Second Chance: Fox

Note: For texts in this chapter ** (Rarity) <> (James)

Waking up James let out a loud yawn before getting out of bed, making his way into his kitchen his thoughts were on the babysitting job he had today and what needed to be done. Thinking about what to show them James decided to be selfish and was gonna watch marvel movies with the fillies, after about three days into living in equestrian James had noticed an app on his computer, phone, and Xbox/PlayStation called Cosmic Entertainment, this app had ALL entertainment from earth and he got them all for free. The downside to this app was that he still had to wait for all the movies, games, books, and T.V. shows to be released, an example is the new Avengers Infinity War he has to wait another three weeks before he can watch it them movie, the app also followed Netflix type rules so when a show was released the entire season came out ! He even got sports they were also live, James even got notifications about the dates and times of the games. Taking out his phone James looked at the time making sure he still could make himself some coffee and toast reading off the screen it said 9:03 a.m. smirking he turned and began to set up his coffee maker. After a fixing everything James went over to the living room with his coffee and toast sitting down James turned on his PlayStation and began to scroll through the shows clicking on Flash Season 2 episode 10 James continued from where he left off. Watching as Team Flash went over their adventures for again he felt his phone buzz, lifting it up he read a message that Rarity had sent.

*Darling are you awake ?*

*Ok so are you ready to watch the fillies today ?*

*They better be foal friendly or else.*

Shuddering at the text James could feeling Rarity's glare through the text taking a small breath he began to tap out his reply

*I just asked Applejack and Rainbow Dash and they said that's fine as long as their is no nudity !*

*Good we will need you to pick the fillies up around 10:30.*

*Yes darling.*

*The all are 8 years old darling.* Nodding his head James quickly sent a reply saying thanks, James leaned back into his couch trying to think about how he could make these next two days of babysitting. James was glad he could help out the mares but was very worried about what could happen, but that was future James problem his at the moment was watching Team Flash and their adventures along with finishing his coffee.

(With Rarity)

Sitting in Twilights kitchen Rarity began to put up her phone looking over to the young Fillies who were eating pancakes that Fluttershy had made them. Looking at her herd mates she showed them the texts that were between her and James, scowling at the texts Applejack began to form a retort until a hand was placed on her shoulder, looking to her right she saw Pinkie giving her a reassuring smile placing her hand over hers the friends began talking to the fillies and how they needed to mind James.

"I can't wait to hang out with James." Scootaloo said while looking up at Fluttershy she gave her a wide smile while asking "Momma Fluttershy what movies is he gonna show us ?"

"Oh I don't know Scoots but it better not be anything that'll give you fillies nightmares." Fluttershy answered while making her way over Scootaloo to give her a kiss on the forehead pulling away she continued "But he does have a lot of movies and T.V. shows so you'll have to wait and see."

"Ah hope its not something scary like what Sweetie saw." Applebloom spoke up seeing Rarity scowl and her older sister clench her fist Rarity said "I made it VERY clear that he wouldn't show anything scary to you fillies or he would regret it."

"Really Rarity ?" Sweetie said with a small whimper she ended up looking down at her pancakes, seeing how sad she looked Rarity got out of her chair making her way over to her sister she gave her a hug and said "Yes darling I think he learned his lesson from last time and has 'Disneigh' movies for you to watch."

"What are those, Rarity ?" Twilight asked giving Rarity a questioning look only to earn a shoulder shrug from her standing up Rainbow Dash looked up to the wall clock and said "Ok we gotta go girls, we still have to get them ready for the next two days and have to be at the train station in forty minutes."

"Right c'mon girls lets get these here fillies ready for James." Applejack said standing up also she began to collect dishes that weren't being used by the herd and taking them to the sink to be washed with Pinkie helping her. Twilight and Fluttershy grabbed the fillies and took them to get their clothes for the next couple days, while they did this they discussed the rules they had to follow. Rainbow Dash and Rarity were looking over the plans they had for the 'date' and how they were gonna ditch him, but most of their energy was concentrated on the rules that James was gonna need for the fillies and how the care they would need.

