Fiery Passion, Fiery Inferno!

Chapters

Prologue
Chapter 1: Fiery Passion
Chapter 2: Fiery Inferno!
An Incredible Epilogue

Prologue

Equus. It's a world so much like Earth, but yet it's so different at the same time. Sure, it's inhabited by Humans, but these Humans have eyes and hair that aren't natural hair and eye colors for Humans. For instance, they can have hair that's naturally all colors of the rainbow, or even a mix of colors, and their eyes can be the same way!

In the year 2026, first contact was made when an experiment in Quantum Physics being conducted at the NASA research facility at Edwards Air Force Base opened a door to another world. A volunteer went through, and when he came back a few minutes later, he was not alone. He was accompanied by a male wearing a school uniform, who also had purple hair, and purple eyes. He identified himself as Prince Dusk Shine, and he said that he was the only prince out of the 4 rulers of Equestria, which was the nation that the portal opened up in.

It didn't take long for word of the experiment at Edwards to reach Washington DC, and when it did, the US President, Calvin Parker, went immediately to Edwards, so as to be able to meet with Prince Dusk. Their meeting went remarkably well, and after the President and his entourage went back through the portal, they met Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, the 2 Diarchs of Equestria, as well as 5 of Dusk's friends, who together with Dusk were the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. After this meeting was over, a number of trade agreements were signed between America and Equestria, and soon a few other portals were constructed, and travel between the worlds soon became commonplace. In fact, a number of Equestrians came to live in America, and a number of Americans came to live in Equestria. It was a sort of cultural exchange program, and it allowed some of us to learn more about each other's worlds.

This is where I come into the story. Hi, my name is Michael Edwards, but my friends call me Mick. I'm 20 years old, have dark hair and blue eyes, stand 5'11 and weigh 155lbs, and I hail from a tiny town in Nebraska called Mathis. It's so tiny that it's barely even on the map, and all it's known for is corn, small-town hospitality, and AMAZING home-style cooking! I was a volunteer fireman with the town's fire brigade, and I did love living in Mathis, but yet I felt that there was more to my life than living there. I wanted to see more of the world, and then I heard about the American-Equestrian exchange program. I knew that it was a long-shot, but I decided to apply for it.

I knew that I was probably never going to hear back from the agents behind the program, but imagine my shock when I did so! It turns out that they needed more volunteer firemen for a little town called Ponyville, and they specifically needed firemen who came from small towns. I fit their bill perfectly, so after saying goodbye to my parents, I packed my bags, and went to Union Station in Kansas City, MO, which was where the nearest portal was located, as well as the nearest office for the exchange program. I went there, and once all of my paperwork was checked, I was given my passport, wished the best of luck, and after having my luggage checked, (it was only 2 suitcases worth of clothes and other essential items!) I got everything back, and walked through the portal; through the portal, and into a whole new phase of my life!

When I arrived in Ponyville, I reported immediately to the exchange-program office there, where I once again had all of my paperwork checked, they also checked my passport, and after asking me what my occupation was, I was told to report to the Ponyville Firehouse No.1, where I was to meet Chief Blazing Embers. I did so after checking into the boarding house where all new incoming American arrivals would live to start out with, and after passing a few tests, I was assigned to the pumper truck, nicknamed "Gusher".

Yes, the firefighting equipment in Ponyville WAS a little bit old-fashioned, but yet it was nothing new to me, since the firefighting equipment in Mathis was the exact same way! I could tell that probably like Mathis, Ponyville was going to be a quiet little town without too many emergencies, and for the most part, I was right.

Every now and again though, someone would carelessly flip a cigarette into some grass, something on the stove would catch fire, or someone would plug to many things into one outlet, some kid would play with matches, or a number of other things, and a fire started. And when a fire starts, down at the firehouse, we get the call, and after pulling on our black fire-pants with attached boots and suspenders, as well as our jackets and helmets, we get onto either Gusher, or the hook and ladder truck, nicknamed "Tallboy", and we race off to the emergency.

We then take care of the emergency, before returning to the firehouse. It was always exciting when we would get a call for a fire, but usually it was to get someone's cat out of a tree, (yes, firemen actually do this in small towns!) get someone's dog out of a storm drain, or something along these lines. (One time we had to save a drunk guy who decided to try and climb into a restaurant's ventilation system while naked, but let's not talk about that!) Outside of work though, there was time for other pursuits.

I didn't have too many friends outside of the firehouse, but I was very good friends with, (I might even say best-friends with) Prince Dusk Shine. We met sometime after I moved to Ponyville, and we quickly discovered that we shared a LOT of the same interests. We both liked reading, history, learning new things, and even enjoyed fiction writing. I would sometimes come over to visit Dusk when I was off-duty, and we'd hang out for a while. I also quickly found one more reason to visit Dusk too.

This was when I first met Barbara, Dusk's assistant. I'd never really known any girls before this, but when I first saw Barbara, my jaw hit the ground! She was SMOKIN' hot! She stood maybe 5'7, had thick green hair that hung past her shoulders, and part of her bangs came over one of her emerald green eyes, and she was wearing jean shorts, a white T-shirt, and sandals. I also noticed her breasts. She had a VERY large rack of double-G's, and they jiggled a bit as she walked. Luckily, Dusk didn't see my jaw hit the ground due to being wrapped up in his book, but Barbara did. She came over to me.

"Oh hello there!"

"Oh......uh...hi." I was still trying to form words.

"I don't think that I've seen you around before, but I've heard Dusk talk about you. Are you new to Ponyville?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I am. I came here from America as a part of that exchange program."

She nodded. "Oh. Well it's always nice to meet new people. What's your name?"

"I'm Michael Edwards, but my friends call me Mick. I'm a fireman down at the Ponyville Firehouse No.1."

"Oh, well that must be a fun job. I'm Barbara, but my friends call me Barb. I'm Dusk's assistant."

"It is fun. Yes, it can be boring at times, but it does have its rewards. How's it working with Dusk?"

"Like your job, it can be boring at times, but it does have its rewards."

Dusk then looked over at us. "Oh, I see that you've met Barb Mick."

I nodded. "Yeah, she seems nice. She's your assistant?"

"Yeah. She's been my assistant ever since I arrived in Poynville, which was a good 5, almost 6 years ago now. She's been so good to me, haven't you Barb?"

She giggled a bit. "Yeah, I sure have Dusk!" She then turned to me. "I never knew my parents growing up, but Dusk raised me since I was young."

I was surprised. I'd never heard Dusk say that he'd taken care of Barb before, but then again, until that day, I never even knew that she existed.

From that day going forwards, Barb and I became fast friends too, and eventually, she came to call herself my girlfriend. Dusk wasn't very happy about this though.

"Barb, don't you think that you're taking this relationship thing too far?"

"What do you mean Dusk?"

"I mean, don't you think that it's a bit too early to be calling yourself Mick's girlfriend?"

Barb gave him a strange look. "Dusk, Mick's been in Equestria for almost a year now, and he's your best friend. You say that like I'm trying to go out with a total stranger!"

"He MIGHT be my best friend, but you're NOT going out with him!"

Barb gave him a glare. "Says who? You're not the boss of me! Well, you are, but yet you're also NOT!"

"I know what's best for you Barb. You're too young to date Mick."

"Um, I'm 20 years old 'Dad'. I think that it's time to let your 'Little Girl' go, as she's all grown up now!" Barb sarcastically rebutted.

Dusk opened his mouth, but was quickly forced to close it again. He had no answer to what Barb had just said. He knew that she was right, but he didn't want Barb to date. He resolved to keep her away from me, but how long would that last? Not very long, I can tell you that! Soon Barb and I would be meeting up again, and it would be a night that NEITHER of us would be forgetting anytime soon!

