Equilibrium, Book 1: The First Human.

August 29, 1000, C.E.
7:00 A.M.

So the past three weeks have been nothing short of a nightmare.

John looked around the still dark library and shivered as he pulled his cloak over his shoulder's.

Thank's in part to the town being two third's female their estrous cycles have all but synced up. So if you were a male your best bet was to stay off the street's as much as possible. Luckily some mare's had taken a pill to help reduce the effect's of their heat but not all of them were that foward thinking.

John's thoughts slipped back to three weeks ago when Rainbow had made a pass at him. He chuckled as he continued to scribble in his journal.

To say that Dash was embarrassed was an understatement. She had left that night and immediately taken her pill as soon as she got home. The next day she stopped by to apologize. I let her know that I wasn't mad at her and we parted with a hug. Over the next few weeks, I saw her less and less and figured that she was dealing with her cycle the best way she knew how, by practicing for the wonderbolts.

John smiled as he thought about the past few weeks.

Still, the whole ordeal hasn't been all bad. If anything the ponies have become a lot more affectionate than usual which is really cute when I stop to think about it. Granted it's been awkward a few time's when a mare would hug me for longer than was appropriate or rub up against my thigh without warning but I made due. Now things are starting to settle down and more stallion's are roaming the streets of ponyville. Applejack has gone back to work at Sweet Apple Acre's and Pinky had asked me to come back to work for the cake's. I'm just glad things are getting back to normal.

John gave off a yawn as he set his quill down on his desk and looked out the window towards the rising sun.

"Good mourning Princess Celestia." He smiled as the sunlight that bleed into his little room got a little bit brighter before diming back to normal as he sat up and made his way to his dresser.

"Hum what to wear today?" He said as he studied his meager wardrobe. He picked up a shirt that rarity had made. It was a simple black t shirt that she had made while copying the old one that he still had hung up in his closet. As he looked at it he noticed a rather bland problem with all of his clothing.

"I have to ask Rarity if she can make me some clothing that isn't black." He loved the color as much as the next guy but he still had other taste's in clothing beside's being a gothic metal head.

"Speeching of metal." He grabbed his phone and scrolled through his music. He smiled as he looked upon the last remnants of his home.

"Can't go wrong with a little Dragon Force in the mourning." He said as he popped in his ear bud's and turned the volume up. The first song from Reaching Into Infinity graced his ear's as he went about his mourning routine. By the time Astral Empire was through he had his teeth brushed, his hair combed took his shower, had a new set of clothes on and was on his way down the stairs to see about breakfast. Checking the clock on his phone.

"7:30." He looked around and listened for the tale tell sounds of Twilight. She was up that much was certain as the sounds of a shower met his ear's.

"Perfect." He made his way into the kitchen and smiled.

"Let's get cooking." He muttered to himself as he flipped a switch to turn on the lights.

Twilight hummed a little tune to herself as she gripped a scrungy in her magic and scrubbed the last bit's of sleep from her coat. Trotting out if her shower she levitated a towel over and began to dry herself off. She stepped out of her bathroom feeling fresh and ready to tackle the day. Trotting over to her desk she grabbed her notebook full of checklist's and grabbed her saddlebags on the way out of her room. As she came down the stair's the smell of breakfast hit her like a truck.

Her stomach grumbled as she picked up her pace and made her way to the kitchen. Poking her head in she saw John standing there fully dressed and ready to tackle the day as he went about flipping a pancake in a skillet. Hearing her come down the stair's John looked over and smiled.

"Hey there Twilight." He gave her a small wave as he flipped the pancake once more before setting it on a plate that had a stack of them. Twilight had to stop her mouth from watering at the sight.

"So what's for breakfast?" She asked feeling her face heat up as her thoughts began to cloud over. Shaking her head she held out a hoof.

"Hold that thought." She trotted over to a cabinet and took out a bottle of pill's popping one into her mouth she looked around for a glass and was pleasantly surprised to see John holding one out for her.

"Here you go." He said as he went about cleaning up his mess in the kitchen. She gave him a nod and took the pill which had begun to dissolve in her mouth. A wave of relief came over her the moment the pill entered her stomach, it's magic working to instantly suppress the last throe's of her heat cycle from flaring up. As her mind began to clear up she took a look at all that John had made for breakfast. Bacon and egg's, with pancakes and grits. she smiled and gave John a hug that he was not expecting.

"Thank's for this." She said as she held him in her hooves. John just chuckled as he wrapped his arm's around her and patted her head as she leaned it on his chest.

"No problem Twilight." He looked around at the clock.

"7:50" He muttered. This caught Twilight's attention as she looked over at it. Letting go of John she trotted over to her side of the table and grabbed her plate full of food.

"So Twilight, if my math is correct today, is the last day of heat for all of you right?" He asked as he stuffed a pancake in his mouth. She adopted a look of scientific calculation as she brought up her mental calendar. Then she smiled.

