Equilibrium, Book 1: The First Human.

September 21, 1000, C.E.

10:27 P.M.

"Ok Pink's truth or dare?" AJ asked as the empty cider bottle settled to a stop in front of the party mare. Pinky brought a hoof to her muzzle in thought.

"Hmm." Her eyes lit up. "Dare." She smirked as AJ rolled her eye's as she thought of a suitable dare for Pinky. Aj gave it some thought but eventually shook her head with a smirk.

"I dare you to go the rest of this game with this on ya," She said pulling a bell out of her saddlebags. Pinky giggle and hopped on over.

"Ok, Dokay!" She said not bothering to hide the enthusiasm in her voice as AJ affixed the bell to a collar and put it around Pinky's neck. With the bell put on the elusive pony, Pinky trotted over to her spot and sat down. The whole group looked at the next in line to spin the bottle.

"Your up bro," AJ smirked as she slapped John on the back. He was glad he had spent the better part of his stay in Equestria working out nearly every day. His sister was strong and it showed every time she gave him an encouraging 'pat' on the back. It used to feel like a truck was slamming into his shoulder at high speed but now it was little more than a loving pat on the back. He gave her a smirk as he returned the favor.

"Sure thing sis." He looked around the circle. To his left was his older sister and brother. Next to them was there guest's, Hot Shot and Blaze. After them came Pinky, Rarity, and Fluttershy. And lastly was Twilight, Spike and then Rainbow Dash filling out the circle leading back to John. With a slight smirk to the rest of the group and a swift flick of the wrist, he spun the bottle.

"Ok who'll be the lucky one?" He muttered as the bottle slowed down. With a final spin and a soft rattle as it scraped against the paper mat, the group had laid down on the farm house's rustic floor, the bottle stopped. It pointed squarely at Fluttershy. She smiled as John smirked.

"Finally!" He said as Fluttershy began to giggle.

"Ok, mom, truth or dare?" He asked as Fluttershy thought about it.

"Truth." She said as a smile broke out on her face.

"Ok, just how old are you?" He asked. Fluttershy smirked as she thought about it. Rarity, however, let out a gasp.

"John dear!" the group all looked at her.

"Surely you know to never ask a lady her age!" She said as AJ face hoofed while Twilight let out a snicker. Dash rolled her eyes and settled back down on her little cloud pad she'd brought with her. Pinky let out a snort as she tried to contain her laughter at Rarity's outburst. Meanwhile, Big Mac shook his head as Hot Shot full on laughed. Blaze, however, was puzzled. Her question would get sidetracked however as Fluttershy cleared her throat.

"Rarity thank you for being concerned about my dignity." She smiled as Rarity nodded. "But the rules clearly state that we have to answer any truth asked of us and complete any dare we are challenged to." She smiled.

"Beside's this is one question that's been bothering John for some time now." She smirked as she leveled her red eyes on John who rubbed the back of his neck, a sheepish grin adorning his face.

"Well it's true I have been wondering for some time now." He said as the group wound down. Fluttershy let out a soft sigh as she thought about it.

"Let's see." She muttered as she retreated into the recesses of her mind.

"The furthest thought I can remember was the cold biting wind whipping around outside our cave." She said as the other's looked on. She smiled as she began to remember the fragmented visions of her past.

"Then there was a roaring fire that drove the cold away." She smiled as she trotted down the annals of her memory.

"I remember Clover the clever, Commander Hurricane. I went by Private Pansy back then." Everyone stopped and starred at there friend.

"What!" Twilight shouted causing the others to all look at her. She shrank away from there look's of contempt.

"Sorry please continue." She nodded and motioned for Fluttershy to continue. Fluttershy smiled.

"It's all right." She smirked. "It happens whenever I tell the story." The group calmed down once more and Fluttershy continued.

"That all happened in a time before we really recorded our history but it was several thousand year's before the royal sister's ascended to there celestial sphere's." She thought about it some more. "Then they both returned after a thousand year's to rule the land of Equestria and the rest is history." She smiled but it soon faltered as she looked around.

