A couple of days after Hearth’s warming. Things finally began to settle down from all the holiday shopping and such.Mystogan was still off from his job since his boss hadn’t returned from visiting his family yet. So he figured he would just continue to laze away the time he had before getting back to work. He was in his usual spot on the couch, reading a book while in front of the fire to pass the time when the door opened up. He peeked over the book to see Pinkie having returned from ehr day of work at the newly rebuild Sugarcube Corner. She looked a bit exhausted. After all, it was the grand reopening of the most popular sweets establishment in town. Mystogan chuckled and watched as she walked over to him and flopped her curvy form on top of his and snuggles up close to him. He reaches up and runs his fingers through ehr fluffy mane

“Busy day I take it?”

“OH yes. We had soooo many ponies coming in, I could hardly keep up with all the orders! It was like..almost BILLIONS of ponies coming by! But, I am glad to be back at Sugarcube Corner again. I missed the smell of cake frosting and cookie dough...and eating it all of course!”

She giggled to herself at the last part. She nuzzled into Mystogan’s petting happily and lightly thumps her tail against his leg. Though it would be cut short by Mystogan’s next words. She could hear the disappointment in his voice when he’d ask her that question she dreaded that day.

“So, I guess you will be moving back there after the holidays huh…?”

She clung to him and gave a light nod. It wasn’t that she didn’t enjoy living with him, not at all. But Sugarcube Corner is her home. And this was just a temporary arrangement after all. She looked up at him and offered a smile as she gazed into his eyes. She could definitely see the slight disappointment in his eyes, even though most ponies had a hard time reading what he was thinking.

“Hey..come on big guy. Just because I am moving back doesn’t mean I won’t come visit you! After all, you are one of my best friends and I will come over as much as you like! That’s a Pinkie promise!”

He gave a nod and wrapped her up in his arms to hug her closely, She welcomed his embrace and nuzzled into his chest fur as he showed her affection as he always did. Pinkie loved snuggling with him, it was going to be something she missed greatly.

“I know that. It’s just going to be quiet without you around here is all. I really enjoyed having you around. Especially when you wore those rather revealing clothes too.But also the snuggles and company in general.”

He said before placing his hands on her soft, plump rear. She blushed heavily and wiggled her rear back into his hands. While they haven’t ever fooled around under the sheets, she did like it when he touched her like that. She could only giggle and gently nose into his chest fluff. Knowing she won’t get to do this as often as she’d like to anymore soon.

“Well, you can bet I will come by and make sure to give you lots of cuddles. And...I do hope you will keep touching me like this when I come over as well. I don’t know why, but it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I mean, I know you are groping and fondling me. But I like it. You have...such wonderful hands. Strong and firm, yet gentle at the same time.”

Mystogan loved touching her that way as well, And he was more than happy to keep doing it too. But he brought his hands up to her cheeks and held them in his hands as he caressed and rubbed them, this making Pinkie’s eyes nearly droop from the attention, a smile forming across her muzzle as her blush comes up again.

“Oh yes...magical hands indeed…”

Suddenly she perks up remembering what she was told by Rarity back at the shop. She quickly sits up and places her hands on his chest to keep herself balanced as she straddled over him.

“Oh, I nearly forgot, silly me! The girls and I are heading to Manehattan for to support Rarity in her upcoming fashion show. She is competing against a few other ponies and she and I agreed to have you come along. The others liked the idea as well. So you should definitely come with us!”

“You mean I get to be surrounded by not one, but SIX beautiful mares all at once? I guess I could fit that into my powerful busy schedule. Maybe the cops over there forgot all about me to...hopefully anyway. But that’s a story for another time~.”

“Yaaaay! I am so glad you are coming! And I know the others will be too! And yes, you will be surrounded by all of us. Aren’t you a lucky stud.”

Pinkie said in a seductive tone. They both laughed and resumed the snuggling for the rest of the night. Simply enjoying the fire and company of one another. Though in the back of his mind, Mystogan was really worried about how things would go when he returned to where it all started from him. Where he woke to find all his memories lost. Just as lost as he was.

--On The Train To Manehattan--

The train flew down the tracks at high speed, carrying Mystogan and it’s other passengers towards the city of Manehattan. The ride was nice and quiet. Quiet enough for Mystogan to nap. Which is one thing he seemed to love to do. Even he didn’t know why. He breathing was steady and soft as he slept. A light snoring could even be heard, but just barely. Suddenly a blanket fell over his body as Rarity and the others gathered around him quietly. Either of them sitting across from him or on the seat behind him.

“Is it just more? Or does Myst like to sleep a lot?”

Asked Dash as she looked him over.

“He looks absolutely adorable when he is napping like this. Hard to believe such a handsome stallion such as this hasn’t settled down with a lucky mare yet. I know I certainly wouldn’t mind it at all~.”

Said Rarity as she gently ran her fingers through his long hair. A low rumble coming from his chest as he lightly thumps his tail from the feeling. A quiet collective giggle come from all of them as they saw this.

“It is amazing, isn’t it? Not only is he a hybrid of both a dragon and a wolf, but he can also conjure and control wind at will. He needs no spellcasting or anything. I need to find some time to get with him and ask him some questions. He’d be a...very fine subject to study…”

Twilight said with a light blush on her face. She squirmed in her seat as she looked over his form. The muscle, the thick fur the long fluffy tail. She was captivated by the whole package. Even Fluttershy couldn’t help but admire the sleeping male.

