I woke up to several voices speaking all at once, my head throbbed with pain. All I remember was that Vinyl had just told me I was going to be a father...

"Holy Shit! I'm going to be a father!" I bolted upright from my spot on the floor, no wait couch, I'd been placed on a couch.

All talking froze momentarily until one voice spoke up, "Looky who's awake." I heard the sarcasm of my marefriend.

Vinyl walked over and sat down beside me. Twilight, Zoe, and Octavia were talking excitedly off to the side while Ryan and Celestia sat on the opposite couch talking to Luna who was sitting in the recliner next to it. Vinyl wrapped one arm around me while weaving her fingers between mine with her other.

"You feeling better?" Vinyl asked with genuine concern.

"I-I don't know. I'm still trying to wrap my around the fact that you're pregnant." I replied with a squeeze to Vinyl's hand. "I didn't really think I could get you pregnant without magic. You have an answer for that?"

Sensing the opportunity to teach Twilight moved like roadrunner from looney tunes, stop and everything, before going teacher mode. "The reason is quite simple, though very interesting. There have been a number of cases recorded of humans and ponies, and even other races, barring children, but only after a spell was introduced. Or that was what was believed until very recently."

I sighed at Twi's rambling, "Get to the point Sparkles."

Twilight blushed sightly and chuckled nervously, "Sorry. As I was getting to, when the portal event occurred something changed. There started, though exceedingly rarely, to be cases of pregnancy without spells. When I heard about it I thought it had to be a flook, until I heard of a second, and then a third. I realized that something was different. So I started doing research and found one interesting difference between humans that had been transported here without a portal, and those who had. There are traces of a raw, pure, new type of magic that only seems to affect humans. Humans normally have 23 pairs of chromosomes, while races here vary from 32 pairs in ponies to 56 pairs in dragons. What this magic seems to do is manipulate genetic code, like normal spells would, to allow for crossing breeding between any race on Equis and humans."

Hearing this one problem came to mind with the facts presented, "Then why is it so rare?" I asked.

"Well that's actually easier to explain. Imagine when this magic interacts with Equis magic, it is like two blasts of magic battling each other for dominance. The stronger one will displace the other, commonly this is the Equis magic. These rare cases are caused by humans with much stronger magic within their bodies, which apparently includes you, Andrew." Twilight answered.

Well I know I have strong magic, but to think it would effect me like this is just weird.

It's because the magic in question was meant to insure that we would always be provided a vessel to move to. This magic would even let normally barren women to bare child. Just so the vessel would be less likely to defy giving an heir for love.

Nice of you to speak up Bael. I replied sarcastically.

Anytime.

I'm going to go mad at some point, I'm fairly sure of it. A squeeze to my hand brought me out of my thoughts. Vinyl gave me a kind but slightly worried smile.

"Andrew, are you alright?"

I squeezed her hand back and wrapped my free arm around her waist. "Yeah babe, it's just a lot of info to take in at once. I do have a question for you though. Do we know what it is?" I asked while rubbing her stomach so she knew what I was asking.

Vinyl's face lit up with surprise, "Oh of course! I haven't told you anything have I. Well now is as good a time as any. Andrew you're a father to..." Stopping for dramatic effect, much to my chagrin. "TWINS!"

Everyone looked shocked, apparently I wasn't the only one to have only just been told this. I could already feel my head start to swim as thoughts of having not one, but two spawns of hell running around driving me crazy. Before I got a chance to say anything, Twilight spoke up.

"Are they ponies or humans?"

Vinyl seemed to be glowing at this point at getting to tell us all about this, "That's the best part, it's one of each! Of course it's too early to tell what they're genders will be but I can't help but be excited!" She squealed.

Twilight's expression grew troubled at this news and we all caught it immediately.

Celestia spoke up in concern, "What's the matter my student?"

"What she said shouldn't be possible." Twilight all but whispered, "Like I said when the battle of magic takes place, it either wins or losses. Saying you had one of each means that didn't happen. Twins come from the original egg splitting in two or two separate eggs being fertilized by two different sperm. But the magic in human bodies doesn't vary, sperm included, which means the race should have been fixed, human or pony. It shouldn't be possible biologically for one of each race to occur."

Vinyl's worry was evident by her face, Octavia joined us on the couch to insure that she was ok.

Octavia was the one to ask the question I believe we were all thinking. "Is there anything to worry about?"

Twilight was snapped out of her thoughts by that question and looked around at the concern evident in the room. "Oh Faust, no no no. You'll be just fine Vinyl. I'm so sorry for making you worry. This isn't something dangerous, just something that shouldn't be possible, in theory anyway. Since it has happened there must be something I missed or another factor in play. The foals, or foal and child I should say, shouldn't have any problems over the pregnancy. I'm sorry I scared everyone."

