Darkness and Magic

I woke up the next morning, instantly remembering what had happened last night. That next morning wasn't more so weird, but I did feel the stares from my sister. I kind of didn't take into consideration that she was in the same household, and that we did get pretty loud. Rarity wasn't beside me when I woke up, and she wasn't even in her boutique. I decided to ask my sister on where she went, "Hey Emily, where did Rarity go?"

"Why should I know. She's your marefriend isn't she?" I only sighed in frustration as I flicked her forehead.

"I had no idea she was in heat last night, so it wasn't really my fault. Besides, why should you care?" She grew a blush on her face as she turned away from me. She twirled her hair as she answered.

"You see, I should care w-who you have s-s-s-s-s-," I think she broke... I really think she broke herself. I waved my hand in front of her face as I looked at the time.

"It's 11? Wow, I didn't think I was asleep for that long. I'll see you later sis, I have to see Twilight about something," She grabbed my arm before I could.

"Wait, Rarity isn't here because she went to brag it to the girls. It's bad Mitchell...," Why would she brag about having sex with a human? Wait, was she really in heat? I thought mares in heat aren't suppose to have control over themselves... god damn it. Oh, I'm really not caring about censoring myself anymore, so there's going to be more swearing in the future.

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind while I'm out. I know all the girls will be pretty ticked, but I think I should watch out for Spike. You know he has the hots for Rarity," If you didn't know we decided to watch the show so we can get a feel for it. I didn't know it was actually good. Hell, the songs are even top notch!

"Ok, just don't do anything stupid, alright bro?" I nodded as I left the boutique. I looked around as I spotted the girls waiting outside the boutique.

"Hey girls, how are all of you this morning?" They all glared at me, and all I could do was chuckle nervously. I saw Rarity behind them who was blushing, and smiling nervously, "I thought this was only between us?"

"I'm so very sorry Mitchell darling, but I just had to brag about the amazing experience you gave me last night...," This caused the girls to grow even more furious than they already were. I looked around looking for a chance to escape, but to no avail, I was trapped between the 6 of them.

"I'm sorry girls, but to be honest, I had no use fighting back. I knew it was going to happen eventually, so... it happened...," The girls shook their heads at my statement. Is that not what they're hoping to hear?

"That's not what we're here for. Although, we are angry that Rarity took advantage of you, but that's not the reason we're here. The reason we're here is because Rarity said that you weren't a virgin before you two even had sex! So that leaves it that you've already had sex before. How long ago was this?"

Oh shit, I knew that was going to comeback and bite me in the ass sooner or later, "Well, I've been in a relationship before. Before you ask when, it was about a few months ago. Can we go sit down somewhere?" They looked at each other and nodded.

"We'll talk in the library. We can talk about this previous relationship there," Twilight, along with the others walked off, and I followed them. I still feel weird after last night. Not mentally, but physically. It's like I felt my magical power decrease as the night went on. I should probably tell Celestia about this, but how the hell am I even suppose to contact her? Wait, if I'm correct, Twilight can send letters to Celestia when she wants, right? I'll just have her send my message to her. We arrived upon the library, which is Twi's home. And it's a tree. Yeah, weird, but cool at the same time. I wonder how it would feel to live in a tree...

Without being mindful of the height of the door frame, once again, I hit my head on the top of it. I grunted in pain as Rarity checked on me, "Oh dear, are you alright? Does it hurt?" I nodded, but I think the both of us felt the stares of the others as we both chuckled nervously.

"Now, tell us about this girl here. Who was she?"

It wasn't hard to forget, no matter what I tried.

-9 months ago-

It was about 3 months since our mother's death. I was shopping for groceries when I ran into this random lady.

"Good evening sir, did you find everything you were looking for?" Mitchell nodded as he grabbed his wallet from his back pocket, only for it to be upside down, and all his coupons falling out of it.

I used coupons since the job I had was really high in pay, but it was more of a request job. Kind of like a plumber, or a electrician. I was left to scramble for my coupons, rather embarrassingly if I may add, before I saw someone else's hand reach down to help me. I looked up to see another young woman around my age. She handed all of the coupons that she had back to me.

"Thank you, it would've been hell to pick all of those by myself," The young lady nodded as Mitchell turned back around, "Sorry for the trouble, here you go," Mitchell handed the cashier his coupons.

I waited for the cashier to tell me the price, but he gave me a confused look.

"Sir, these coupons are expired. Really expired," Mitchell shook his head, and sighed.

