I reappear in the Ponyville Square, right in the middle of foot traffic. I yelp and hop out of the way of a passing cart, and I duck into a building. As I get inside and look around, it’s the mayor’s office in Town Hall.

The Mayor sits up in her chair. “Aren’t you that human from the party the other day? What brings you to Town Hall?”

“Well, I have been thinking about finding a job here in town. Do you have anything available?” She taps her chin for a moment.

“Well, actually, I think we have a spot open here at Town Hall. Princess Twilight recently commissioned a Science Division here in town, and I’ve been looking for someone to lead the team, once I get a team. Interested?” I beam happily.

“That sounds amazing! Do I have responsibilities? Deadlines? Due dates?” “Oh, heaven’s no! Your job will be to help our community advance culturally and scientifically to better our lifestyle. Or, that’s what Princess Twilight says.”

“Uuh...Okay? I’ll take it. Where am I working?” “We don’t have a Headquarters yet, but there’s a peculiar building just outside of town that I heard you don’t live in. Could we use that?”

“Of course! I have no problem wit that at all. As long as we have someone make a soundproof spell around it. I don’t want the neighbors getting upset or kept up.” “We can arrange that. I’ll send over a construction team to make the building safe to work in, then we can begin. How would I contact you?”

“Send any mail to me to either myself or Princess Luna. Though I have no clue how to send mail yet. Or recieve it…” “That’s alright. Well, thank you for unintentionally breaking into my office.” I chuckle and rub my neck. “Heh...sorry about that.” “Oh, it happens.”

She smiles as I walk back outside, right into a familiar gum-scented mare. “Hi! I’m gonna throw a ‘Welcome to Pony-kind Party! Wanna come?! Everybody’s gonna be there!” “Wow, you really do eat, sleep, and breathe parties don’t you?”

She just smiles impossibly wide. “I suppose. But nothing too much, okay? I can’t deal with too many ponies at once…” “Okie dokie lokie!” She hops away. I sigh and just sit on a random crate, already exhausted. “This place really drains you, doesn’t it….” I pull out my phone and open a book app, reading “Frankenstein.””

I make it to about word tgree when I feel a tug on my pants. When I look up, three young mares are standing there: Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo.

They were all almost my old height. Applebloom was very fit, and was bell bottomed like her sister. She had an orange blouse with overalls and boots on. Even her big, red bow.

Sweetie Belle was a perfect hourglass like her sister, and was wearing a light purple sundress and blue heels.

Scootaloo was completely flat in almost every way. She was wearing a red t-shirt and jeans with sneakers. She was holding her scooter over her shoulders

“Are ya really from another dimension?” “Can you really do awesome magic stuff with that sciency dookickey?” “Do you have any friends?” I chuckle and lean back against Town Hall.

“To answer your questions: Yes, it’s part of me now but yes, and sorta?” They all beam widely. “Ooh, can you do a trick with yer fancy magic?” “Well, uh...I don’t see why not.” I flip to a picture of a slingshot on my phone and focus on it. After a few seconds, the image on my phone vanishes, and a real slingshot appears on my lap.

I set my phone down and pick it up. They all gasp and ‘Oooh’ in wonder and amazement. “That’s amazin! Yer gonna be at the party tonight, right?” “He has to, Apple Bloom. It’s his party.” “He’s wearing something Rarity made!” They all chatter amongst themselves, much too fast to understand any of it. “Um, I need to go uh...get my shoes polished…” I quickly teleport away.

“Wait, he doesn’t wear shoes….”

I appear this time just outside of Fluttershy’s cottage. “Christ, I need to work more on this Teleporting thing… I was aiming for the castle….Oh well.” I walk up to the door and knock. The door opens slightly a few moments later, and Shy peeks out.

“Hey, Fluttershy. Um...May I come in? I wanted to, uh...appologise to you about the other day...when I ran into you at the party. I never got a chance….” The door opens, and she smiles.

“Of course. Just have a seat on the couch. Would you like some tea?” I step inside, instantly hit by the smell of animals. A lot of them. “Um, sure. Plain for me, please.”

She nods politely and walks into her kitchen. I peek over the counter. She’s wearing a pink sundress today. It looks great on her. How does she walk with those on her- No! Bad! Stop that. She walks in and sets the tea on her coffee table. I start to grab it when Angel hops on the table, glaring at me. “Oh, Angel. You do this to everyone.” Shy huffs softly. I smile. “It’s okay. I know he can be a handfull. But I learned a pretty neat trick a while back.”