“Ah certainly have to agree. He is one strong male to be sure. With a body like that...he could buck my apples any day. Heheh.”

Applejack said as she bit her lip lightly.

“And he gives the best snuggles. He would most certainly make a mare very happy with how sweet he is. And his wonderful hands...mmmh.”

Pinkie said as she wiggled about with a blush on her face. Though her words were met with unamused stares by the others. After all, she is the one who got to live with him for a few months now. So, of course, that didn’t seem too far to the others. And Pinkie knew that was how they felt. So she could only stick her tongue out at all of them in a teasing manner. The train suddenly coming to a slow stop as it approached the Manehattan station. Mystogan stirred slightly before opening his eyes slowly. He blinks a few times to see the girls staring down at him with a gaze that said ‘So. Cute.’. He sits up and looks at them all and scratches the back of his head.

“Did...I snore too loud?”

They all just laughed and shook their heads before standing up to grab their bags. Mystogan was in confusion as to why they were surrounding and looking at him like that. He just shrugged it off before looking down at the blanket. Did he have that there before? Regardless, he folded it up and slid it into his one bag that he soon slung over his shoulder as he and the other got off the train. He was quick to throw his hood over his head. Not that it would have made a difference, but it made him feel better about not getting recognized. As they walked through the station and outside to the city, Mystogan got plenty of stares from various ponies. Some out of curiosity, others out of slight terror. After all, he sticks out like no one’s business with how tall he was.

“This...may have been a bad idea for me to come back here. I don’t think I should be out in the open for too long…”

He felt Rarity grab his hand and gives him a reassuring smile. She could feel his discomfort of being back here knowing that he caused quite a bit of commotion before. But she shakes her head lightly.

“You will be fine, darling~. It’s been ages since you have been here anyway. Now, let’s go find the hotel we will be for the duration of our stay. It isn’t far from here.”

“Right, everything should be okay. At least I hope so…”

They walked along the sidewalks as the snow crunched beneath them. It was still winter after all and there was plenty of snow still falling. The city looked lovely covered in snow. Like an urban winter wonderland. The grey sky combined with the city lights gave it that feeling to where if one had the proper music playing, something that was more along the lines of lo-fi music, that warm tingly feeling would constantly be present in their spine. He thought about this and it made that very same feeling run through his body. He couldn’t help but smile to himself about it.

“You seem to be in a good mood all the sudden, Myst.”

Said Dash as she noticed his mood improvement. He just looks down at her and shakes his head with a chuckle.

“Oh don’t mind me. Just having my usual random thoughts about music and how it fits somewhere at certain times. I tend to think of stuff like that.”

Twilight blinks as she heard him say that. The way his thought process worked and how he thought of things like that. It fascinated her quite a bit. The fact that he takes something around him and puts other things together with it such as scenery and music was pretty neat to her.

“Well, I am certainly curious as to what else dwells within your mind, Mystogan. Perhaps...you and I could meet up sometime and you could let me explore your mind a bit?”

“Oh, I don’t know if you would be into that, Twilight. After all, I am not as intellectual as you may think. I am just a simple dragonwolf who loves to create mental choreography in his head with music. I don’t know why though.”

The fact is, he would remember why if he had his memories. As a child, Mystogan loved to take movies/video games and play the right kind of music that made them feel more epic and create videos of such things online. He would even go through meticulous editing and such to make sure the music synced up to the right parts of the scenes.

“Everypony is intellectual in their own way, Mystogan. Just because you aren’t highly skilled in advanced mathematics or science doesn’t mean you aren’t smart. You are quite the silver-tongued dragonwolf and you seem to be able to find your way out of predicaments with your quick thinking. And most of all, you are cool and calm under pressure.”

Mystogan laughed lightly and shook his head. Calm and cool under pressure? That was new to hear.

“Well, if you call ripping a dragon to pieces and using the power of wind to destroy him from within calm and cool. Then I guess so.”

They finally made it to the hotel. It was a rather fancy looking one and they even had bellponies come and grab their bags. However, Mystogan didn’t let them take his. There are things in there he wouldn’t let any other person or pony hold onto. What were those items you ask? That is for him to only know.

“Now then, who is rooming with who?”

Asked Twilight as she looked between them all. Here is where things were about to get rough for Mystogan. He already felt both of his arms being pulled by both Rarity and Pinkie and his sides being wrapped in the arms of Applejack and Dash. The fighting over who would have the dragonwolf in the same room started to draw attention. So Mystogan made the choice himself.

“I think, I will share a room with Fluttershy. I have yet to really get to know her much after all. I think it would be wonderful.”

A huge blush formed on the yellow pegasus’ cheek but a small smile was also present. She was internally squeeing with joy as she heard his words. He walks up to the counter and purchases the room for him and the blushing mare to share. Afterwards, he walks over to her with the key and even reaches down to grab her bag for her.

“Shall we go and get settled in, Shy?”

“O-oh yes. Of course…”

She said in her usual soft quiet tone. After they both walked off, the rest of the girls pouted and began to pair off with a group of three sharing a slarger suite with Rarity. Little did they all know, that this night was going to be one they’d never forget.

Author's Note

Looks like Flutters is getting her chance now! What will happen? I'd certainly like to know.

May the darkness grant you peace.