"No, they say April 30th!" The cashier showed Mitchell the expiration date at the bottom.

"Yeah, April 30th of last year. I'm sorry sir, but you have pay all of this at full price. That'll be 81.58," Mitchell looked at his wallet, and sighed in frustration. He barely had enough to pay for it, but he still needed to order an ogre tail from his neighbors for a potion he had to make for his client. He then heard the same young woman behind him.

"I'll pay for it. He seems to be in a bind," Mitchell quickly looked back as the woman took out her wallet. Mitchell forced her to put her wallet back in her purse.

"You don't have to do that. I have enough to pay for my groceries."

"Didn't you say that you needed some extra to pay for an ogre tail?" Mitchell stared at her, obviously flabbergasted at her question.

"H-How did you..."

"Mind Reading is my special ability, so I knew what you were thinking when you looked at your wallet. It's fine, honest. All I was buying was an apple for a potion I was making."

You see, I thought I was the only one in my city that knew how to make potions. Our town doesn't have a lot of civilians that use potions, or know how to create them. I decided to make that my job, since I could charge a lot so that I could make some money. I would charge quite a hefty price for potions, but there were short comings to that.

Since people using potions was seldom; it was hard to find customers that would pay my prices. To know there was someone else making potions surprised me nonetheless.

"Wow, uh... t-thanks. I'm sorry for troubling you," The young lady chuckled at Mitchell's statement.

"It's no trouble really, and you don't have to be sorry. Besides, I know about what's happened to you," At first Mitchell was shocked to hear that, but then he realized it was because of his mother's death.

"I guess I shouldn't be surprised. My mother's death was pretty big news to this town. It doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

Before, I was worse when it came to the mention of my mother. Normally, I would just break down, but this time, I didn't break down or anything. In fact, I felt calm around this woman. I felt like all my worries were gone when I was around her. The two of us soon started to talking to speak almost daily, and helping each other create potions, and even practiced some other spells. I found out after that day that her name was Silver. She excelled in healing magic which was cool for whenever my sister would hurt herself. Since I'm the Dark Mage, I'm not really far into healing magic. After a few months, we decided to start dating.

I was extremely happy to know that she also had feelings for me. We dated for a few months before we had sex. I don't really think I should explain how it went, but I can tell you that it went a lot similar to when we did Rarity. Even so, it was only a matter of time before she found out about who I was.

About a month after we had sex, we had found out that she was pregnant. Although, she was happy with the news, I was... scared out of my mind. I knew that this would be the offspring of the Dark Mage. She soon caught on to my nervousness, and she asked me about it.

"Sweetie, is there something wrong? You've been looking stressed recently. Is something on your mind?" Mitchell shook his head as he continued looking at Silver's stomach. He walked up, and held his hand up to his girlfriend's stomach.

"I um... uh...," To ease his nervousness, she kissed him on the cheek.

"Honey, I know already," Mitchell shook his head, and looked away from his girlfriend as she cupped his face, "I know you're the Dark Mage, but that could mean nothing to me. I love you, and it doesn't what you are. You are more than just a Dark Mage. You are my boyfriend, my lover... my lifetime partner...," Mitchell smiled as he hugged her tightly, while still minding the baby in her womb.

I thought it was normal for a time. The two of us accepting our child, and our love for each other. It all changed once they found out about the darkness in her womb. I woke up on day to find out that she had disappeared off the face of the Earth. I couldn't find her anyway. Her friends or family hadn't seen her at all that day. About 3 weeks after her disappearance, you girls arrived in my life.

-Present Day-

"I wasn't ready to deal with another problem on my plate, but I knew that if they found who the father was to her child, it would've stirred up more trouble when it wasn't needed. Right now, she's still gone, and I only pray for both herself, and our child's safety," I looked at the girls, who all seemed to get teary faced, "You don't have to cry girls. I've already accepted being single again. I'm all available, and I'm really sure that I won't hesitate anymore. I'm sorry for making your girls angry. I hope all of you can forgive me."

"No, we're sorry, we didn't know, and we were inconsiderate of your past," All I could was get teary eyed as well. I saw Twilight trot over to me, and pull me in for a hug, "Hey, it's fine. Don't cry, we're here for you," I looked at the others, and signaled them to join us. They all nodded, and joined us in our embrace. Was this what real friendship was? Have these ponies really changed my insight on all of this. Wow, I think, they've changed my life for the better of it. Anyway, today was an emotional roller coaster, so I'll end it here. I'll see all of you later, bye...