The room seemed to breath a sigh of relief together. Octavia, Vinyl, and I especially were feeling better once Twilight had clarified. With the major news out of the way we all started to talk among ourselves for a few hours, until it was time for non-residents to leave. I hugged Zoe as she left with the princesses, she was going to be staying in the castle for a week before she had to return to earth so I told her I'd make sure to stop by before she had to go.

With that taken care of my crazy day had come to an end. Dinner had already been had and the girls were visibly tired from all the chaos. So we decided to just call it a night and one by one made our way to bed after we finished our personal nightly routine. I found myself between a mare sandwich with one arm around each. My hand around Vinyl falling on her belly which I lightly caressed thinking about the infants that we had created together, I'd just have to get use to the idea of being a father, because it doesn't look like got much choice now. Not that I regret it in the least.

Few Days Later

There are few reasons I can come up with of why I'd be kicked out of my house for the day. But with no warning from Vinyl, that's exactly what happened. My number one explanation right now being, a naturally moody mare is pregnant making her more so, which leads to her kicking me out because of something I can't comprehend.

Yeah, that makes about as much sense as anything right now. So with nothing much to do I went over to the castle to see Zoe.

As I was about to walk into the castle grounds the guard at the gate actually stopped me from going in.

With a sneer and spite in his voice the stallion demanded with his spear in my face, "What's your business here, filth."

Filth, that's new. Apparently this stallion was pretty racist, and I wasn't very tolerating in that subject. However before I got a chance to go off on the guard, another voice beat me to it.

"White Knight, what in Tartarus do you think you are doing!"

We both looked in the direction of the voice to find Ryan stomping our way. He was in his Legionary Captain uniform and looked extremely pissed. The stallion cursed under his breath, apparently not expecting to be caught.

"Captain." The guard saluted and addressed him through clenched teeth. "What seems to be the problem?"

Ryan came up just shorter than the terran in front of him, but his presence made him seem bigger than he was. "My problem, private, is that you seem to think you have absolute authority about who gets to enter the palace. Which. You. Don't. So for the moment you are relieved of your post, and are on latrine duty for the rest of the week. Now get out of here!"

Now normally a guard doesn't argue with a commanding officer if they know what's good for them. This guard was apparently not that smart.

"Oh I realize what's going on, just because you're the Princess's lap dog makes you think you have actual authority with me. Well guess what you hairless rat, you couldn't do anything to me if you wanted t-UGH!!" The guard sputtered mid-rant, and it wasn't because of me.

Ryan's hand flashed out incredibly fast and spear handed the stallion in the throat, which had he been human would likely have severely injured or possibly been fatal. The stallion's luck was being a pony, terran specially, though luck is not quite the word I'd use because I fairly certain it gave Ryan the excuse not to go lightly on this idiot. The guard grasped at his throat as he coughed up a small amount of blood, but only for a second before he tried to grasp at the ground, because he thought he had dropped his spear. Ryan however had caught it and just then used the back end to bash the stallion in the side of his head, laying him out on the ground.

At the end of this encounter two royal guards were running to confront the commotion, they were fairly shocked to see one of their fellows laid out on the dirt. Ryan tossed the spear to one of the guards before walking pass as he gave them their orders.

"Get this piece of shit out of my sight, he will be court marshaled within the hour." When the guards hesitated, Ryan shouted. "NOW! YOU SACKLESS WORMS!"

They scrambled to grab the stallion on either side before dragging him out of our sight. Ryan saw that I hadn't moved as I watched the encounter, so he waved me over. Once I had, we started our way through the castle.

"What brings you to the palace, Howler?" Ryan asked as we causally walked the halls.

"First, you know I hate that name. Two, I came to see Zoe. Vinyl was moody this morning and kicked me out for the day, so I thought why not come visit."

Ryan nodded knowingly, "Yeah, I've heard plenty of stories about pregnant mares. Not very different from stories about pregnant women, except for the fact of magic. Which I'm sure you know, changes everything."

"Yeah, you got a point there. Anyway what was the deal with that guard? I've never known them to do something of that nature."

"That makes two of us. Something is going on, there have been ongoing investigations since over a month ago. Ponies assaulting humans, harassing, cheating, you name it. Some would just blame racism, but it seems like more than that. It feels like the tension back in the middle east on Earth, which is scary to say because that place is one of the worst on Earth. The sad part is that incident isn't the first I've dealt with, first I've needed to get physical, but that was the third time this month I've sentenced a guard to a court marshal." Ryan said with a hint of sadness.

"Seriously? Wow, that's kind of crazy. Though if I think about it, I've had to break up more incidents at the club recently than in the past."

Ryan seemed troubled by this, "Like I said, something is happening. And Canterlot seems to be one of the prime targets for whatever is going on."

