Howl at the Moon (Re-up)

It was about two days since I went through the mirror and helped Twilight with Sunset, and in that time, Twilight didn't tell her friends about me. Anything, nothing about my abilities or arm. I can't say I am unhappy, but I am surprised. I would have taken her as one to tell her friends the story like it was. She might have told Celestia the whole thing though, as she had given me looks of knowing and approval since then.

Anyways, we were on the train to the mane 6's home town, named Ponyville. The reason I had gone with them, was because I had remembered what the Shaman had said, about Ponyville being a good place to settle down. The entire train ride, I talked to the girls, or looked out the window listening to my music on my 'useless for anything else since I got to Equestria' phone. To be fair though, I mainly just used it to listen to music in the first place, so it wasn't much of a change. I also spent more time reading my little book on my powers. I found out more about my hammerspace, which worked much like the Shirou Emiya's power in the Fate anime's, were he thinks of the weapon, and it is created, but in my case it comes out of hammerspace. Same with the armor, think and it shall appear.

The train ride was roughly four or five hours, and the girls laughed and talked about what happened at the games, and Twilight talked about the trip through the mirror. I chipped in on the conversation whenever I was asked.

We finally arrived at the train station at around midday, and exited the train car we were on. The others started the tour of town right away, with Rarity being the first tour guide.

"Well, darling, as you can see, this is Ponyville's train station. It has been here since a few years after the town's founding, and is the second busiest place in town. If you follow me, we can head to my boutique, and get you a new set of clothes to commemorate coming to Equestria." And Pinkie was on my back, me giving a piggyback ride. I didn't even notice she had hopped on. I didn't mind, and me and the 6 girls went towards the boutique. I had a feeling I could name it, but I waited for Rarity to tell me about it. We walked through a bit of town, and I noticed that most of the townspeople were giving me looks. They didn't seem hostile, and more or less they felt curious. I waved, and most of them waved back. We finally came to a wooden, carousel shaped building, and Rarity turned towards me.

"Welcome to Carousel Boutique, darling. Come inside so we can measure you for some clothes." I pull out the sheet of measurement's that Rarity had given me on the other side of the portal, and handed it to her. She took it, and looked at them, nodding her head. "Fine, these look good. I should be able to make your new clothes by tonight, and give them to you when the event happens. Till then, I need to go make some clothes." And Rarity walked into her shop and closed the door. Applejack took her turn as tour guide.

"Well, since Rarity has shown you her place, I guess ah'll show show you mine. Let's go." And I follow Applejack out of town, the five girls still following, and Pinkie is still getting a piggyback. About half a mile out of town, I start to see what looks to be an orchard, and another half mile later we all reach a sign that says Sweet Apple Acres. I look beyond it and see a large barn and house that look old and worn, but still standing. They have an old farmhouse style that gives off a homey vibe. Applejack starts telling me about it.

"Sweet Apple Acres is the best apple orchard in Equestria, hands down. Nobody can claim that. My grandmare, Granny Smith, settled here with her family, and helped found Ponyville. We been here for almost 70 years, and she's still kicking."

"That is quiet a feat. My mom was 78, and she was still kicking, but she was starting to loose some functions in her brain." Twilight looked at me then.

"What do you mean by that?" I tell her I will tell her more about it later, and she groans but doesn't pester me. I then say I am hungry, and Pinkie hops off my back.

"i can show you the best place to eat. Follow me!" And the pink mare skips off, and Applejack stays behind, saying she has to start getting a pie ready for something. I follow with the 4 girls left. We walk the mile back to town, talking the whole way, and make our way towards the center. I look as we pass through, and see a large building as we go by it. I ask what it is, and Twilight says it's the town hall, were the mayor works. I make a mental note of were the location is, and tell them that I at some point need to talk to her about getting a place to stay. Twilight nods, and says I can stay with her until then. I thank her, and then run face first into a wall.

I look at the offending wall, and see that it looks to be made of Gingerbread. I look around, and the entire building looks like a gingerbread house. I back away and see a sign. Pinkie says.