"Oh um did that answer your question dear?" She chuckled nervously as John gocked at Fluttershy. His face went from one of amazement to one of deep thought.

"Um yeah very much so." He said thinking about it some more. The whole group looked at Fluttershy with wonderment now.

"I have got to talk to you more after this," Twilight said as she began to vigorously jot down notes.

11:00 P.M.

"Ok so now that the kids are thoroughly asleep." Blaze said as she looked to the second floor. The group all looked at her to which she just grinned.

"What's say you all to ratcheting up this little game of our's?" She asked as the others all looked around. Dash grinned.

"What exactly are we talking about here?" Dash asked as the other looked on. Blaze smiled.

"Well, we're all adult's here right?" She looked around at the group. Fluttershy smirked as she thought about it. Big Mac was not one to participate in such risque content and neither was Rarity. She was a proper lady after all.

"Sorry dear's but I simply must get my beauty sleep. Ta Ta." She said as she retired to her personal sleeping bag. Big Mac gave the group a nod.

"Nope." He went and curled up in his own sleeping bag.

"Ok so me, and Rainbow Dash," Blaze said looking around.

"Anyone else?" She looked at John and smirked. "Come on big boy we have to have at least one male in on our debauchery." She smiled giving John a sultry wink. This, however, did not sit well with Fluttershy who lost her smirk and instead glared daggers at Blaze. John meanwhile thought about it.

"Honestly this would be the first time I've ever really gotten to play an adult game of spin the bottle so sure." He smirked.

"After all you only live once." He muttered as he sat back down. Blaze looked around once more.

"AJ, Twilight, Fluttershy you girls in or what?" She smiled a smile of innocence but Fluttershy was not amused.

"Oh, sure I'll join you." She said taking a seat next to John and shooting a glare at Blaze who looked to the other two not noticing the thestral's desire to make her spontaneously combust with her mind. The other's all thought about it. Twilight shuffled in place.

"Actually you know what I think I'll pass this time." She nervously chuckled as she looked around. Blaze rolled her own eye's looking over to Hot Shot.

"How about you stud you in?" She flashed him a smile as Hot Shot thought about it.

"Eh sure, why not." He smirked. "Been a while since I've gotten any action." Dash shook her head.

"Dream on buddy." She smirked as Hot Shot trotted over and sat down next to her. AJ gave Blaze a slight glare and went over next to John and sat down.

"I'm in." She declared. Blaze looked around at the now much smaller group.

"Great!" She said rubbing her hooves together in glee. Taking an empty spot between Hot Shot and Fluttershy she completed the circle of five. As they got the bottle set up Blaze smiled.

"Great now to get the big guy all to myself." Fluttershy snared.

"Just what are you up to with my son harlot?"

Meanwhile back on Earth.

John's parents were at a loss. On the one hand, they really didn't want their son to do anything stupid but on the other, there was nothing they could do to stop him from doing so.

"Oh dear Fluttershy please have a plan to stop our sone should he get in too far over his head." His mom thought as she looked at the screen with utter horror etched on her face.

11:12 P.M.

"Ok folk's let's get this game started." Blaze looked around.

"Remember no holds barred on this one." She smirked as she spun the bottle first. It landed on Fluttershy.

"Ok, Fluttershy Truth or Dare?" Blaze asked. Fluttershy smiled.

"Truth." Blaze thought about it for a split second.

"Well seeing as you've been around for a long time the one thing I've been wondering is if you've ever had to kill anyone?" This caused the group to quiet down. Fluttershy smirked.

"Oh yes, plenty of time's in fact." She answered without missing a beat. Fluttershy looked around to see mixed reaction's to her statement. Aj just stared at her in shock. Dash looked neutral while Hotshot looked impressed. Finally, she stopped at John who just gave her a soft hug. Surprised as she was to receive a hug she eventually leaned into it.

"Don't worry about it Fluttershy." He whispered into her ear. "Both f my parents were in the military so I grew up learning how to kill people and what it entailed." He said causing Fluttershy to smirk as she leaned into him.