(Train Station)

James had grabbed the closest clothes he had before leaving his house, a mass effect t-shirt and a pair of black plaid cargo shorts. He had just gotten to the station and was waiting for the mares, watching trailers for different movies mostly the new Venom and Infinity War trailers, when he was about to click on another trailer he felt someone tap his shoulder. Looking to his left he saw pinkie wearing a pink blouse and jean short shorts, feeling his eyes drift low James found himself staring at her exposed chest and which seemed to be exposed just enough for him to see. Pulling his eyes away from her chest James looked Pinkie in her baby blue eyes, giggling at this she began to go over all that he needed to know for watching the fillies. Asking a few questions about the girls he was watching James and Pinkie's conversation slowly began to turn from foalsitting to more their personal lives, James began to get to know Pinkie better and was glad for that. Giggling at one of James jokes Pinkie had placed one of her hands on his forearm and held it there for a few seconds, before James took notice her friends showed up as they came up Rainbow noticed where Pinkies hand was. Getting up James made his way over to the mares and looked down at the three cutie mark crusaders and gave them a warm smile, clapping his hands together James turned to the mares and asked "So what do I need to know ?"

"Well me and Rainbow went over the list of what you need, but we were then informed that Pinkie delivered a note that had all the rules you had to follow." Rarity said crossing her arms James simply gave her a small nod, today Rarity wore a simple white Sunday dress smirking at him she clicked her fingers causing multiple pairs of luggage appeared. Looking at them James immediately noticed that the cases matched each of the mares and fillies, chuckling James pointed to three suitcases there colors being orange, pale yellow and white while saying "So I guess those are the girls luggage for the next couple days."

"Good job Sherlock." Rainbow said giving him a sarcastic clap she then turned around to fix Scootaloos hair while whispering something to the young filly, while she did this James took some time to notice the running shorts she wore along with a work out shirt that seemed to fit her figure perfectly, before she could notice his staring James turned his attention to the track while Rainbow asked James "Ok so what do you have planned for their dinner tonight ?"

"Uh I was gonna make some chicken parmesan with spaghetti, nothing to fancy than I figured we could enjoy some movies starting with Iron Man."

"What the heck is a Iron man ?" Applejack said glaring at James raising both hands he gave her an innocent look before saying "Its just a superhero movie, one that kicked of a WHOLE cinematic universe."

"Well ah don't know about that but if it gives em nightmares you know what gonna happen." Applejack growled giving her a frantic nod James couldn't help but admire her cowgirl look faded jeans, red/white plaid shirt and her signature stentson gulping James continued "I promise Applejack that when you get back they'll sleep heavier than logs."

*WHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOO*

Turning around the ten individuals saw the train bound for Canterlot pulling up turning back to the fox Rainbow, Rarity and Applejack gave their goodbyes to the fillies while telling James to be careful with them. Before the six mares left James grabbed their luggage and began helping them load it into their private cart which had been supplied to them, once he had finished that James exited the train. After waving good bye James grabbed the luggage that Rarity had brought with her for the fillies, once he had had a comfortable hold on all the luggage he began to lead the fillies to his house, following the fox all three of the fillies couldn't help but cast each other concerned looks. Feeling the looks that James was getting from the fillies he let out a small sigh, turning his head slightly he said "So you girls excited for your sleepover tonight ?"

"Uh....y-yes Mr. Levingston." Sweetie mumble quietly trying not to look up at the fox frowning slightly James turned back around and ran a hand through his hair and said "Ok so you girls just have to follow a couple rules in my house."

"What kinda rules ?" Scootaloo said shooting James a small glare chuckling he shrugged he shoulder looking at the young tomb boy before saying "Like you girls not watching anything without running it past me first, No playing rated M games and watching only shows and movies in my kid friendly files."

"Wait so we have to watch foal movies and shows ?" Scootaloo whined throwing up her arms and huffing, turning to their friend both Sweetie and Applebloom both had an annoyed look on their face telling her not to anger their babysitter. Hearing a small chuckled the fillies looked up at James shoulders shaking looking at each other than back at the fox they heard him say "No Scoots they aren't all kids shows, they are just shows I think your eight year old minds can handle."

"What does that mean ?" Sweetie asked cocking her head to the side trying to get James to look at her keeping his eyes forward he said "It just means that the shows and movies have things that won't have you guys asking me....questions meant for your sisters or moms."

"Oh like what ?" Applebloom said jogging ahead of James so he could look at her which James did seeing her giving him a smirk shrugging his shoulders James said "Like adult things, THAT I am not gonna touch with the worlds longest ruler."