"Yes." She said as she used her telekineses to scoop up an egg and stacked a bit of bacon on top of it. She wolfed it down all in one go as John thought about his own schedule.

"Great." He said thinking about the past few weeks.

"I can't wait for thing's to get back to normal." He said as he polished off his pancakes. Now he set his sight's on his egg's and bacon.

"Prepare to be destroyed." He said as he grinned at his food evily. A snicker from the other side of the table cut off his food devourement. He looked over and saw Twilight trying to stifle her laughter.

"What?" He asked wondering what was so funny.

"Did you just threaten your food?" She asked as he thought about it and looked down in embarrassment as he tried to save face.

"Well... um... I." He stammered as Twilight finally burst out in a fit of laughter. Soon however John joined her as he thought about how silly it must have looked. As the two's laughter petered out they looked at the clock and soon continued eating. When all was said and done John gathered up the dishes and set about cleaning them up. Meanwhile, Twilight went over her checklist for the day and was pleasantly surprised when a scroll popped out of thin air.

"Ooh yay!" She exclaimed as she grabbed it and opened it up. John heard the magic and looked over from his stack of dishes.

"Is It from spike?" He asked as he went back to work. Twilight nodded.

"Uh huh. It says here that he'll be back by the end of the night." She continued reading and laughed.

"Oh, and Princess Celestia bid's you good mourning as well." She said as John smiled. As soon as she was done reading it, Twilight wisped the letter off to her room and stretched as she got to her hooves again.

"So what are you up to today?" she asked as John finished up the last of the dishes. Drying his hands on a towel he turned around and looked off into the distance as he went over his own list of things to do today. He shrugged his shoulder's.

"Not much. First, I have to go back to work with Pinkie, then I have an interview with the Spa Twins." He looked up in thought once more.

"After that, I'm pretty much free for the rest of the day." Twilight gave him a nod.

"Good." She looked at the clock once more.

"Can you meet me here at around 4 in the afternoon?" She asked him out of the blue. John gave her a look of cautious scrutiny.

"Ok." He said eyeing her face as he tried to discern whether not she was up to something. She just smiled.

"Great." She then trotted over to the door.

"I'll be gone for a little bit, have some errands to run so I will see you later." She chirped as she opened the door. and stepped out. Just as she was about to shut it however she poked her head back in.

"Oh and don't forget to lock the front door this time." She reminded him as she slipped out into the early mourning sunshine. John just snickered.

"I only forgot that one time Twilight." He smirked as he went and grabbed his backpack and pulled out his key ring.

"I swear you make one mistake and you never hear the end of it." He smiled as he jokingly complained to himself. With a twist of the key, the front door was thoroughly secured and John walked into the bubbly streets of Ponyville proper.

8:17 A.M.

Hot Shot trotted through the streets of Ponyville with a visible spring in his step and a smile a mile wide on his muzzle as he weaved his way through the small town.

"Can't wait to get back home and see how Cloud Kicker is doing." His smile faltered a little. "Today's the last day of heat." He smirked.

"Hopefully she's down for a ride when I get back." His smile redoubled its efforts to plaster itself permanently on his face. He shook his head as confidence surged throughout this body.

"Eh how can she say no to this," He thought as he suddenly struck a pose in the middle of the street. A group of mare's giggled at his as they trotted past while grinned at them and gave the group a sultry wink.

"I'm available all this week ladies." He grinned as they all giggled even more while they went along there way. As they passed he caught the tail end of there whisper's.

"He's so sexy."

"Do you really think he's available?"

"Who cares look at him." Hot Shot smirked as he caught the pheromones still clinging to the air around the mare's and as he gave them one last look at the group going along there way one of the mares raised her tail and gave him a wink with both ends. That sent a shiver throughout his body ending at the base of his cock which began to twitch as his mind became lost in the haste of his lust.

"Man what I wouldn't give to be off of work today." He struggled to keep his libido under control as he continued his treck to work. A little while later he was mostly composed enough to fly up to Ponyville's weather station positioned just above the town hall.

"This place really hasn't changed all that much." He was greeted by the same grand sight that had alway's been there. Once he was on solid hoofing he gazed up at his new job. The building wasn't all that bigger than the town hall. In fact, he thought it was marginally smaller than the earth pony constructs below. It was still as grand looking as ever with it ancient looking architecture, high archway's and grand columns made from densely packed grey storm cloud's, a feature he felt complemented the off white tightly condensed nimbus clouds that made up the floor of the building, both inside and out. He broke out of his stupor and decided that he had trotted down memory lane long enough.

As soon as he landed his cocky grin was back and his mind was focused. Heading through the door's he was greeted to the high vaulted ceilings of the main lobby and made his way to the daily schedule board.

"Now let's see. Where is s- Ah Ha!" He smirked.

"She's back on duty." He smiled as he trotted out the door and unfurled his wing's. He was scheduled to work the evening shift today so that left him with plenty of time to head on over to see his best friend.