"Thank's for being so understanding dear." She said as Hot Shot cleared his throat.

"I guess since we went clockwise last game we'll go counter this game." He said Spinning the bottle. It landed on AJ this time. He smirked as he thought about it.

"Since we seem to be on a roll here I'll go with truth this time as well," AJ said before Hot Shot could ask. He shot AJ a wink before he asked his question.

"So then Applejack the question I have for you is simple." He smiled mischievously.

"Have you ever been sexually involved with anypony?" He asked.

"Damn, straight to the point ain't yeah?" AJ gave him a smirk of her own. Hot Shot smiled as he nodded his head. Taking a calming breath she looked around at the group.

"Well, I can safely say that yes I have." This got a shocked gasp from everyone present except for Fluttershy who looked at AJ with a soft chordal. Blaze, however, was stunned.

"Well don't just sit there who was the lucky stallion!" She pushed for details. AJ Smirked.

"Sorry Sugar cube. That wasn't apart of the deal." She smiled as Blaze began to give her a furious pout. AJ gave her a wink.

"Maybe next time." With the group now fully invested in the game, the next pony to go was Dash.

"Here goes nothing." She muttered as she used a wing to spin the bottle. It went on for some time until it slid to a stop on John. He sucked in a lungful of air. Dash smirk as there eye's met.

"Ok stretch, truth or dare?" John thought about it.

"To be honest I don't feel like sharing anything personal with all of you just yet so dare." This caused Dash to chuckle.

"Ok then." She looked around the barn eyeing the ceiling with a smirk.

"I dare you to hang from the rafter's with your belt." John looked up and smirked.

"Ok, I can do that." He looked around. "For how long?" He asked Dash who thought about it.

"I think until my turn come's around again should be a good amount of time." As John made his way up the to the rafter's a sudden urge hit him.

"And what if I have to pee?" He asked as climbed underneath the second story beams of wood. Dash laughed.

"Then you'll just have to hold it bud." John laughed.

"Figures," he muttered as he unclipped his belt and fastened it around the beam. With him hanging there he looked down at the group.

"Ok, Sis you're up next." He smiled. "Make her pay." He smiled as Dash stuck her tongue out at her hanging friend. AJ looked up and snickered.

"Hope you have good bladder control there bro. We don't need any golden shower's down here." The group all broke out into laughter including John who looked red around the face but still wore a smile all the way.

"Ok, here we go." AJ spun the bottle and it landed on Blaze who smirked.

"Lay it on me AJ." She invited. Applejack just smiled. "Bad move." AJ thought with a grin.

"So how'd you end up crashing at our house tonight?" Blaze was stumped at the blatant question for a second before she regained her composure.

"Um well as I told you in the hallway I got lost in the storm above Ponyville." AJ was not impressed.

"Oh, I know that." She thought about it. "Let me rephrase the question then." She Smiled.

"How'd you end up crashing into Hot Shot there and just so happen to see your way through the storm to our house with cracked flight goggle's?" Blaze was at a loss. "Shit she noticed the goggles!" Hot Shot cleared his throat.

"I can provide a partial answer to that." He said causing the group to look at him. He shrank back as they all did so. He nervously chuckled. AJ motioned for him to continue.

"I was on my way here when I crashed into her." He said. "That caused the crack to appear." He thought back to it however and found that his memory was a little lacking. The blush on his face didn't help matters.

"However I can't really remember all that much after the crash." He stated as he looked at the others. Blaze piped up, however.

"Yeah, as soon as I came to I saw your house off in the distance and dragged Hot Shot all the way here." She said proudly puffing out her chest. AJ smirked a little.

"That must have been really hard to do with all that wind and rain whipping about." She remarked. Blaze sneered.

"Yeah well, it was." She looked around. "So can we get back to the game now?" She asked as the other's looked on. AJ was a bit miffed at being cut off mid interrogation but she conceded with a tip of her hat.

"Hey bro your up. Want one of us to spin for you?" She asked as she looked up. John looked down and nodded. AJ took another crack at spinning the bottle. It took a few rounds around the group before stopping on Hot Shot.