Looking up the three fillies noticed that they had arrived at James house as he opened the door James stepped to the side letting the fillies in before himself. As they made their way into the house they would be staying in for the next couple of days they quickly noticed how small the house was, especially Scootaloo since she lived with Fluttershy at her cottage along with Rainbow Dash. His house was probably a room or two smaller than hers making her way into the living room she saw the largest T.V. she's ever seen sitting on a far wall, surrounding said T.V. was a large entertainment center that held a huge collection of shows and games gawking at the games Scootaloo felt her mouth hanging open. She did notice something odd about the cases they were thinner than the ones at Twilights house reaching out she picked up a game called Mass Effect Andromeda opening the case she noticed a circular thing in it instead of a cartridge, walking up behind Scootaloo James noticed her staring at Mass Effect he reaching out he gently took the game away from her while saying "Sorry kid but this is Rated M which means that you can't play it."

"Ok, but how can I play it when its not a cartridge ?"

"Uh you can.........with my X box." James said pointing at the black box that sat next to a thinner one cocking her head she asked "Ok how does that work neither of them have a port ?"

"..............By placing it in a slot." James said giving the filly a curious look as he began to go through his mind James began to recall some things about the world, the few times he went out James had noticed how certain technologies were way behind his own. Examples were that the inhabitant traveled by air balloons, carts, and trains but they had cell phones and kitchen appliances that belonged in 2018, and then for entertainment systems seemed to come straight from 1988. Rubbing his nose James felt a migraine coming on just by thinking of the three different decades that seemed to coexist in this world taking a deep breath James began to explain how advanced his world was and proceeded to show the filly how the systems. After doing this he let her choose almost any game to play after a few minutes she ended up choosing to play Kingdom Hearts 1.5 final mix, once the game got going James left her and went to the kitchen to see what Applebloom and Sweetie were up to.

Walking into the dining area James noticed the two fillies sitting at the table playing with some cards taking a seat at the table James said "So you girls could go and take turns playing on my PlayStation with Scootaloo if you want."

"No thanks James me ad AB will play some cards." Sweetie said passing a couple cards to Applebloom before setting the deck down so they could begin playing Go Fish. Watching them James felt his phone go off taking it out he noticed a text from Rarity opening the message he expected something of a threat or to check to make sure that he hadn't messed up.

*Good luck darling* reading the text James felt warmth go through his system and a small smile cross his face as this happened he began to type out a reply

(6:00 p.m. dinner time)

Grabbing the chicken from the oven James began to serve the fillies walking setting the plates on the counter James called for them to come get their food and get seated in the dining room which was right across from the living room giving them a good look at the T.V. grabbing the food and sitting down with their drinks they looked to James. After serving himself some food and a drink James sat down at the head of the table, picking up a controller James picked the Iron Man movie to watch, watching the opening credits Scootaloo spoke up saying "So how is this supposed to be cool ?"

"Scoots lets just watch tha movie and find out." Applebloom said already invested in the movie after action in the first couple minutes her eyes glued to the screen along with Sweetie Bell. Chuckling at Applebloom James gave Scootaloo a wink which she blew a raspberry in return, as the movie kept playing James couldn't help but note that the girls each seemed glued to the screen watching as Tony Stark demonstrated his new missiles, when he built up his Mk. 1 armor, testing the newer models, the betrayal, and then finally the climactic ending. Jumping up from the couch they had moved to Scootaloo shouted "THAT WAS AWESOME !!!!!"

"Ah agree Scoots."

"James can we watch the next one ?" Sweetie asked looking up at James giving him her best puppy eyes which were than followed by Scootaloo and Applebloom chuckling James quickly checked his phone seeing the time which was 8:00 p.m. nodding his head he said "Yeah we can watch the second Iron man but First you girls need to call your sisters and mom, along with getting ready for bed."

"Alright, but where are we sleeping ?" Sweetie asked as she got off the couch to do as James asked looking away from the screen James where he was setting up Iron Man 2 to play he said "If you girls don't mind sharing a bed and bathroom you'll be staying in my room."

"We don't James." Applebloom said while racing to the back bedroom to get ready for bed so they could watch the next movie following behind her Scootaloo and Sweetie were close behind her. Chuckling at them James clicked on the movie and set it up to where he only had to hit the play button to start the movie, standing up James gave a small stretch while making his way over to the kitchen to grab a juice to drink.

(Canterlot Hotel Luxury suite)

Hearing the phone going off the main six rushed over to it to talk to the girls hitting the receive button they saw the crusaders pop up onto the screen each already for bed and looking excited. Smiling at this Rarity couldn't help but smile at the time it usually took her and the girls until around 9:30 or a little later to get them all ready for bed, the first to ask how the girls were doing was Twilight "Are you all having a good time ?"

