...Joshua Duncan?" Julie said from a distance, calling for me from halfway down the aisle.

"Shit!" I whispered, knowing this was not going to end well.

Reason why this encounter won't end well; simple...me.

"Oh my god, it is you!" she continued , then gave away her approach with the sound of the wheels on her cart.

They were squeaky, very squeaky, but nowhere near as annoying as the woman that put a hand on my shoulder, and forced me to turn around. Julie was still enthusiastic and smiling like usual, but I had no expression on my face while her voice grinded at my brain, scratching and clawing like a desperate animal that is trapped in a hole.

Then came the hug and hello that was aggravating the hell out of me, but even I have to act normal around the bitch that set me up to be the school laughing stock three years ago. Then again, I could lose my cool and tell her how I really feel about her, but that would risk causing a scene before some form of security escorted one of us out of the store.

And I will not risk that at all, not when I have four hungry mouths to feed back at home, and three of them are growing... again... I think.

"It's been years since I've seen you; wow Josh, you're looking good"

"Yeah...whatever" I breathed heavily, not wanting to pay her a lick of attention when I have better things to do than listen to whatever bullshit she has to say.

Plus I just really hate her with a fiery passion that knows no bounds.

Julie was always a smart girl, so it didn't take her long to see that I have no interest in her, which is completely true since the one I am interested in is Celestia. You could even say that I am only interested in the solar princess, but how is another question I have yet to figure out.

Speaking of Celestia...

"She touched you, she is not allowed to touch you, I am the only one that can touch you because you're my mate!" the princess screamed at the top of her lungs, filling my already forming headache with a monstrous migraine that was going to be the death of me.

It was without a doubt that Celestia was pissed off and ready to come find me so she can rip Julie apart, but that would risk her presence in a world that doesn't believe in magic. I know I had every right to give this chick a piece of my mind, but something in my brain clicked when the alicorn came to mind, something that would be sinister and a good way to get revenge on Julie.

However it was not just sinister, it was truthful and strangely a feeling of pride in what I have with the princess, it was almost as if I was feeling that I only belong to Celestia.

It felt good, it felt...like I was happy.

"Listen, Josh, I know I screwed you over back in high school, and I wanted to say that I'm sorry; there really is no way for me to make it up to you, but maybe we could start over and go to dinner or catch a movie"

Did she seriously just ask me out on a date, did she really give me this poor excuse of an apology after three fucking years of living with that torment!?

This bitch has the gall...the...the audacity to apologize after three years...THREE FUCKING YEARS!

Oh she was going to regret this right now, she was going to know how I truly feel while Celestia heard everything.

It was wrong of me to do this, but I still did it so that this burden of living in the past would get off my chest and let me live my life without having to be so damn angry all the time. I finally had enough of carrying my past on my shoulders, I finally had enough of giving this bitch power over me, so I did what no one would ever expect from a man that is quiet and isolated from the world.

I took a deep breath and said what was on my mind, fueling my confidence and self-esteem while Celestia heard what she wants to hear.

That I am only interested in her

"Take your apology and shove it up your laxative ass, you cum choking, flat chested, self-centered, overbearing, mandingo whore; there is not enough money in this world for me to give you one night of my life. Also I have someone that is far more beautiful than you, much better in personality, and she treats me like a person instead of an object, so go fuck yourself!"

"AHA, I KNEW YOU LIKED ME, I KNEW I WAS YOUR MATE!"

"Not now Celestia" I muttered under my breath, trying to be secretive about our conversation as Julie stood there with her jaw hanging and her coffee cup being squeezed until it was nothing.

I was going to ask if her coffee was hot, but that would be redundant since I could see the steam rising from the floor. Julie was furious on the inside and probably ready to strangle me, maybe even put a knife through my heart, but pissing her off was the intention in the first place.

Now that I had my revenge, I turned around and walked away from her before anything else could be said. Celestia, however, was going crazy with joy over how I spoke about her being so much better, and that I belonged to her.

...

You know, maybe I should have said things in a different way instead of giving Celestia more fuel for her goal of becoming more than friends.

"No one has ever said that about me...thank you...my mate"

"It was the truth Celestia; besides, I've come to grasp a little bit about the position you're in" I replied, confusing her with the subject that is about to be brought up.

She was probably uncertain of what I meant, but at least she will know that I am beginning to understand her pain.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean I am beginning to understand that you are in a position of being a monarch that has no time to herself. You can't take time to yourself because of your subjects being so needy of you, but now you have a chance that you've been trying to make so perfect. However I have been so inconsiderate of your feelings about this, and I'm sorry for it, and that I will give this relationship a shot"

"You mean you-"

"Yes Celestia, I'll give 'us' a shot, but we'll be starting off at my pace" I finished.