"Truth or Dare bud?" John called down from above. Hot Shot snickered.

"Dare big guy." He called up. John smirked.

"How's about you get your fuzzy ass up here with me." Hot Shot laughed as he launched himself up to the rafters.

"Ok, how's this?" He asked as he sat on top of the beam. John chuckled as he looked down.

"Hey, mom can you give me a hoof here?" Hot Shot looked down and cringed as Fluttershy nodded.

"Of course dear." She said as her eyes went red for a few seconds. At once Hot Shot was flipped upside down as a forcefield began to hold him down and strap him to the beam upside down just like John was.

"Oh haha very funny." He chuckled.

"So how long should this last for?" He asked as John looked down.

"How about until my own round comes back up?" John said as he hung there. Hot Shot smiled.

"Eh sure, I can live with that." Fluttershy giggled as she shook her head.

"Stallion's." She muttered as she spun the bottle.

12:00 A.M.

"All right everypony this is our last game." Blaze smiled.

"Let's make it extra special." She smirked as she looked around.

"Let's be honest up until now we've all been rather tame." Blaze said as she spun the bottle. As luck would have it the bottle landed on John.

"Ok big guy truth or dare?" She asked as John didn't even hesitate.

"Dare," he said as Blaze smiled with glee.

"I dare you to go this whole last game naked." The group had mixed reactions. Fluttershy was at a loss for words. AJ had a glare on her face. Dash was stifling a laugh while Hot Shot was full on laughing his ass off.

"Now hold on there Blaze ain't that a bit too much?" AJ asked as John sat there his face on fire as he weighed his option's. Blaze meanwhile smirked.

"The rules state that the dare has to be done or the pony who refuses will have to forfeit the game and leave." She smirked.

"Beside's is it really that big of a deal when we've all been naked this entire time?" She asked. Fluttershy shook her head.

"Blaze there's a reason John wears clothing all the time." Blaze looked puzzled.

"And that would be?" She asked causing John to get even redder in the face. Fluttershy gave him a look of sympathy but he simply nodded his head. Fluttershy gave off a sigh as she gave Blaze a sturn look.

"John wears clothing to keep himself warm but more importantly to also keep himself modest." She stated letting it sink Into Blaze's mind. Finally she nodded.

"Oh." She thought about. "That makes it all the more juicy don't you think!?" Asked looking around the group for conformation. She got shocked looks from AJ and Fluttershy, a blushing smirk from Dash, and a look of pity from Hot Shot. John was just flabbergasted. Finally John shook his head.

"Look folks maybe we just need to call it night ok?" He said as they all came out of there stuper. Blaze however looked cross.

"What!?" She let out a shout of outrage as she leapt at John pinning him to the floor.

"Everypony else has seen you naked and you have the nerve to wuss out now!?"

"Hey get off him!" Dash shouted as she tackled Blaze off of John. John Ley there to stunned to move.

"What the fuck?" He muttered as he looked around the barn. Dash had Blaze pinned to the floor while AJ and Fluttershy were both scolding her vehemently. Hot Shot gave John a hoof and pulled him into a sitting position.

"Hey you ok?" He asked as John just looked at Blaze with contempt. He shook his head feeling rattled by his sudden molestation at the hoofs of such an unassuming pony. Looking around John took his surroundings with a slight tint to them. He noticed his vision beginning to swim as he swayed from side to side.

"Not again." He mumbled as he passed out from the sheer shock of current situation. Hot Shot was at a loss.

"Hey buddy!" He shouted as he grabbed a hold of John and set him down. The others all stopped grilling Blaze but not before AJ sent a hoof crashing Into her skull knocking her out cold. She then took a length of rope and tied her to a support beam. Looking at her work she nodded before making her way to her brother. Fluttershy was in tears as she held John in her hooves.

"It's-It's-" She let out a soft sob as she rocked John back and forth.

"It's going to be ok. Mommy's here." John was long out of it by now. His soul was off, back to a familiar place.