Author's Note

Ok guys, here we go! I've introduced the characters, as well as the settings, so NOW we can move on to the good stuff in the next chapter! This story will have 2 chapters, as well as an Epilogue. It'll be longer than a one-shot, but it'll still be short and sweet. I really hope that you enjoy this little saga with Mick, Barb, and Dusk, as well as the MAJOR shennanigans that they're about to get into!

In the meantime though, as always, comments, feedback, questions, as well as spreading the word about this story are always appreciated, and I'll see you all again in Chapter 1!

ScarFox out for now!

Chapter 1: Fiery Passion

Eventually, it was a Friday night, and Barb was helping Dusk reorganize books in his castle's library. She would grab books and hand them to him, and then he would figure out where they went, and then put them on a shelf. Dusk soon noticed that Barb's mind seemed to be elsewhere.

"Penny for your thoughts Barb."

She looked up at him. "I was just thinking about my future, is all." She said quietly.

"What do you mean by that?"

Barb sighed. "Well, I don't know if I'm going to be your assistant forever Dusk. I mean, I DO want to get married, and settle down to raise a family at some point. I'm not getting any younger after all."

Dusk stopped short. He then slowly turned to look at Barb. "Don't.......don't you think that you might be getting a little bit ahead of yourself Barb? I mean, those are both lifetime commitments after all!"

Barb put a hand over her face. "Dusk, I'm NOT a kid anymore; I'm 20, almost 20 1/2! I could be living on my own if I wanted to! I'm old enough to drive, (I DO have my driver's licence!) old enough to join the military, old enough to get married, and almost old enough to drink! It's time to face facts Duskie; you can't hold onto me forever. I mean look at me! What do you see?!"

Dusk looked at her. He knew as well as she did that she was 20 1/2, and he looked over her thick green hair, green eyes, t-shirt, jean shorts, and sandals. He also saw her large bust, nice leg muscles, and some arm muscles too.

He sighed. "Barb, I see a very beautiful young woman who's getting too far ahead of herself. CLEARLY all of your blood is going to your bosom, and NOT your brain! You KNOW that Mick only wants you for your body!"

Barb stared at Dusk aghast. "What?! How could you say something like that Dusk?! If Mick really WAS a bad person, why on Equus would you call him your best friend?! You still call him that!"

Dusk turned away from her. He knew that she was right, but he didn't want to admit it.

"Dusk? Duskie? Can you please look at me? I'm still talking to you."

He finally did so. "Yeah, and I'm still listening."

Barb sighed. "It's time to face facts Dusk. You don't want me to hang around guys, because you don't want to let me go. You want me to stay young forever, and stay with you. Not as a lover, but as a sort of a daughter/little sister. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but it doesn't work that way Dusk. I'm all grown up now, and I'm starting to make my own way in the world. You know Mick as well as I do. He's a good guy, he's a fireman with the Ponyville Fire Department, he's out there all the time, risking his life to save others, and you're his best friend. You LOVE spending time with him, just as he loves spending time with you. I'm his friend too, but I want him to be more than just my friend. I want to date him Dusk. Yes, I KNOW that you don't like it, but we've been on a few dates so far. You've seen us together; you KNOW that we're so good for each other. Why can't you accept him as my boyfriend Dusk? Why can't you let me move on in the world?"

Dusk opened his mouth, but no sound came out. He then tried again, and this time was able to say something. "Yes, I KNOW that most, if not all of those things are true Barb, but.........it's just........I'm trying to.............*sigh*........I don't want you to get hurt. That's why I don't want you dating, and ESPECIALLY why I don't want you around guys like Mick. What if you two had sex, and you got pregnant?"

"Well, then I'd tell him, hold him responsible, and if he's the guy I think that he is, we'd get hitched, settle down, and raise our child. And if he's not, then I'll sue his ass for child-support!"

Dusk put a hand over his face. He then began to climb down the ladder that he was standing on, before beginning to walk out of the library.

"For the sake of my sanity Barb, I have to say no. No dating, no getting married yet, and no hanging out with guys like Mick. You can see him when he visits, but no hanging out with him until you're older."

"And when will THAT be 'Dad'?"

Dusk shot her a look. "Don't get smart with me Young Lady! I'll send you to your room!"

Barb laughed. "Dusk, I'm LITERALLY a grown woman! You can't do that anymore! Plus, I work out all the time, and you just stay in and read books. If you tried to send me to my room, I'd fight you, and most likely win!"

Dusk knew that she was right. Since I was a fireman, and had to work out all the time, Barb would sometimes work out with me, and she began to develop some really nice muscles because of it.

He sighed. "Ugh, fine Barb. I won't send you to your room. But what I said still stands!" He then left the library.

"Yeah, whatever 'Dad'!" Barb called after him.

"Don't make me take your cellphone and laptop away Barb!"

Barb rolled her eyes, but did apologize to Dusk. "Ok, sorry Duskie! I won't be so mean next time!"

"I forgive you Barb." Dusk then began to walk upstairs to his own room.

Once his back was turned though, Barb dropped her "sweet, sorry girl act", and promptly flipped a bird at him while he was walking up the stairs! Luckily for her, Dusk failed to see her obscene gesture, and once he was in his room, and the door was closed, Barb frowned.

"Hmph! F@#kin' jerk! Who the hell does he think that he is, ordering me around like that?! I'm not his daughter! I'm his little sister at best, but he does NOT own me!" Barb then reached into her pocket, and pulled out her cellphone. She then looked up at Dusk's room, and then back at her phone. "Heh, Duskie may not like it, but boy are the times about to start changing!"

She then turned her phone back on.

Once it was, she clicked the messages app. She then found my name, and shot me a message.

"Hey Babe!" 😙

Soon, a bubble appeared, meaning that I was typing.

"Hi Barb!"

"How are you?"

"A little tired. It was a bit of a long day. You?"

"The same. Dusk is driving me CRAZY!!!! He won't let me grow up!" 😢👿

"Let me guess, he still won't let you date, and while I may be his best friend, I'm also secretly a monster?"

"Yeah, that's the gist of it Babe."

"And what are you gonna do about it? Anything?"

"That depends. Are you off-duty yet?" 😉

"Yeah, I'm off duty. I was just about to call you actually."

"Oh. Well wanna hang out? Duskie went to bed, and I'm SO lonely here all by myself!" 😘😜

There was silence from me for a few minutes. Finally I started typing.

"I want to Barb, but you know what Dusk said. He's a PRINCE of Equestria! I do NOT want to anger him! Sure, I could probably beat him in a fight, but the guy can use Magic with that wand of his! I DON'T want to die!" 😧

"Babe, what Duskie doesn't know won't hurt him! Besides, you've been my boyfriend for what, 5 months now?"

"Yeah, and behind Dusk's BACK I might add! It's VERY risky!"

"Yeah, but what's the point of fun without a little danger, huh?" 😏😉

"I don't know. Being with you is sure fun though." 😄😇

"Wanna come on over? I'll open a window for you!" 😘

"What if Dusk wakes up?" 😬😲

"He won't. He's just about worked himself into a coma tonight. He'd sleep through a train-wreck, trust me!" 😏

"I do Barb, but I just........"

"Just what?"

"I don't want to hurt him. He is my best friend after all."

"This is NOT hurting him Babe, it's just showing him some tough love. We HAVE to show him that I'm all grown up, and that I won't stay young forever. I'm a grown woman Babe, and I get to make my own decisions now."

"Yeah, but......"

"I'm wearing that gray bikini top that you love so much, plus my REALLY short jean shorts!" She then sent me a picture. "You don't want to turn me down, do ya?" 😏😜

"You look great Barb. I want to, but....."

Barb then shut the door to the library, stripped herself completely naked, lay down on one of the couches in there, took a picture of herself, and texted me her first nude.

"Come ON Babe! You REALLY wanna turn your SMOKIN' hot girlfriend down?! She's LITERALLY naked for you right now, and you're gonna tell her no? Now you're REALLY starting to remind me of Dusk! All talk and no action!" 😢😡

There was silence on my end for a few minutes. Finally, the bubble appeared.