This troubled me, if that was true then the safety of Vinyl and Octavia might be compromised. Add to it Vinyl's pregnant and my paranoia just went overdrive. Ryan noticed my silence, and said not what I expected.

"I can guess what you're thinking, and to give my two bits, it's not a terrible idea. Canterlot is always the first target for the evils that seem to appear in this world, and moving to somewhere else might be your best option to keep your mares safe. I'd suggest Ponyville if it were my choice. The guard still has a decent presence there, along with the elements living there. Not to mention currently it is a small town, meaning it is less likely to a target if a war would break out. Just something to think about."

"Aren't you suppose to be the optimist that says, 'oh everything will be fine, Equestria will never go to war, we love harmony too much to let that happen.' hmm?" I teased him.

Ryan gave a half chuckle, "I am, aren't I. Well sadly I can't say that and still believe it myself at this moment. I know Celestia especially is getting less sleep worrying about the implication of a war starting now, especially if it became a war about race. It would basically amount to civil war between those who support humans here and those like the guard you just saw."

I put my hand on his shoulder and we both stopped for a minute, "Ryan, you're one of my best friends. Know that if you need my aid in anything you'll have it. Be it fighting in a war that is to come, or whatever you need. I'll do what is in my power to help."

Ryan gave a full smile at my words, "Thank you my friend. Let us just hope it doesn't come to that."

With that Ryan told me he had business to attend to, and told me where Zoe was staying before we parted ways. So finally able to do what I came here for I made my way towards the guest wing of the palace.

As I was about to reach the room I was told Zoe was staying in, thanks to a helpful maid, I saw Luna stepping out of said room. The door shut behind her and she turned to the right and saw me.

"Andrew, what brings you to the castle my friend?" Luna asked with a sweet smile.

"Hey Lu, Vinyl kicked me out for the day. So I thought I'd come see Zoe. Question is, why did you need to talk to her?"

"Why wouldn't I try to get some otherwise hard to gather information about one of my favorite humans?"

My smile dropped when I heard that, "What did she tell you." I ask-no, more demanded than asked.

Luna giggled at my reaction, "Oh what would be the fun in telling you. It gives me something to use next time I need to prank you. Now my apologizes for having to cut this talk short but I have some duties to attend to." She evaded before walking pass me to do whatever Luna does as a princess.

I sighed in defeat before walking up to Zoe's door and knocking.

"Yes who is it?" Zoe's muffed voice came through the door.

"It's your long thought dead brother, now open the door Z." I stated sarcastically.

The doors flew open in a flash just before I was having the breath squeezed out of me, with Zoe spouting ramblings that would make Pinkie Pie proud. "OhI'msogladmybabybrothercametoseemehowareyouhowsvinylhowarethebabiesiseverythinggood?"

"I'm dying~" I squeaked as Zoe continued to hug me.

She finally stopped and slapped me on the back while walking me inside her room. "Oh you're fine. Stop being so melodramatic, that's not how you get girls."

"I have girls, literally plural. So I'm fairly certain being dramatic does in fact 'get the girls'." I fired back.

Zoe rolled her eyes, "I don't know what they see in you. Though I am glad to hear you were able to find someone who can tolerate your strangeness, two someones at that."

We sat down on the couch in her room and had a calmer, more caring hug. "I'm glad to have you back." Zoe told me.

"Same to you, crazy ass sister of mine." I smirked

She slapped me on the shoulder. "Shush you. I certainly didn't miss your snark." She said, but was smiling none the less. "So from the beginning. You are going to tell me everything that's happened since you came here, and don't you dare leave anything out."

We talked for hours, I told her all I could about how I'd been since being on Equis. Of course leaving out the parts that include human magic, she just thought I got rid of a demon. It would take a long ass time to explain I still had said being and that he wasn't a demon at all... well not exactly anyway.

In any case, Celestia was setting the sun and I would need to be getting back home. Or Vinyl would likely have another fit and kick my ass. If she doesn't decide to do that anyway. So I said my goodbyes to Zoe and made my way back home.

When I was within sight of my house I saw the lights were not on, which while not worried I was definitely curious. I stood outside for a moment straining to see if I could hear anything from the outside. When I couldn't I decided to just go in. I took one step inside and heard the slightest crunch sound.

Oh please, no. Anything but that.

"SURPRISE!!!" I heard in chorus as my friends jumped out of their hiding as the lights went on.

Uhhh. I hate it when I'm right... well about things like this I mean. Otherwise I love being right.

Most of my friends were here, the crew from Ponyville, Luna, and surprisingly Cadence, Shining Armor, and their little filly. Ryan and Celestia were nowhere to be found, but considering what Ryan told me at the castle I'm not overly surprised. However, all that didn't stop me from trying to leave, but the object I call 'the pink ball from hell' I'm fairly certain knows how to move faster than light itself.