There was nothing left to say after that, but I think my brain was destroyed by the high pitched squeal that Celestia made during my walk towards the gaming isle. Sure I needed to get back home, knowing the foals hate being at home without me, but even I needed a few minutes to stand back and have a gander at what I do not have for my consoles.

Luckily they had a few that I wanted, but over the years I have forced myself into believing that I should only spend my riches on what I need; there is no reason to spend money on what you want. I know that makes me very serious and boring, but even I have standards to being as normal as possible. If I was to spend money on what I wanted, then I would be showing off and acting like a spoiled brat that doesn't care.

"Damn" I sighed, feeling frustrated with myself for being so fickle with my standards.

It was torture to my own mind, torture that I brought upon myself for being so scruffy and uptight, for being such a stick in the mud. I was so tempted to get one of the helpers so they could get me the games, but I was also fighting the temptation as though it was World War 2 inside my head.

Celestia wasn't paying attention to this, knowing that she was probably jumping around for joy after exiting my mind.

In the end of it all, I left the store with only a few movies that are for Celestia to watch since she is an adult, and I am certain that having nothing to do right now is getting to her very quickly. So after getting gas, I drove back home with the blizzard still going strong throughout the countryside that I pass through every time I drive. It was actually nice to see the fields so white from the snow, so blanketed with the touch of winter, so articulate with just a season that passes through Wisconsin more than usual.

Knowing that I lived in such peace made me really appreciate how beautiful nature can be when there are no buildings around, but this is only the beginning of what there is to truly be thankful for. I sound pretty cheesy, but my heart wavers from one thing to another before I can realize it, so I just go with the flow whenever my feelings rest on the peace around me.

That is if you exclude the wolves and punk kids.

Anyway, I returned home and walked in on a nesting of my three favorite foals that were snuggled up to a very beautiful alicorn. Sombra was against her chest, Chrysalis was on one side with Celestia's tail as a blanket, but Nightmare Moon was still wide awake and whimpering as I walked through the door with the groceries.

My first thought was how hard this must be for the solar princess, seeing as how they were her enemies once upon a time, but to my surprise I was watching her nuzzle the mumbling former unicorn king while Chrysalis was sucking on her hoof.

A little weird, but still absolutely adorable to see while having the former mare in the moon quietly approach me.

"I guess they are being a little more cooperative?" I chuckled questioningly, knowing it was the best time to have a conversation since the little ones are out cold.

"They were panicking over when you would be back, so I helped them rest, but it seems one of them isn't able to sleep without the one she loves" Celestia whispered as she pointed at the dark alicorn that was leaning up to me with bug puppy eyes and a loud whimper.

This happened as I put the food away and stuck the drinks into the fridge, but it was no trouble at all because I enjoy holding the filly while she snuggles in my arms. I know I'm getting softer every day, but even I cannot resist the power of cuteness when it is upon me.

"Daddy, I'm cold" Nightmare Moon whimpered, breaking me of fighting her cuteness as I stacked the movies in the shelf.

With that being said to me so strongly, so adorably, so cutely, I caved into picking up the filly and wrapping her up with her blanket before taking a load off with said filly on top of me. Unfortunately I didn't get the peace and quiet I wanted while my ass was planted on the couch; instead I got a real taste of magic with Celestia being the one that levitated Chrysalis and Sombra onto me as well.

What's worse is she took one of the extra comforters and laid it over us after she scrunched in between me and the couch, which led to her holding me tightly while I had two fillies in my arms now, and one colt resting on my stomach. Now I was trapped and unable to mutter a few choice words that would get me in trouble, but could I really complain about this when I have a pony princess cuddling me?

...

You know...I bitch too much.

"Tell me, Joshua, have you ever slept with a female?"

Well that certainly was asked out of the blue; her asking if I have slept with someone is a personal question that is not embarrassing for me to answer. It really isn't, for I have never gone that far with a woman because none of them took the time of getting to know the man that is hiding under all the anger and spite.

Believe it or not, I use to be energetic and very social with people, but being the grandson of a millionaire makes it impossible to have a real friend.

"No I haven't, nor have I experienced sex, I have lived a single life since the day was born" I answered calmly, acting like an adult when such a question is a hit to what pride I have left.

I should have realized that this was a trap in the first place, but I was too lost in my mind to figure out that Celestia asked such a question so she could know if I am some sort of man-whore. With the answer being given, I listened to her giggle as the hug she had around me tightened to where her muzzle was now buried in my neck, which forced her heated breathing to glaze across my skin in a teasing manner.

"Well then, I guess we will experience it together, when the time comes that is" she whispered, then gave me a peck to my cheek before falling asleep with the foals.

With that in mind, I had a pretty good idea as to where this was going to lead us, but what I failed to see is that my life was going to turn upside-down in a matter of days. I was going to be experiencing changes that would define me as a real man...or a coward.

But for now, I'm just myself.

Chapter End