"I'm on my way Babe. Maybe 5 minutes away. Which window?" 😘😍

"Yes! Trust me Babe, you're NOT gonna regret this! And I'll unlock the kitchen window for you. It's the only one that has a broken alarm buzzer. You KNOW how Duskie gets about castle security!" 😏😅

We both laughed at this, and then Barb got ready for my arrival, while I quickly made my way over there.

Once I arrived a few minutes later, I slipped around to the kitchen window, climbed up onto a rock, reached up, and after grabbing a stick, knocked on the window lightly. A few moments later, I heard it unlock, and then it opened. I then looked up and saw Barb looking down at me.

"Hey Babe, glad you could make it!"

"Me too Barb. And I'm gonna need a ladder to get up there. Got anything?"

She gave me a quizzical look. "You're the fireman, you tell me!"

I put a hand over my face. "Crap! Does this mean that I'm gonna have to go back and grab one from the firehouse?"

Barb giggled a bit. "Well, luckily for you, I planned ahead!" Barb then reached inside the kitchen again, and soon lowered down a ladder for me to climb up on.

"Oh Barb, I'm gonna hug and kiss you so hard when I get up there, whatever Duskie thinks/says be damned!" I then grabbed the ladder, and started climbing up.

Barb laughed. "Mmm, THAT'S the Mick that I fell in love with! He don't take shit from NOBODY, and he don't let ANYBODY get between him and his girl!"

I then finished climbing up to the window, and once I reached it, I climbed inside, before grabbing the ladder, and hauling it back up into the kitchen. I also shut the window and locked it before turning to look at Barb. Just like she promised, she was wearing her favorite gray bikini top, as well as a pair of REALLY short jean shorts. Her green hair hung to just past her shoulders, with part of her bangs almost covering one of her green eyes. I also saw her fully exposed midriff, cute belly, bare feet, nicely muscled arms and legs, and of course, her VERY large rack!

I then gently grabbed Barb, and pulled her close for a kiss. She hugged me back, and gratefully returned my kiss.

"Mmmm, I love you Mick!"

"Yeah, I know. I love you too Barb. You're SUCH an amazing girl. You're the PERFECT blend of cool girl, with a good brain, you're so bubbly and full of life, and all of this is packaged into the body of a pornstar!"

"Really? You think that I look like a pornstar?"

I nodded. "Yeah. You have an AMAZING body Barb. These nicely chiseled arms and legs, cute belly, these amazing child-bearing hips, a well-toned ass......" Here I gave her ass a playful spank on both butt-cheeks, causing her to moan a bit in pleasure. ".....And of course, let us not forget these luscious green locks, and your REALLY sweet rack!" I then gently cupped Barb's large breasts, and began to fondle them. "I've seen a few full-grown WOMEN who don't have boobs as big as yours Barb!"

She giggled. "Really? And do you like them? I mean, obviously you do, or you wouldn't be fondling them right now!"

I nodded. "Yeah, I like them. And if I had my way with it, yours would be the last pair of boobs that I ever felt!"

Barb then pulled me in close again, and this time we shared our first French-kiss. Previously, we'd only kissed normally, but now we'd finally kissed with our tongues. I had my tongue in her mouth, and she had her tongue in my mouth.

"Mmmm, wow", I whispered when we broke the kiss, leaving a trail of saliva behind, "You're SUCH a great kisser Barb!"

She giggled. "Yeah, I know Babe. And that was SO hot for our first French-kiss!"

"Yeah, I know. And are we gonna stand here in the kitchen all night, or are we gonna go somewhere else and hang out?"

Barb gave me a mischievous smirk. "Well, now that you mention it, there's some REALLY fun things that we might be able to do up in my bedroom, if you were interested that is!"

I licked my lips a bit. "Sure, if that's what you want Barb. Lead the way!"

Barb giggled again, before gently taking me by the hand, and leading me out of the kitchen, and upstairs towards her room.

As we were walking upstairs though, Barb suddenly remembered something.

“Oh, hey Babe?”

“Yeah?”

“I was going to ask you, how have Chief and Belle been doing?”

I smiled a bit when she said that. For those who don’t know, Chief and Belle were our 2 Dalmatians that lived at our firehouse, and were our mascots.

“Oh, they’re doing ok. Like always, old Chief is still REALLY protective of his ‘wife’ Belle, just as she appreciates what her ‘husband’ does for her.” I then remembered something VERY important. “Oh, and did you hear about what happened to Belle earlier this week?”

“No, what happened? Was it something bad?”

I shook my head. “No, Belle just gave birth to her first litter!”

When I said that, Barb’s eyes got VERY wide. “What?! Belle just gave birth?! I didn’t even know that she was pregnant!”

I laughed a bit. “Well, not very many people did. We down at the firehouse kept Belle’s pregnancy pretty quiet, as we didn’t want constant visitors bothering her. We told a few people, and the local vet knows, and I told Dusk, but other than this, not very many people knew. You’re the first one that I’ve told since she’s given birth.”

“And how many puppies?”

“6. Belle gave birth to 6 puppies, and all of them are very healthy. In a few weeks their eyes should be open too.”

“And is it true that Dalmatian puppies are born without their spots?”

I nodded. “Yes, it is. They’re born without them, and then gain them a few weeks later.”

“And where do Belle and Chief have their beds again? Is that where Belle spends most of her time now?”

“Yeah. They have one large bed, and it’s located in a secure little alcove close to Chief Embers’s office. It’s under the stairs leading to the upper levels, close to the main garage section where the fire trucks are. This is so that when there’s a fire, one or both of them can jump up, and run over to the trucks. These days though, it’s just Chief that comes with us. Belle will be out of action for a few months due to caring for her pups.”

“And what’ll happen when they’re weaned? Will you sell them?”

“Eh, it’s up to Chief Embers, but that’s most likely going to be the case. He hasn’t said anything about it yet, but we of Firehouse No.1 know that once they’re weaned, the pups will be put up for sale. A few of us have put our names on a list to possibly have a pup. I put my name on that list, but that list might not be valid in the end, so don’t get your hopes up.”

“Ok. In the meantime, let’s get to my room!”

I nodded, and then we made it to Barb’s room.

Once we arrived there a minute or so later, Barb opened the door, pulled me inside, and then shut the door again.

"Just because Duskie is in his room does NOT mean that he's sleeping! You and I both know the ungodly hours that he stays up reading and studying!"

I laughed a bit, before adding, "Yeah. That, AND the crazy security measures that he takes with his castle. Yes, I KNOW that he's a prince, but the measures that he takes are crazy!"

Barb began to giggle a bit, and I then took a moment to look around her room. Barb had a pretty nice room. There was a large bed against one wall, a shelf full of books, another shelf full of comic books, a desk for her PC, another desk for writing, drawing, and using her laptop, a door that led to the bathroom next door, a large closet, a large dresser and vanity mirror, and even space for her TV and gaming console! The walls were also covered in various posters, with most of them being movie and game posters. Barb was a total dorky nerd when it came to things like games, movies and comic books, and she wasn't shy about admitting it to her friends! I was largely the same way, though I didn't game. I did like to watch though, and I loved the lore, and I helped with developing game theories too.

I looked around in approval. "I forgot how cool your room is Barb. It's been a while since I was last here."

"Yeah, it really has been, hasn't it? But then again, I'm always busy helping Dusk, and you're always busy with your job at the firehouse, so that is understandable, though the rest of it is Dusk not wanting to let me hang out with you."

"Yeah. But I've really enjoyed what time we HAVE gotten to spend together, haven't you Babe?"

Barb turned to me, before pulling me into a hug. "Absolutely Babe!" She then leaned up a bit, and kissed me. I kissed her back, and I also rubbed her back a bit too.

"Mmm, you're such a great boyfriend Mick, and you're Duskie's best friend. Why doesn't he want us to be together?"