Pinkie tackled me and started babbling, how she is like to do, "Andrewdoyoulikeyourpartydoyoudoyouitshardtobelieveyouvebeenhereawhoooleyearbutyouhaveivethrownalotofpartiesbutyoursaresomeofmyfavoriteslookatalltheponiesthat-mmhmmhmhhmhhmhmmm."

I was saved by Octavia shoving a whole slice of cake into Pinkie's mouth before pulling her off me. She pulled me up and I gave her a kiss on her cheek causing her to blush.

"Maybe I should have Pinkie attack you more often." She teased.

"You'd have a very different reaction than what just happened if you did." I replied with a sly pinch to her rear.

Octavia yelped and gave me a glare but before she could say anything more Vinyl walked up to us.

"Ok I think you're forgetting that you have two marefriends buster." She glared halfheartedly at me. "And this one is pregnant, or did you forget?"

I pulled Vinyl in close and kissed her. "Oh I'd never forget that, Vi. Octy just rescued me from the monster of parties, so she deserved something." I chuckled.

Looking around at the party I saw a banner that said, 'Happy First Year In Equestria!' "Well I think I realize why you kicked me out this morning. Has it really been a whole year since I came here? It barely feels like more than a month or two."

Octavia wrapped her arm around my left side while Vinyl had my right, Vinyl was the one that spoke up first. "You're not the only one, We've been together much less than that and we already have children on the way. I've wondered if we moved too fast, and this party just keeps bringing that to my mind."

I thought about what she said for a moment, looking out at all my friends laughing and having fun, before I gave my answer. "I understand your concern, because I've thought the same thing. Though when I look out at scenes like this, and look to you two, I realize I feel like I've been here for most of my life." I gave my mares a slight squeeze. "We've been through so much in this short time together that our experiences are equal to those who have been together for years. So to give you an answer, no I don't feel we've gone too fast. For we've done more than most can only wish to experience." I gave a kiss to each mare's head.

As we were enjoying the moment I heard Rainbow Dash call out, "Yo lovebirds this party is for you guys you know. So get over here and have some fun!"

Seeing nothing wrong with that we joined in and enjoyed the festivities. It was well into the night when we finally finished the last of our goodbyes to our friends and I was left alone with my marefriends. Though I wanted to do nothing more than sleep, I had to discuss something with Vinyl And Tavi. So we sat on our couch and cuddled up as they look up at me.

"Well what did you want to talk about?" Vinyl asked.

I wasn't sure how they'd react so I just came out and said it, "I... think we should move."

They looked about as shocked as I thought they'd be, Vinyl was about to speak but Tavi beat her to it, "What do you mean move? Why do we need to? Where would we go? How would we live?" She fired a barrage of questions at me.

I thought over what she asked and then replied, "Because Canterlot isn't safe anymore. And before you add anymore questions to the list let me explain. I'd seen bits of it myself, heard more, but Ryan let me know to what extent it went to. There is a group that seems to be growing that wants nothing more than to see humans wiped out of Equestria. There efforts have been focused highly in Canterlot and I feel it is no longer safe. Ponies that support humans being here are treated as traitors by these ponies and considering who you have as a boyfriend, you'd be on that list. I've heard of the beatings, the rapes, the few murders that are suspected to be because of some of it's supporters. I just can't help but feel afraid of what might happen to you to if they decided to go after either of you just because you're with me."

Vinyl looked thoughtful before putting her hand on mine and asking, "Where would we go?"

"Ponyville." I answered. Both Vinyl and Octavia seemed surprised by such a quick answer, so I continued, "It has a sizable guard presence, the elements are there, we have plenty of friends to help us if we need it. Also I'm sure the princesses would be able to help us in some way to move down there quickly if we did move down there. In truth, it's kinda perfect. I'll admit I've thought about maybe moving there eventually anyways, this just happens to be a bit sooner than I planned."

Vinyl rested her head on my shoulder, and Tavi followed suit before saying, "I'm pretty sure I'm speaking for both of us... We'll go where you go Andrew, we are a family now and if we need to move to keep that together than so be it." Vinyl hummed in agreement of Tavi's words.

"I'll talk to the princesses in the morning then. I think the sooner the better, but for tonight I'm going to sleep next to my two favorite mares and get some much deserved rest."

So the three of us went to bed and before I let sleep take me I thought to myself.

One year down... But still a lifetime to go.

Author's Note

Hey guys I'm back!

Sorry for the very late chapter, I'm back doing my studies so I don't have huge amounts of time to write. That being said I do hope to keep the chapters coming and be close to finishing this story by the end of the year.

Hope you enjoyed this latest chapter and look forward to the next one. Oh and little tid bit, one of the chapters I've been wanting to write since I started this fic happens in two chapters, so have fun waitingggg!

That's all I got for you guys, thanks for all the comments and encouragement it means the world to me.
Stay awesome everyone, Lyruil out.