"Welcome to Sugercube Corner!" The mare bounces off behind the counter, and comes back a second later holding a lemon bundt cake. I simply gravitated to it, and almost comically lifted into the air to follow the scent. It was steaming as if it was fresh out the oven, and it looked delicious. She set the cake on a table, and we all pulled up a chair to eat. After that, I was simply told by the two pegasi where they lived, and what they did. I was shocked that Rainbow controlled the weather, and told them about how our world didn't do that. Twilight was fascinated and Rainbow didn't fully believe me, and I just let them go about their beliefs.

After we were finished with the cake, Twilight was the last person to guide me, as Spike said he was going home to get ready. Twilight said to lay some stuff out for her, and Spike said he would as he walked away. After that, Twilight took me to the town hall.

"It's better to get you in the Ponyville registry before the events tonight. Also, we can see about what houses are for sale, to check them out tomorrow. You can see which ones you want to look at tonight, after the event." I was getting irritated that they were leaving me out of the loop, and finally just asked her.

"Okay, you all keep talking about this event that's going to happen. What event!?" Twilight gets a little shifty at the question, and simply answers.

"I can't tell you. It would ruin it. I'm sorry, but I Pinkie Promised to never say a word about what will happen, and you don't break a Pinkie Promise." I sigh, and we enter the town hall. I am then introduced to Mayor Mare, the mayor of Ponyville.

"Hello, Twilight. What brings you here? The event starts soon."

"Hi, Mayor. We are here to register this man here. He's new, and we wanted to get him registered before the event, and get a list of the available homes for sale. We where planning to take a look tomorrow which he would want." Mayor Mare walks over to me and shakes my hand.

"Hello, I'm Mayor Mare, the mayor of Ponyville. I can get him registered before I leave, and just give me a second to get the list of houses." She leaves, and three minutes later comes back to us.

"Here you go. All the available homes around Ponyville. I will see you two later." Twilight and I thank the mare, and head out. Twilight shows me a few more places around town, like the post office and the weather station, before we head to her house.

When we get there, I look and see that it is a GIANT tree, and judging by the sign in front of me, must be an oak, as the place was named Golden Oaks Library. I marveled at it.

"Wow. I have never seen a library like this, anywhere. This looks amazing. How many books, and what are your favorite genres."

"Around three hundred. It isn't that big, and it mostly is a home and library combo. I have some spare beds and one spare room for you to sleep in. Also, I read everything. I don't really have a favorite genre. What's your favorite?"

"Science fiction or fiction, and fantasy. If I could, I would show you some of my favorite authors and books, but I don't have anything from my world that is a book but for my instruction guide on my powers. Anyway, I'm getting tired, let's head inside." Twilight giggles at this, and I don't understand why. I just ignorantly walk to the door of her library, and open it, heading in. Twilight follows after, and the door closes. And then it is pitch black. I couldn't see anything, at all. However, Twilight commented quickly on my glowing eyes, and said that they weren't threatening AT ALL. I couldn't see her though, and was reaching around for her.

That is when my hand bumped into something. Actually, it might have been somePONY, as it felt like clothes and a living body. I felt around it, and after roughly a minute of touching it, I heard a cough. Then Applejack spoke up.

"Um, Cameron. If you could stop groping my breasts, that would be nice." I quickly let go, and start to apologize.

"I'm so sorry Applejack, I didn't rea...hey, wait a minute, what are you doing in Twilight's house?" And that was when the lights came on around the library. And I am pretty sue everypony in town yelled SURPRISE.

I will say that I didn't scream like a little girl. However, it took several pegasi to pry me off the roof of the library. After that, the party went great. I talked to everypony in town, and met the local postmare. The local postmare was a pegasi named Derpy Whooves, and I could see why they called her that. Her eyes were cockeyed like crazy. I didn't want to say anything, but she razed herself, and talked about her eyes and how she was born like that. She then introduced me to her HERD, which threw me off. The stallion of the herd was Clifford the big red stallion. I'm kidding, it was Big Mac. I remembered he was Applejack's brother in the mirror world, and guessed it was the same here. I found out her herd mates where two other mares, Cheerilee and Sugar Belle. I greet them all, and they all seemed pleasant. I noticed they didn't fight each other for Big Mac's attention, and thought to ask Twilight later.