I sighed. "Well, he doesn't want you hurt, and since he thinks that I could possibly hurt you, he doesn't want us together. If you ask me though, it's just Duskie's slight over-protection, coupled with his own social anxiety/awkwardness, plus a little bit of jealousy. I have a girl, and he doesn't, so he tries to make sure that I don't have what he doesn't have."

Barb looked up at me with a smirk. "Babe, you're more right than you even know. I've heard Duskie telling the other girls about how jealous he was of you, and how much he wanted a girl too."

I was surprised. "Really?"

"Yeah. Which is ANOTHER reason that we HAVE to be quiet if we're gonna f@#k tonight; we DO NOT want Duskie to go off on a jealous rage! You KNOW how much damage he can do with that wand of his!"

I shuddered a bit. Some Equestrians like Dusk could manipulate the Magic of Equestria thanks to wands, and use it to levitate objects, create shields and other weapons, perform various spells, and even use combat spells! Dusk was stronger in his Magic than most others, hence the reason that I was VERY nervous when I saw him pat his pocket while glaring at me when I was near Barb!

"Yeah, no kidding Barb. But.....if we're gonna do that, I have to ask.........are you........."

Barb sighed. "Yeah, I'm a virgin. Untouched, and as tight as can be. But as I'm sure you're aware, I lost my innocence a LONG time ago!"

I smirked a bit. Barb and I both had watched porn together while Dusk was napping a few times, and we'd both touched ourselves while imagining having sex.

"And you?" Barb suddenly asked, snapping me back to the present.

"My status is the same as yours Barb; virgin, but NOT innocent!"

Barb laughed, and I looked her over again. She was indeed wearing her gray bikini top that she knew was my favorite, as well as a pair of short jean shorts. Barb noticed that I was looking at her, and she began to move on her feet a bit, causing her VERY ample breasts to bounce and sway.

"You like Babe?" She purred.

"More than you can even imagine Barb! And are you wearing the bikini bottoms too?"

She nodded. "Yeah, I am."

"Ok. And how are we gonna do this? Do we just figure it out as we go along, or do you have a plan?"

Barb thought for a second. "Well, I vote that we just kinda start, and see where our natural instincts take us. I'm SURE we'll figure it out pretty soon. Don't worry, I'll be a VERY good bottom!"

I nodded, and then we got down to it.

After I took off my shoes and socks, Barb pushed her green bangs out of her eyes, and I gently pushed her up against the nearest wall, and we started kissing again, though more forcefully this time. I reached down, and gently unbuttoned and unzipped Barb's shorts, and she let them fall to the floor before kicking them to the side.

Meanwhile, Barb had removed my black t-shirt with the logo for the Ponyville Fire Department on it, and she began to feel the muscles on my chest and arms.

"Wow, you're REALLY buff Babe!"

"Well, I AM a fireman Barb, so I kinda have to be!"

She looked up at me sweetly. "Flex for me?"

I rolled my eyes a bit, but did as Barb asked.

"Yeah, like I said, AMAZING muscles!"

"Thanks Babe." I then took a bit of a leap of faith, and while still kissing Barb, I began to feel up her breasts through her bikini top.

"Mmm, that feels nice Babe. Feel free to take it off. I don't care."

I then reached around behind Barb, and after untying her bikini top, I pulled it up and over her head, before tossing it to the side. Now her large double-G breasts hung free, and Barb jiggled them a bit again. Each breast had a darker areola, as well as a firm, slightly thick nipple.

"Wow. How did you get hooters like this naturally Barb?"

Barb laughed a bit. "I've told you before Babe, I don't know! I never knew my birth parents, but I assume that it came from one of them; my birth mom if I had to guess. But in any case, I'll guess that based on that question, you like them?"

I nodded. "Oh yes, I like them Babe. They're PERFECT on you!"

Barb giggled a bit, and then she began to feel lower. She felt my belly, and then began to rub the growing bulge in my pants.

"Whoa. Before we do this, how big are you Babe?"

"8in, I think. Is that too big for you?"

She looked up at me. "Maybe I should start calling you 'Stallion' instead, because you're sure hung like a breeding stud! Or maybe just 'Stud', will do. And now I know that it's REALLY a good thing that I have child-bearing hips, or I'd NEVER be able to take that inside of myself! And are you uncut?"

"Yeah. I'm still uncut. My foreskin is still intact."

"Mmm, that's nice Stud." She then began to undo my pants. Soon, my jeans were around my ankles, and I kicked them to the side. Now I was only wearing my boxers, and Barb was only wearing her bikini bottoms.

I then took another leap of faith, before rubbing Barb's belly a bit, and then reaching lower, and reaching underneath her bikini bottoms. Her slit felt VERY wet, and I could also tell that she had a nice tuft of pubic hair.

"You like Babe?" I asked her gently.

She moaned. "What do you think Stud? Just don't finger me too hard. I don't want my hymen to rupture before your dick hits it!"

"Ok, I'll be careful Babe."

"And let's free this big fella from his prison, shall we?" Barb then reached down into my boxers, and felt my dick for the first time. "Oh my GOSH!!!! You're f@#king HUGE Stud! Was your dad a stallion?! How else did you get an appendage like this?!"

I laughed a bit. "No, my dad's not a stallion. And this may seem odd, but the big dick-genes seemingly come from my Mom's side of the family. I overheard my mom talking to her friends about certain genetic traits in her family, and she said that that was one of them."

Barb giggled. "Hee hee! Well, in any case, I'm just REALLY glad that I snatched you up before some other girl did! Now you're ALL MINE!"

"Just as I got you before Dusk relented, and let you date. Now we belong to each other, and each other alone!"

"Yeah. And now that you're as hard as a rock, ready to REALLY get this underway?"

I nodded. "Ready whenever you are Barb."

Barb smirked a bit, and then the fun REALLY began!

Once Barb removed my boxers, she pushed me back gently until I was sitting on her bed. She then removed her own bikini bottoms, and sauntered over to me. She then gently took my dick into her hands, and began to stroke it. She stroked it up and down, causing me to groan a bit in pleasure.

"I can see that you like the hand-job, but let's crank this up a notch. Ever had a tit-job?"

I gave her a "Really Bruh?" look. "Barb, I'm a virgin. How could I have ever had a tit-job, or you ever given one for that matter?"

She gave me a look back. "Hey, I'm just trying to be sexy here. You don't have to ruin it!" She then rolled her eyes a bit, before taking my dick, and slipping it in between her large breasts.

The head soon popped out between the tops of her breasts, and my member slid up a few more inches before Barb reached the base. She then began to move her boobs up and down on my dick. I was now groaning in pleasure more loudly than before, though I bit my arm, so as not to be too loud! My dick was also starting to leak pre, most of which was starting to get Barb's tits all sticky.

"Hee hee, eww! You're getting my boobs all sticky with your icky pre! What would Duskie say?" Barb was trying to be stern and grossed out, but she was failing miserably. It was pretty clear that she was only saying that to mock Dusk a bit, and that she was actually REALLY into me getting my pre all over her.

I shrugged. "I dunno. He'd probably just kick our asses for being dirty little breeding animals!"

Barb laughed a bit, but then she looked at my right side a bit. She saw what looked like a large black stain. "Hey, what's that on your right side Stud? Close to your back?"

"Hmm? Oh, that's just my tattoo. It's a large black wolf's head. I got it because I really like wolves." I then twisted a bit so that Barb could see it.

"Wow, that's pretty cool Stud. I have a small tattoo on my back too. It's just a book, as Dusk REFUSED to let me get anything else, and it's kinda faded out a lot, but I might get another one one day. Maybe I'll get a wolf's head to match yours!"

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea Barb."

"In the meantime though, back to work!" She then continued her tit-job.

Eventually though, the temptation became too great for her, and she just HAD to see what I tasted like. Since there was enough poking out, Barb actually took the top of my cock into her mouth, and while still giving me a tit-job, she began to give me a blowjob at the same time!

