I let out a sigh of contentment, I could faintly hear Mac’s heartbeat as I rested my head on his bare chest. I felt unbelievably sore but it was so worth it. I allowed myself a small smile as I looked at the clock. It wasn’t even after ten o’clock at night.

Mac was snoring lightly, I guess I tired him out...I couldn’t believe it, that was the first time we had had sex. I mean Mac and Twilight have had sex plenty of times, but as for me and Mac...this was the first time.

I was relieved at the fact I didn’t have to change just to have a physical relationship with somepony.

“Yer alright Dusk?” Mac spoke up groggily, “Ah wasn’t too rough with ya was Ah?”

“Hm? I’m fine sleepy head.” I gave him a warm smile, “A little sore but I’ll heal quick, thank the stars for a high pain tolerance.” Mac chuckled, “I guess all those times Rainbow has crashed right into me on a regular basis has worked wonders for it.”

“And Twi?” Mac asked, “Ah guess she might get some time to come out tomorrow?”

“I wouldn’t be surprised.” I answered, giving Mac a thoughtful expression, “Through all of this, one thing I’ve figured out is that the longer Twilight is the one in control, the longer it takes before I change back into her.”

“Really?” Mac raised a brow, “Ya’ll got some sort of deal goin’ on?”

“No.” I shook my head, “The changes are random...and it’s never the same amount of time, but it just seems to be the general rule.”

“Hm.” Mac gave what I said some thought, “Must take some getting used to.”

“It does,” I replied, “Just don’t be too surprised if Twilight decided to take you for a ride in the morning, handsome.” Mac gave a chuckle, and an expression that just screamed bring it on.

“Oh where is that grandson of mine?” Granny Smith, the eldest of the Apples asked, “He said he’ll be back in a hour or two.”

“Ah don’t think he’ll be back until mornin’ Granny!” Applebloom spoke up, “He’s with his special somepony.” Granny and AJ gave Applebloom a curious look, but AJ was internally panicking.

“Oh-hoh? Mah grandson finally hooked up with that Fluttershy gal?” Granny gave a small smile, “Maybe Ah’ll finally have some more grandkids to spoil.” She let out a laugh.

“No Granny, Mac is with Dusk.” Applebloom corrected, AJ gave a worried look...and Granny raised a brow, “Granny why was Dusk pretending to be a stallion?” AJ gave a sigh of relief, thanking the sun for her sisters ability to jump to conclusions.

“Oh is that right?” Granny asked and Applebloom nodded, “Ah’m sure Dusk has her reasons, maybe she’s a tomboy like that Rainbow Dash yer sister Applejack is always hangin’ around with.”

“Just bare in mind Applebloom Mac has the right to some privacy.” AJ spoke up, “So don’t yer pester him about Dusk yer hear?” Applebloom nodded, “Now get yerself to bed Applebloom, yer got school in the mornin’”

“Ah’m surprised yer haven’t found somepony yet Applejack.” Granny commented, “Yer got some fine stallions fightin’ over yer attention.”

“...” AJ was quiet for a moment, “They jus’ want me to be another notch in their belt Granny...” Granny Smith didn’t reply as AJ left the room.

Granny was fully aware of exactly what was going on, she didn’t blame them from keeping this from her. She knew Dusk was a stallion, and she couldn’t help but wonder what had happened between them that led up to all this.

Applejack on the other hand...Granny sighed, she knew fine well she never took up all those stallions, it wasn’t just because she wasn’t interested...it was because she already had a lover. AJ was never very good at keeping secrets, especially when your moaning your lovers name in your sleep.

“Ah swear these grandkids of mine...” She chuckled, a little known family tradition was that every Apple had met their partner by that old barn. She guessed this time it was no different.

Night Light sat contemplating what had happened earlier, it had shocked him that his youngest son had talked back at him in such a disrespectful fashion. Was it so hard to understand that he wanted his sons to strive.

“How could he throw away his pride like that?” He asked himself, as he took a drink. Night Light looked on at the night sky, he noticed they were shining brighter than they usually did, “...I need to get out of here and clear my head, maybe a drink or two.”

Night Light snuck out, his sleeping wife unaware that he was gone...

The morning light stirred me from my sleep, I wasn’t sure what but something didn’t feel right. I’ve always had good intuition...so what was it this time?

“WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE?” That sounded like Spike, I shot up and Spike’s shouting woke Mac up. He shot up as startled as I was. I covered myself with the blanket and ran downstairs.

“Spike what’s wrong...oh no...” Everything in the living room was trashed, books everywhere, furniture was broken and all in all everything was a complete utter mess. What had upset me the most was the word “Freak” written over and over again all across the walls in bright red spray paint.

“Dusk what’s...oh...” Mac came down dressed only in his boxers and slacks. He looked around in complete utter disgust that somepony would do something like this, “What in tarnation happened here?”

The door was jar, the lock looked like it had been incinerated off. Was this how whoever did this got in here? Maybe I should have took up Celestia’s offer of having some guards watch over the library.

“This is deplorable...” I commented, “Who would sink so low to do this?”

We heard a light snoring and mumbling coming from the kitchen, and a strong smell of alcohol was in the air. I walked into the kitchen, and I was met with the sight of my father out cold on the floor, reeking of cheep booze, and empty bottles littering the floor around him.

“...” I turned and left the kitchen. I had seen enough, “... Spike? Would you please call the local guard?” Spike did what he was told, and with in ten minutes, the guards came and took my sleeping father away. I sat down on the couch and just cried.

“I can believe Dad did this...” Spike commented, as he looked around. The living room was trashed, the kitchen was a total mess and so was the basement lab. Spike noted the broken windows and sighed, everything was just in a complete wreck.

“H-how could he?” I sobbed, I felt so heartbroken, “H-how could he do this to me? Does he really hate me that much?”

“It’s gonna take a week to repair all this...” Mac noted, he could do the job easily but it would take some time. This was far more than repairing a gate or patching up a wall back at the farm, “Yer stayin’ with me at the farm until this all fixed up Dusk.”

“Y-you sure?” Mac nodded, his expression was one that I couldn’t argue with, “O-okay then, let’s get dressed and clean up this mess.”

Twilight Velvet looked around the hotel room, only to find her husband was no where to be seen. She sighed, she knew fine well he would go for a walk or a couple of drinks if something was bothering him.

“That foolish husband of mine...” She muttered, she knew he’ll be back later so she decided to get dressed and go visit her son. Hopefully he was doing better than yesterday.

Velvet made her way through Ponyville, and noticed a crowd of onlookers gathering around the library. Velvet noticed how much of a wreck the place was...windows were broken and graffiti was sprayed all over the walls.

“Oh by the stars no...” Velvet pushed her way through the crowd, and into the Library only to find Spike and Mac doing their best to clean up the mess, and Dusk was looking very distressed, “Dusk what happened here?”

“...” I looked at my mother, “My home was broken into and trashed Mom...” I said simply, Mom noticed how flat my tone was.

“W-who could have done this?” She asked, wondering what kind of monster could have done this to her son.

“...” I paused for a moment, “Why don’t you ask Night Light that when you go to pay his bail...” Mom was completely taken aback at what I said, “He’s no father of mine...”

Author's Note

Next chapter as promised, and the last part of this particular story arc.

• Silent out.