I looked around and saw the six girls in a group, talking about something. After a few glaces from Rarity and Fluttershy, I figured the subject of conversation was me. So I walked over to them.

"Hey girls, how's it going? Also, who set up the party?" I found Pinkie pie on my back again, still didn't see her get up to do so.

"I did silly. I am Equestria's number one party planner. I even have the rubber chicken to prove it." i stared at her, and then just shook my head. I didn't want to question everything about her. After that, we talked more. I told them a bit more about my past, and finally brought up the fake arm. At the time I did, the library had cleared out, and everypony had gone home for the night, as the sun was down, and Twilight's clock said that it was about nine.

"What happened to your arm, darling, that you had to loose it? Also, can we see the new one?" i sighed, and told them the story.

"Well, in my world, there is something called Boy Scouts. I know that sounds sexist, and it was coming out of being boys only when i was brought here, but that isn't the point. The point is, they do stuff that you would teach in the military of my world, but on a lower standard. It wasn't as punishing as the military, and you learned basic survival and camping tactics, as well as how to be a better citizen in your community. It did lot's of cool things, and one of the many things that was done was camping. My troop, went camping at a lake, and I had gotten bored. I decided to swim across the lake a few time's, just for the fun of it. I had on a life vest, which is what saved me from drowning. I had gone across the lake about four times, and had started to head back across the lake on my fifth go. That was when a boat got to close. I don't know what exactly happened, if the driver didn't see me or what, but the next thing I knew, I felt a shit ton of pain in my right arm. After that, I blacked out. When I woke up, I didn't even feel my arm. It was a day and a half later. They told me that the boat had fucked up my arm so bad that most of the nerves in the arm had been damaged, and that it had almost been severed by the propeller blades of the boat, so they decided to amputate. After that, I still swam, but it got significantly harder. I eventually got a prosthesis, or fake arm, that doesn't work. It just hangs there, and does just about nothing. Then, when I went to the convention, and I found the Shaman, I saw what looked like a crystal arm. I thought it looked awesome, and decided to buy it. After that, when the Shaman took me to the Nexus, she told me I now had a crystal arm. It can turn into any melee weapon i so choose." I then role up my sleeve.

The girls, all but Twilight, gasp at the fake limb attached to my body. Applejack suddenly looks at me and asks a question.

"Wait a moment. You just told us that the prosthesis don't move like regular limbs. But here you are moving it around as if it was a regular arm. How?" I answered.

"The Shaman. That's all I got. She said it would work and function like a regular arm, I can even feel with it. For all intents and purposes, it is a functioning arm. That turns into weapons." Rainbow asks for a demonstration. I give them one. I focus for a second, and my arm morphs into the same blade I fought Sunset with, an elongated arm blade, much like Edward Elric's metal arm blade. The girls all stare at the arm in awe.

Then there is a knock on the door. Pinkie opens it, and three little fillies step inside. I was pretty sure my terms for horses applied to ponies as well, and I hoped I had the correct terms for male's and female's down, as I hadn't exactly had time to brush up on my pony anatomy. The girls walked in, and Rainbow, Rarity, and Applejack stood up.

A red haired filly with a pink bow in her hair spoke up.

"We were jus lookin fer our mothers, so we could get to bed. We can't stay at your places without ya'll knowing were there." The three who stood up look between each other. They then try to figure out who's turn it was to take the girls for the night. It was finally settled that it was Rarity's night with the sixes adopted kids, and I was confused. Another question to ask Twilight when the other's are gone. And soon enough they are, Spike heading off to sleep. I finally ask Twilight the questions.

"Hey, Twilight. Can you clarify some things for me please? I thought of them during the party, and I wanted to ask when we had some more privacy."

"Sure Cam. What's on your mind?"