"OHGOSH!!!!!" I groaned into my arm.

Barb meanwhile was REALLY loving the taste of my dick. It was a bit musky, but she was really digging the taste. She would also occasionally fondle my large balls with one hand, and that began to bring me close to cumming.

"Ngh......Barb.......I'm........g-getting close!"

She looked at me. "Mmm, good Babe. I'm gonna try to swallow, but if I can't get it all, I'll just let the rest shoot onto my face, and my boobs. That way I can taste your jizz, get a facial, and have you blow on my boobs all at once!"

"If that's......what you want Babe......"

"What I want is to REEK of your scent Stud! I want EVERYONE to know that I belong to you, and you alone, ESPECIALLY Duskie! I want him to know that I'm yours, and yours alone!" She then began to rub her tits up and down on my cock at a frantic pace, all while my head was still in her mouth.

"Oh......oh gosh.....CUMMING!!!!!" I yelled into my arm as I climaxed.

True to her word, Barb let as much into her mouth as she could, as she really did want to see what my loads tasted like. However, the jizz that rocketed out of me was too much for her, so after taking the first few spurts, she let the rest hit her in the face, and cover her tits too. Once I was FINALLY done spurting, Barb swallowed, and then looked up at me. Her face had a lot of jizz all over it, as did her tits.

"How.......how was that Babe?" I asked her.

She smirked. "F@#king amazing Stud! Your jizz tastes SO good!"

She then licked up some more close to her mouth, before getting up, going over to her dresser, grabbing a towel from it, and using that to wipe off her face, as well as her tits. She then came back over, and began to lick my member clean.

"Mmm, and I may have wiped it off Stud, but your scent still remains. I REEK of your strong musk, and it marks me as yours!"

I was still basking in my afterglow. "I know Barb, and for your first time giving a hand-job, a tit-job, AND a blow-job, you were AMAZING!"

Barb blushed and giggled a bit. "Aww, thanks Babe! It was my pleasure to have done this for you. However, I have to ask you......would you........would you be willing to do the same for me?"

I looked at her. "Wait, you.......you want me to eat you out?"

She nodded. "If you want to."

"Of COURSE I do Babe! Just let me get up, and we'll trade places."

We did so, and once she was on the receiving end, she lay down on her back, and I began to pleasure her. After kissing her a few times, I began to kiss my way down her body. I kissed her neck, before soon kissing her chest, and then the tops of her breasts. Barb was soon moaning in pleasure, and I began to kiss lower. I was soon kissing and licking at her nipples, and that REALLY made Barb squeal a bit in pleasure! She grabbed one of her pillows to muffle her squeals, and I laughed a bit before gently nibbling on her nipples.

"Ngh.....we do this right Stud, you'll soon be getting milk from those puppies!"

I didn't really hear Barb, as I was too busy pleasuring her, but I did nod a bit. I then began to kiss lower. I kissed the rest of my way down her breasts, and I was soon on her belly. After kissing my way down it, (with Barb moaning in approval!) I soon reached the top of her pubes. I saw that she had a green tuft of pubic hair, but that the rest of her was nice and shaved.

"Wow, I really like your little tuft Barb. It's cute, and it's as green as your hair!"

She giggled a bit. "Ngh, thanks Stud. I'm glad that you like it. And you can start pleasuring me at any time, though like I said before, PLEASE don't rupture my hymen prematurely! I REALLY want your dick to do that!"

I nodded. "Ok, I'll be careful." I then got to work on her.

While Barb moaned in approval, I was soon kissing, licking, nibbling, and gently fingering her. I didn't push deep enough into her to rupture her hymen, but I was still doing enough to make her VERY wet, moan in pleasure, and squirm a lot too! Soon, I reached her clit, and when I began to pleasure that, Barb couldn't take it anymore.

"EEEEYAAAHHH!!!!" She screamed as she climaxed. I was hit by a HUGE geyser of Barb's fluids, and she even arched her back and curled her toes her orgasm was so powerful!

"Whoa!" I began to wipe the juices off of my face. "Are you ok Barb?"

She opened an eye and looked at me. "That was so.......SO INTENSE!!! I've NEVER had an orgasm like that Stud! Damn! I didn't know that I could squirt until just now!"

I didn't know what to say. "Eh......well, you're welcome, I guess. I'm just glad that you enjoyed yourself."

She nodded, before sitting up, grabbing me, and flipping us over until I was on my back on the bed, and she was sitting on my stomach. She started kissing me again, all while slowly beginning to rub her snatch against my hardening member.

"Here it come Stud, the big one!"

I looked up at her. "Wait, do you have a condom or anything?"

She shook her head. "No, but don't worry, I do have birth control pills. Plus, I'm pretty sure that I'm safe right now too."

In reality, Barb was wrong on both counts. She HAD birth control pills, but Dusk confiscated them, since he did NOT want her having sex! He replaced the pills with M&M's, before putting the bottle back! (Stupid move yes, but Dusk also knew that he could keep all guys away from Barb, so it wasn't going to be a problem). Also, Barb was NOT safe, AT ALL! She was at her cycle's peak, and was pretty much as fertile as a turtle right then. However, assuming that I wasn't going to cum inside of her, it wasn't going to be a problem. But then again, if I did, and her birth control pills were replaced with M&M's, we were both f@#ked!)

For a little while longer, Barb kept grinding her wet snatch against my member. I was soon throbbing hard, and I was wondering what Barb was going to do. Simple logic told me that she was going to ride me cowgirl, but I didn't know if that was going to be our only position or not.

Barb then looked down at me. "You ready for this Stud? Ready to make me a woman?"

I nodded. "Ready as I'll ever be. I won't be a virgin anymore, and neither will you. And we're gonna take this slow, right? I don't want to hurt you."

"Yeah, and I don't want to be hurt either." Barb then grabbed that towel again, and placed it under us to catch the blood from her hymen, as she did NOT want it, or our sex-juices, ruining her favorite "DOOM" comforter! ("DOOM" was our favorite game series, followed closely by "Fallout". For her last birthday I got her a "DOOM" comforter, and for my last birthday she got me a "Fallout" one).

Barb then stood up a bit, and was soon rubbing her soaking wet entrance with the head of my dick. "I'll go slow, ok Stud?"

I nodded. "Sure. You do it at your own pace. We've got all night!"

Barb giggled a bit, but then I saw her smirk at me. At first, I had no idea what that meant, but in one fluid, lightning-fast motion, Barb SLAMMED herself down onto my dick until her crotch rammed into mine!

"OUCH!!!!!" I yelled into the pillow that Barb used when I pleasured her. Her butt had landed on my balls, and it HURT!!!!

"WOWWWIE!!!!" Barb yelled, before slamming her hands over her mouth. She hadn't meant to yell, and we both listened in silence for a few moments.

We didn't hear anything, so we assumed that we were still safe, and then I felt something wet on my crotch. I looked down, and I saw the blood from Barb's hymen leaking out of her, and running down my hips until it landed on the towel below me.

"Barb! Why did you do that?! That HURT!"

She gave me a very sympathetic look, before reaching down and hugging me. "I know, and I'm SO sorry Babe! I forgot that guys have balls, and that it can REALLY hurt to have them hit! I just wanted to have a memorable hymen-rupture, but I forgot about you." She began to kiss me. "You can forgive me, right?"

I could immediately tell that her remorse was genuine, so I nodded. "Of course I can Barb. It was an accident. Plus, I'm not in pain anymore. My thighs cushioned most of the blow, and while my balls were still hit, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. And are you ok by the way? With how you just impaled yourself on me, did you rupture anything more than just your hymen?"

"Thanks for forgiving me Babe. And no, I don't think so. I felt my hymen rupture, as well as you hitting my cervix, but I didn't hit hard enough for you to push past it. I kinda hope that you can push past it though. I want to feel your head inside of my womb."

"And what about cumming? Can I cum inside of you?"