"Yeah Momma Twilight, James showed us the coolest movie of ALL TIME !" Scootaloo said throwing up her arms scowling at he Sweetie spoke up saying "Scoots we still have ten years of Marvel movies to watch the later ones should be way cooler."

"Ah agree with Sweetie maybe the later ones are way cooler!" Applebloom said giving her a glare not noticing the confused looks from the main six speaking up Rarity asked "Scoots darling what movie was this ?"

"Y-y-you aren't gonna have nightmares are you ?" Fluttershy asked looking concerned for her daughters sake having a surprised look come across her face Scootaloo gave a sharp shake of her head saying "Of course not momma Fluttershy the movie he showed us was Iron Man from this 'file' called Marvel its a superhero movie, we asked James if we could watch more movies from the file and he said yes !"

"You girls aren't gonna stay up late watching all these movies are you ?" Pinkie said going mom mode on the situation giving a stern look at the three fillies the first to speak up was Sweetie saying "Of course not Pinkie James said we can watch one more movie but after that bed time."

"Really now ?" Applejack said crossing her arms and giving a look to Rainbow Dash who had a cross look on her face it may have been Friday but the fillies didn't need to stay up late. Nodding their heads the fillies began to explain that he told them that they could watch one more movie but after they HAD to go to bed or else he wouldn't allow them to watch any more movies from the Marvel universe. As they began to tell their herd mothers what was planned for tomorrow and how they were gonna follow the plan they were given so they could get away from the bad stallion, after that the crusaders heard James calling for them saying he was gonna start the movie with out them turning back to the herd they wished the main six a good night and sent their love before hanging up the phone.

"Well I think James had that under control." Twilight said looking at the blank screen she than turned to her herd mates before saying "He managed to get them in their PJs at 8:00 that's some kinda record."

"I have to agree with Twilight James seems to be doing great." Rarity said still staring at the screen looking at the two mares with surprise Applejack said "Just cause he manage to get those fillies into PJs means nothing."

"I agree with AJ, I think he is just lucky so far." Rainbow said strolling over the large bed the six of them were sharing, jumping into the bed she flipped over to her back walking over Pinkie sat beside her friend saying "C'mon Dashie just give James a chance I'll bet that at the end of all this they'll ask for him to watch them again !"

"Really Pinks then put up some bits !" Rainbow said still looking at the pink pony who had her signature child smile she then said "Ok I'll help you guys with any jobs you and AJ have no arguing !!"

"Really now ?" Applejack asked crossing her arms smiling at her she went through the motions for her Pinkie Promise giving her a surprised look Applejack wouldn't back down saying "Ok so what happens if me and Dash lose."

"Hmmm if James for some reason or another EVER asks us out on a date YOU can't argue and MUST give him a fair chance on said date !" Pinkie said pointing at both the mares while giving them a serious look both of who had disgusted looks leaning back a bit she sighed while saying "But I guess if you two are afraid we could just ignore thi-"

"WE AREN"T AFRAID !!!!" both mares yelled at the pink pony who still had a bored look on her face while giving both of them a shrug which then sent the mares over the edge they then went through the Pinkie Promise sealing the deal smirking Pinkie said "Well I hope I don't lose."

"Pinkie I-I-is there s-s-something you w-w-want to tell us ?" Fluttershy asked only to earn a playful chuckle from the mare who could only shrug her shoulders. Giving each other looks they decided it was Pinkie being Pinkie and would simply have to ignore the bet until the winners were decided, getting in bed they each snuggled together with Pinkie being closest to Rarity and Fluttershy looking over Rarity whispered "Pinkie does James like us ?"

"A little Rarity my Pinkie sense said he's a good stallion that we can trust." Pinkie said pulling Rarity closer she gave her a peck on the lips before saying "Plus the fillies love him."

(Back at James's house)

Sleeping in a darkened living room James and the crusaders were asleep on his left was Applebloom was leaning up against his left side using him as a pillow while Sweetie used his right sleeping on his lap Scootaloo snuggled up as close to him as she could. Feeling something move James adjusted himself to help the fillies get comfortable by him, but this was done unconsciously wanting the fillies to be comfortable in his mind James was dreaming of a family he hoped to have one day. Smiling James felt like this dream could come true a chance to have a happy family and kids that he could spoil with his love along with a wife he could share everyday with but ever since he arrived on this world he felt like that dream could never come true..........