I stare right into his eyes intensely. After a moment, his ears fold back and he hops off the table. I pick up my tea, and notice Shy looking at me, bewildered. “What?” “How...did you...do that?”

“Do what?” “Get Angel off the table….He usually only does it for me when I give him the Stare. But...you just did it. With the Stare.” “Oh, uh….I learned it from my parent’s farm at home.” I partially lie.

My parents did have a farm, but the stare was from Shy herself. “Oh, did you like animals back home? They must be pretty different compared to here.” “Well, yes. In my world, unicorns, pegasai, cockatrice, and all the other mythical creatures here were just that: Myth. And the ponies in my world didn’t stand on two legs or talk.” “Oh my….That sounds scary.”

“Well, my world was pretty scary sometimes. But most humans were okay.” “Oh, good.” She sips her tea. I do the same, and the room fills with a deafening silence. After a minute, I cough. “So, uh...You seeing anyone?”

I have no idea why my brain went to that, but there we go. “Oh, um…” She blushes deeply, her face half-covered by her mane. “....no, I’m not.” I blush bright red.

“I-I didn’t mean to bring that up! I-I just tried to make small talk, that’s all!” “It’s okay….You don’t understand our customs yet.”

“Your whatnow?” She sets her tea down and stands. She goes to her bookshelf, grabs an older-looking book, and hands it to me. It reads ‘Equestrian Marriage and Harem Guidelines.’ The word Harem kept flashing in my head. I quickly throw open the book and read through the index, then skip to the harem chapter.

“Harems in Equestria are legal and nesessary, considering the male to female ratio in ponyville is 20 to 80 percent. With this in mind, most males have two to three in their group, but can have as many as he sees fit. The mares, however, do not need to treat the male like a monarch to a castle, since both parties are equal.”

I stare at that single paragraph, going over it again and again in my mind. In my world, this is frowned upon heavily. But here? Should I? Well, if the mare and I have a matching attraction, why not? “Uh, Cross? You’ve been staring at that page for fifteen minutes now….Are you okay?”

“Fluttershy, I…..I need to learn this book…. No one here cares about harems at all? In my world, it was frowned on.” She looks a little sad.

“Oh. Well, yes. Every stallion here has a mare or two by now. Even Big Mac.” “Oh wow. Even him. I...couldn’t help but notice you sounded disappointed when I told you about the idea in my world.”

Her face lights up. “O-oh, um! I just thought that you’d be a one mare stallion….Not many do that.” “I, uh...don’t know. I’ve never tried….” She smiles softly.

“Would you mind if I...joined?” She lets out a cute little meep. I blush hotly. “Uuh….I….don’t see why not?” She squeals happily and hugs me tightly, jumping over the table to do so. I blush even harder, my face buried in her massive and extremely soft tits. After a minute, she lets me go and beams.

“Who else is in your harem? Who’s my Alpha?” “Pardon?” “Alpha. The first female in a harem. She usually takes the lead in everything.” “Oh, uh...Princess Luna.” Her pupils shrink. “You….w-with a princess…..Oh my.” “Yeah...But, it’s okay. I’ll do my best to love you both equally.”

She nods firmly. I jump a little when I hear a pop behind me. Luna suddenly appeared. “Cross, we have found you! We sent a message to twilight an-” Luna stops suddenly midsentence, looking over Shy very closely, then myself. After a moment, she smiles and hugs Shy.

“Welcome to our group, Fluttershy!” Shy, in turn, nearly faints. “Th-th-thank you, Princess.” While they talk, I open the book again and quickly skip through it.

To summarize, it states that the stallion is in charge of caring for any mare in his group that is pregnant and to find, keep, and maintain a homestead. The mare/mares’ jobs are to protect the stallion if he requires it and to tend to mares with foals and/or fols themselves when the stallion cannot.

When I close the book again, it’s already night. I get up from the couch and stretch. Fluttershy and Luna are asleep on the other couch, cuddled up to each other. I smile and decide to step outside. As I head out, I hear a rustling in the trees. I put up my fists and gulp softly.

“H-hello? Who’s there?” I hear a soft, slightly creepy laugh before I feel a sharp pain on my head and black out.

Author's Note

I always liked a story with a more forward Fluttershy, and that's what I was going for. She's doing much better in those terms in the show, so... Also, feel free to comment who should be added to his group. Already got another familiar monarch in mind to add, and I'm gonna fiddle with your expectations. :D