Barb shrugged. "I haven't decided yet. I want to feel you pop inside of me, but then again, what if we made a baby? I mean, I DO want to be a mom one day, but I don't know if I'm ready yet. But yet, imagine Duskie's shock if we made him an uncle! I KNOW that he'd let me be with you then!"

We both laughed at this, though we both decided to be careful about cumming inside of her. In the end, Barb decided to let me do it, and she was going to be taking her pills. With me still inside of her, she reached over to her nightstand, grabbed her bottle of birth control, took what she thought was a birth control pill, and then put the bottle away. She had no idea that she had just swallowed an M&M instead of a birth control pill. She would find out soon enough though!

Once barb was ready, she pushed her long green bangs out of her eyes again, pushed the rest of her hair over her shoulders and down her back, before looking down at me, taking my hands, and holding them gently. She was blushing pretty hard, but she was really enjoying herself.

Barb then began to move herself up and down on my dick, and I began to move to match her rhythm. We were going at a slow and steady pace, but that was ok for now. As she was riding me, I reached up, and gently began to fondle Barb's tits again. In response, she reached up, and placed her hands over mine.

"Mmm, that feels SO good Stud! Enjoy these boobies, because they'll be the LAST PAIR that you EVER get to feel! On the bright side though, you'll get to feel them whenever you want, because we'll be hitched, and my full name will be Barbara Shine Edwards!"

I blinked a few times. I forgot that Barb's full name was Barbara, though I knew that her last name was Shine, since that was Dusk's last name.

"Barbara Edwards. That's a good name for you Barb."

She looked down at me, blushing sweetly. "Ngh.....th-thanks Stud!"

"You're really cute when you blush Barb."

She pushed my hands off her breasts. "Hey, I'm NOT cute! I'm just...........well......a tomboy! Tomboys are NOT cute!"

I laughed a bit. "Well, I think that they are. I wouldn't be dating you if I didn't think so Barb."

She then looked down at me while licking her lips a bit. "Well, I might be a tomboy Stud, but yet I AM still a girl, and girls have their needs too. What do you say we stop being vanilla, and REALLY kick this f@#k-session into high gear?"

I then checked to make sure that her hymen had stopped bleeding, and satisfied that it had, I decided to take Barb up on her offer. After sitting up again, I flipped Barb out of her position, had her get down on her hands and knees, and I began to pound her doggy-style.

"Oh f@#k yes you Stud! That's how you breed your bitch! Feel free to be rough with me, I don't mind!"

I thought about grabbing her hair, but I wasn't sure if she was into that. Instead, I reached around under her, and began to roughly fondle her large udders. I grabbed them, jiggled them about, and pinched and pulled her nipples. Barb was moaning her approval, and told me to keep going.

"Grab my hair Stud! Keep thrusting like a wild animal!"

I complied, though I made sure not to pull too hard. Barb was thrusting back to meet my pounding, and the bed under us was REALLY staring to creak and squeak because of it! Eventually though, I felt myself getting close.

"Ngh....Babe.....I'm starting to get close. Where do you want it?"

"Inside me! I told you that I'm safe! Bury yourself as deep as you can, and pop! Get right into my womb! BREED ME!!!!"

I roughly grabbed her hips, and after spanking them a number of times, (which REALLY made Barb drool with pleasure!) they were soon red, and I was at my limit.

"Here it comes Babe!" I then thrusted into her as deeply as I could, before unloading my seed deep inside of her. Blast after blast of my hot, thick baby-batter splattered against her insides.

Eventually, I was spent, and after slumping forwards a bit, I rested my chin against Barb's shoulder. We were both breathing pretty heavily, as well as sweating, and trying not to fall over. Barb held up under my full weight remarkably well. She patiently waited until I had more strength, before kissing me, and gently nuzzling me.

"That was..........that was f@#king awesome Babe! Words can't even describe what I'm feeling right now!"

"Glad......glad that you enjoyed it Babe. I'll get off of you now." I then pushed off of her gently, until I was back up in my previous position. "Hang on, I'm gonna pull out." I then gently did so, and with a really wet *Schlipop!* I pulled out of Barb. Once I did so, some of my fluids came leaking out of her, and landed on the towel that was still below us.

Barb then looked back between her legs at me. "Wow, it's REALLY oozing out Stud! How much did you pump into me?"

"I don't know, but it felt like a lot!"

"Well, good thing I'm safe, or I'd be a mom for sure! And are you still hard Stud?!"

"Huh?" I then looked down, and to my shock and surprise, I was STILL hard! "What?! How is that possible?!"

"I dunno, maybe you have one more round left in you Stud. Want to go one more round with me?"

"Do.....do you have the strength for that Babe?"

She nodded. "Of course I do Stud! That's another good thing about us tomboys, we have a LOT more strength than ordinary girls! I still have enough for one more round in me."

"And how do you want to do it? We've done cowgirl, doggy, any other positions that you had in mind?"

Barb thought for a second. "Hmm........have you ever thought about trying standing? I've dreamed about us doing that. Me being in your arms while you thrusted up into me, and I bounced up and down on your dick."

"Eh, sure. We can do that."

I then got up, as did Barb. I stood on the floor, while she stood on the bed, and after she climbed into my arms, I wrapped my arms around her, she wrapped her arms and legs around me, and after popping my dick back inside of herself, she began to bounce up and down on it.

"Ngh, wow.....this is......this is exactly as I imagined it Stud!"

"Ngh, well, I'm glad that you're.......enjoying yourself Babe."

We kept doing it in the standing position for a little while, but due to me having worked all day, and already going one round with Barb, my legs were about to give out. After warning Barb, I gently sat back down on the bed to give my legs a break, though she kept bouncing up and down in my lap, while I thrusted back up to meet her.

"Yeah.....this.....this is ok. I also kinda wanted to try the sitting position too!"

"You look SO hot when you bounce like that Barb."

She shot me a look. "Don't you patronize me! Wait, did you say that I looked hot? If so, then thanks! I thought that you said 'cute'!"

"I said that you were hot Barb. As in 'you're SO smokin hot that I'm shocked that there ain't a big 5-alarm fire in here right now!"

Barb burst out laughing at my joke. "Pffft! That's hilarious Stud! I'd better be careful about touching you Stud, cuz like a door in a fire, you're too hot to handle!"

I then thought of a REALLY great idea. "Hey Barb, let's play fire truck."

"Huh? How do we play that?"

"Well, you lay down on the bed, I f@#k you, and if it becomes too much for you, just say 'red light!'."

"Oh, so it's like a safe-word?"

"Yeah, something like that. Wanna play?"

Barb then stopped bouncing in my lap, and after getting onto the bed again, she put the towel under herself, and spread her legs. She then looked at me. "Hello there Mr. Fireman. I want to play a game! You've been having sex with me for a while now, and now I want to play fire truck. You have 10 seconds to respond!"

I laughed. Barb and I were also fans of the horror genre. She liked the "Saw" Franchise, while I was into the original "Halloween" movies, (minus Halloween 3 and the HORRIBLE remakes!) as well as the "Friday the 13th" series.

"Ok then, let's do this 'Jigsaw'!"

Barb laughed. "Oh you!"

I then began to thrust into her. Pretty soon, I was like a f@#king machine on high-speed. I pounded into Barb hard and fast, and I could feel myself hitting her cervix with each thrust. Barb was loving it too, but she didn't want to cum too quickly, so she used what she thought was the safe-word.

"Red light!"

I looked down at her and smirked. "Fire trucks don't stop for red lights!"

Barb then realized that I'd just trolled her good. "Ugh, no fair Stud!" She hit me playfully.

I just laughed. Don't worry Babe, I won't give you anything that you won't be able to handle!"

She then looked up at me. "Well then keep going. Don't let my 'red light' stop you!"