"Well, the first question is the most recent. What did those three fillies mean when they said they were looking for their mother's? Are you taking care of them, like I did with foster care, or are YOU six the moms, and they are adopted by you six?"

"The second. We are a herd, which you learned a bit about tonight from Derpy. Me and the girls have been a herd for a long while now, ever since we REALLY became friends, after we defeated Nightmare Moon. Well, I actually was brought in AFTER that, but the point is the same. And not long after, I started to take care of the CMC, you remember them from the mirror world right, well two of them are actually little sisters. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle, Applejack and Rarity. The third filly is Scootaloo, which is Rainbow Dash's unofficial little sister. They had been put up for adoption by the families before hand, for reasons I never cared to find out, and they adopted them. I became another mother after I joined the herd."

"Okay that actually answered another question I had, about you six being a herd. Another question, and you don't have to answer it, it's a bit more personal, but what exactly goes on in a herd relationship. In my world, if one man sleeps with more than one female's, he is thrown out of all their lives, and he doesn't get anything. Some places still have polygamy marriage, and it works, but it is highly unlikely, and usually frowned upon. I guess I just want to know how you keep herd's from devolving into a giant cat fight over who gets the guy?"

Twilight thought for a few moment's, before finally giving me an answer.

"Well, I guess the herd works because there are more mare's than stallion's in Equestria. The mare to stallion ratio is about 4:1, in favor of mare's. I guess we just trust each other to agree on the fact that we want the best children we can sire, and that more than one is going to want the stallion. That and the fact that the girls usually have sex with each other more often than with the stallion. It helps us usually during estrus, or mating season, if you didn't know. It is hard to come by male's during estrus, and girls want to get rid of the itch, so to say, as best as possible. Even with established herds, most men get pushed around during estrus season. So, I would recommend heading with the males during heat season. It's in the spring though, so you have a little ways to go before it happens."

"Okay, I am just going to move along past the lesbian sex you girls have. Also, thanks for the warning about heat. I will take care to remember. I don't really have more questions. I forgot the rest, and the rest are more or less unimportant, or answered already. Where is the spare bed?" Twilight shows me the way. I am lead up a set of stair along the right wall of the tree, and we reach the upper level of the house. Twilight shows me to a door, and then to the shower room. I tell her I am going to take a shower, and she nods and tells me to use whatever. I head inside and take a quick soak.

After I get out, I quickly put on the usual sweat pants that I wear as sleep wear. I usually didn't put on a shirt however, and this time was no different. I had forgotten that I wasn't alone in this place, and as I left the shower room, I ran into Twilight coming towards the door. She bounced of me into the wall opposite the door in the hall, and fixed her gaze on me. Then she fixed her GAZE on me.

She looked my body over, and I could see a blush start to form. I am not a very athletic man. That is not to say that I didn't work out, but I didn't do it to the point that my body was like Arnold Schwarzenegger. I had a lean, toned body. It was my workout routine that I attributed my shape to. It wasn't any 100 sit ups, 100 squats, 100 push ups, and a 10km run everyday, but it was a good exercise routine. My mind was an asshole though, and immediately did it's thing.

"Like what you see?" I then realize that my mouth spoke before I could react, and I started to apologize. However, Twilight's next comment threw me off guard.

"Yes. Wait, I mean...Yes. I like what I see. However, that is not relevant. Um, could you please put a shirt on, it's really distracting?" She turns away, and I hastily summon up a shirt.

"I'm sorry. I usually don't where a shirt to sleep, and I forgot that I wasn't alone. I am so sorry that I did that."

"It's fine. I actually don't mind, as Spike usually does that same. It's just that, you caught me off guard, and I didn't think to say anything about anything like this. So its my fault just as much. If you want, you can continue, but please be nice about it."

"Of course. I might were shirts more often until I get more used to this world, or most likely get my own place, which should be soon." Twilight looked a little sad when I said that, but I waved it off as the look had vanished as quickly as it had appeared. I chocked it up to imagination. I said my goodnight's to Twilight, and head off to bed. As I start to enter my room, I hear her mutter as she closes the door to the bathroom.

"Sweet Celestia is he hot!"