I laughed again, and kept thrusting into Barb. Soon, we'd worked ourselves into another steady rhythm. Barb wrapped her arms around my back, as well as her legs, and was holding me close to her. I had my arms wrapped around her back, and we were both French-kissing. I kept thrusting into Barb for a little while longer, but soon, I felt myself getting close.

"Ngh....here it comes Barb. Are you ready?"

"Yes! Put it all inside of me Stud! I want it inside of me!"

I then buried my mouth into her's, and after pushing past her cervix, we both screamed into each other's mouth as I climaxed. I blasted spurt after spurt of hot, thick baby-batter right into her unprotected womb. I spurted for a little bit longer, before I was FINALLY spent. I'd filled Barb up good, and we'd both REALLY enjoyed ourselves.

I looked down at Barb, and she looked back at me. As I looked into her soft green eyes, I could see the deepest love in them. Barb could also see how much I loved her.

I then kissed her gently. "Barb, I love you, so......so much!"

She blushed, before kissing me back. "I know Babe. I love you too, more than you can possibly imagine!"

We both kissed again as we lay in each other's arms, but then from behind us, we both heard an ear-splitting scream! We both looked at the sound, and to our horror, there in the doorway to Barb's room stood Dusk!

(45 minutes earlier)

Unlike what we'd previously believed, Dusk really HAD heard Barb's yell when she impaled herself on my dick! He'd been sleeping, and he woke up when he heard a scream.

"Huh.....eh....what?" He sat up in bed. He looked over at his alarm clock, and the time was almost 1:30am. "What was that noise?"

He listened closely, and he then heard what sounded like Barb talking. He listened, and thought that he had an answer. "Crazy girl." He muttered as he lay back down again. "It doesn't matter what time it is, she's ALWAYS gaming, or on her PC at odd hours! I mean, I don't mind, but I REALLY hate it when she 'gets killed' because she gets REALLY loud about it!" He then went back to sleep.

However, a while later, Dusk woke up again. His clock showed that it was almost 2am, and he wondered why he'd woken up. Then he heard it again. A strange creaking and squeaking sound.

"What? What is that noise?" He then got out of bed, pulled on a robe and slippers, and went to go see what the noise was. After he left his room, he realized that the noise was coming from Barb's room.

"What.....what is she doing?" He then walked down the hall to her room. Once he reached it, he saw that the door was closed, but yet the creaking and squeaking noise was coming from inside, as well as a series of other noises too. It sounded like muffled moaning.

"Oh gross!" He then began to walk away, thinking that Barb was masturbating, but then he heard another series of moans, and these sounded a lot deeper than Barb's.

"What the.....???" He then tried the knob to Barb's door, and to his slight surprise, it was unlocked. He then opened the door a bit, and looked into the room. What he saw made his heart stop.

He saw Barb lying on her bed, naked, with me on top of her! I was thrusting into her, and she was moaning out in pleasure. Dusk then realized that not only did Barb sneak me into the castle after dark, but that I was also having sex with her! As he watched in dumbfounded shock, He then saw me warn Barb that I was getting close to climaxing, and in one final moment, I blew my full load inside of her.

After this, Dusk threw open the door, and let out his VERY loud, (and yet also pretty girly!) scream! We both turned at the noise, and when we saw Dusk, we both looked like deer in the headlights!

Barb screamed, and said something first. "GWAAAHH!!!! DUSK!!! GET THE F@#K OUT OF MY ROOM!!!!"

That did it, Dusk went into full-blown Super-Sayan Rage Mode!

"WHAT THE F@#K DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE DOING?!?!?!"

"What's it look like genius?! Mick and I are having sex!"

Dusk then screamed like a Banshee, and charged at me!

"GAAHH!!!!" I dodged his first attack, and leapt over to the other side of the room. Then, to my horror, and Barb's horror, Dusk pulled out his wand!

"SAY HI TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!!!! HAZAHH!!!" He then sent some sort of spell at me. I managed to doge it, grab my underwear, and then start running! Dusk came charging after me, and then it. Was. ON!!!

For the next number of minutes, Dusk was chasing me through the ENTIRE castle at almost 2:15 in the morning! He was screaming at me, yelling profanity, and even throwing things at me, in addition to using his wand.

I managed to climb up onto a bookshelf, but Dusk grabbed my leg! "GET THE F@#K DOWN FROM THERE!!!!"

"YIPES!!!" I then kicked him in the face, before jumping down, pulling my underwear the rest of the way on, and then kept running.

"YOU'RE A F@#KING PIECE OF SHIT!!!!"

"Dusk, I'm your best friend! We can talk through this! Barb wanted to have sex with me!"

"I'M GOING TO RAPE YOU!!!!" He screamed.

"Assuming that you can even CATCH ME broomsticks-for-legs!"

"YOU F@#KING BITCH!!!!!"

On and on this chase went. Dusk kept screaming at me, I kept running and trying to reason with him, and Barb kept screaming at Dusk to stop, as well as throwing the rest of my clothes at me as I ran by her! As I ran, I found myself thinking about this video in particular, as it REALLY described the current situation!

Finally, I managed to reach the front door of the castle, I unlocked it, Barb handed me my shirt, and then I was out the door barefooted, still holding my shoes and socks!

"Bye Babe! See you tomorrow!" Barb called after me.

"I will Babe!"

"NO YOU WON'T!!!!" Dusk screamed after me. "YOU WILL NEVER SEE BARB AGAIN YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!! I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!!!!"

I stopped running, and looked back at Dusk, who was still standing on his front porch. "Yeah? Well I know where you live too, so touche! And Barb can see me again if she wants to!"

"Just......GET OUT OF HERE!!!! We'll talk about this later!"

I then ran off into the night in the direction of Firehouse No.1.

Once I was gone, Dusk slammed the castle's front door, and locked it. He then began to walk back upstairs, and he saw that Barb was still standing by the front door. She was now wrapped up in a purple robe, and she was looking up at him.

"WHAT THE F@#K ARE YOU LOOKING AT?!?!?!"

"You Duskie. WHY did you have to spoil all my fun?!"

"Because he should NOT have been in here!"

"We were practicing safe-sex! Maybe he didn't use a condom, but I DID take birth-control, AND I'm not ovulating!"

"That's where you're wrong Barb. Those weren't pills that you took.........those were M&M's! I did NOT want you having birth control!"

"WHAT?!?!?! DUSK, HE CAME INSIDE OF ME!!!!"

"Which is why we'd BOTH better be praying that you're NOT pregnant!" Dusk then stormed upstairs, and slammed the door to his room.

Barb then slowly walked back up to her own room. She was scared for the future. What if she really WAS pregnant? What was she going to do? How was I going to react to that? And most importantly; how was DUSK going to react to it? Barb didn't know, but she was REALLY scared about finding out!

Author's Note

And, that was Chapter 1. This sure went from "girl sneaking in her boyfriend", to "hot steamy sex", to "REALLY f@#king up pretty bad!" What's going to happen next? Is Barb pregnant? If she is, how is Mick going to react to it? How is Dusk going to react to it? Will Dusk and Mick ever reconcile? What does the future hold for everyone else? Well, you all know the drill, stay tuned and I'll tell you!

In the meantime, as always, comments, feedback, questions, as well as spreading the word about this story are always appreciated, and I'll see you all again in Chapter 2!

ScarFox out for now!

Chapter 2: Fiery Inferno!

For a while after that night, an uneasy quiet fell over Ponyville. Dusk wanted nothing further to do with me, and he forbade Barb from seeing me either. I tried to visit the castle several times, only to have Dusk give me the whole "GET THE F@#K DOWN CAT YUMA NUMA REMIX" all over again!

Barb also didn't want to risk Dusk's wrath, so she had no choice but to comply........and find a way to skirt around Dusk's orders. He took her phone, as well as shutting off the internet for her laptop and PC, but Dusk's friends still had her back. Since they were still allowed at the castle, they would slip notes to and from Barb. They also tried to reason with Dusk.

"Don't you think that you're being rather unreasonable with this Darling?" Rarity asked him one afternoon. "I mean, Barb IS an adult now, not a kid anymore. Why can't you let her make her own decisions?"

"Because she's not ready to do that yet Rarity. I HAVE let her make her own decisions, and then she goes and does what she did Friday night!"

"And I don't get it Sugarcube. You said that Mick is your best friend, just as he's said that he's your best friend. That means that you two hang out a LOT, and that also means that you know him inside and out, just as he knows you inside and out. And if that's the case, then you KNOW that he's a good guy, and wouldn't take advantage of Barb! If he did that, why don't you trust him?"

Dusk sighed. "I DO trust him Applejack, but yet........it's hard to explain."

"You want to be happy, but yet you can only see the bad in him? Even though you're not sure that it even IS bad?"

"Yeah, that's the gist of it Fluttershy. I KNOW that Mick is a good guy, and he IS my best friend, but yet.......him and Barb together........it's just......."

"You're jealous that he has a girlfriend, and you don't?" Rainbow Dash asked with a smirk.

He glared at her. "W-what?! N-no! I'm not jealous......I'm just....."

"Just protective of Barb, and you want to protect her, even though you know that she's all grown up, and will soon be moving on in the world?"

He nodded. "Yeah, that's the rest of it Pinkie. I WANT to let Barb go, but yet, she's been under my care for so long.........I raised her from when she was an infant! I've ALWAYS been there for her, and now, after all of that, I just.......it's SO hard to let her go!"

The 5 girls all hugged Dusk. They could at least somewhat sympathize with him, especially Rarity, Applejack, and Rainbow Dash, since they had 3 sisters who were almost to that same age.

Dusk hugged them all back. "I'm glad that I have friends like you girls. I'll need a LOT of time to think about this, but maybe I will be able to let go by the end of it, and welcome Mick back to the castle. And look at it this way, it was only that one time that he and Barb had sex, right? I don't think that anything else is going to come from it. At least, NOT until I let them start dating again that is!"

In the aftermath of this, Dusk did give Barb her internet back, but he still kept her phone. Everything was getting back to normal, at least, until the day it hit the fan once again.

A few weeks after that Friday night, Barb got sick. She was throwing up, though both she and Dusk thought that it was something that she ate. She was feeling better a few days later, only to get sick again. She was fine by the next day, and now Barb was getting worried. What was wrong with her?

She didn't want to go to the hospital if she didn't have to, so she fired up her PC, and began to do some online research. She Googled her symptoms, trying to figure out what was wrong with her. What caused puking, feeling like you have to puke, having to pee a lot, and some stomach cramps? Barb was able to narrow down her search pretty quickly, and when she found what she thought the cause was, she froze.

"No.....it can't be that......can it?" She wasn't sure, but she knew that she had to find out.

"Hey Duskie?"

"Yeah Barb?"

"I'm going to run to the store down the street. Do you need anything?"

"Eh, we do need some more milk. Can you grab some?"

"Yeah, sure. Back in a jiff!" Barb then left for the corner store.

When she arrived, she grabbed the milk, as well as a few other things on her shopping list, before heading over to the pharmaceutical section. Once there, she went to the aisle for "Family Planning", and she picked up a box of pregnancy tests. After paying for everything, she put the box of pregnancy tests in the pocket of her light jacket, before taking the groceries back to the castle.

When she arrived, she took her jacket off, put everything away, said hi to Dusk again, and then went back upstairs. She then went to the bathroom, and after going inside, she locked the door, and went over to the toilet. She then pulled down her shorts and panties, sat on the toilet, grabbed the box of testers, pulled out 1 of them, and read the instructions, before holding it under herself, and peeing on it. She then set it aside, pulled out 3 more, and peed on them too. She then set them aside as well, finished doing her business, and then she waited the few minutes required for the testers to work.

Once the few minutes was up, she grabbed the first tester, and looked at it. She then put it back, and grabbed the 2nd one, then the 3rd, and then the 4th. She then picked up all 4 of them, and held them in her hands. All of them said the same thing. She also used the last 2 in the box just to be sure, and they said the same thing as the other 4.

Barb put a hand over her mouth. "Oh f@#k, Dusk is gonna KILL ME!!!!!"

Barb had no idea what to do. It was early afternoon, and I was no doubt on duty at the Ponyville Firehouse No.1. Dusk's other 5 friends were busy, and she was scared.

Suddenly though, Barb heard a knock on the door. "Barb? Are you ok in there? You've been in there for over an hour now!"

"Yeah.......yeah, I'm fine Dusk." She then stuffed the 6 testers into her shorts pockets, quietly ripped up both the box and the instructions, and flushed them down the toilet, before pulling up her panties and shorts, washing her hands, and leaving the bathroom.

She looked to her left, and saw Dusk dusting a few pictures close by. He looked at her as she went by. "Are you sure that you're ok Barb? I thought that I heard you yell as I was walking up the stairs."

Barb nodded, wincing internally. "Yeah......I'm.....I'm fine Dusk."

He looked over at her. "You don't sound fine. And with you being sick lately, I'm getting worried about you. Are you sure that you're ok?"

"Don't kill Mick!" Barb suddenly blurted. She then slammed her hands over her mouth.

Dusk shot her a confused look. "Huh? Why would I do that?" He turned back to his dusting. "He hasn't been around here in...........wait. Why would you say that all of a sudden?" He then looked at her again. This time he also noticed something sticking out of her pockets. "Barb, what's in your pockets?"

Barb didn't say anything. Dusk could see that she was also breaking out into a cold sweat. He didn't want to jump to conclusions, but in one fast motion, he reached Barb, grabbed at what was in her right pocket, and pulled it, or rather, them, out. Barb let him do it, and made no moves to stop him. Dusk then realized that what he was holding were 3 pregnancy tests. He looked at them closer, and to his shock and horror, all 3 of them were showing 2 black lines! He looked back up at Barb, but was unable to form any words.

Barb then sighed, before reaching into her other pocket, and pulling out 3 more testers. All 3 of them also had 2 black lines. Once she found her voice again, Barb only had one thing to say. "Yeah, I'm pregnant Dusk. Do you STILL think that it was a good idea to switch out my birth control with M&M's?"

When Dusk realized that Barb was pregnant, and that it probably WAS his fault, (at least partially, it DOES take 2 to tango after all!) he screamed! He screamed out in that same Banshee-scream that he did on the same night that he caught us having sex, though instead of attacking Barb, he threw down his feather duster, as well as the first 3 testers, and ran in the opposite direction. He rounded a corner, and Barb suddenly heard the sounds of things smashing and crashing about.

"WHY DID SHE HAVE TO GET PREGNANT?!?!?! WHY?!?!?!" He screamed.

Barb looked behind her at her own room. It was still fully intact, as Dusk had run away from it. She then looked back at Dusk, as he was smashing and crashing elsewhere.

"What in the.......what??? Why is he......???" Barb had no idea why he was smashing and tearing the whole castle apart, but then she looked down at the 3 tests that she was holding. She then blushed a bit.

"Wow......I still can't believe it. I'm.......I'm........I'M GONNA BE A MOMMY!!!! I'M GONNA HAVE A BABY!!!!!!" She then thought of something else. "And.......I'll have to tell Mick about this too. Hopefully he'll understand. I mean, I'm pretty sure that he will. He did say in that one note to me that if I did get pregnant, he'd make sure that we got married so that our child would be in wedlock, and he'd raise our child as my husband. I can't WAIT to tell him when he gets off work tonight!"

Barb then began to make plans to tell me, completely unaware that she was going to get to tell me a LOT sooner than that night!

Almost an hour later, at now 3pm, Dusk was STILL going on his smash and crash rampage! Yes, it DID sound a lot worse that it really was, and not too much was really being broken, but Dusk was making a HUGE mess; one that would have to be cleaned up later. Unknown to Dusk though, at one point in his rampage, he threw a heavy dictionary, and it knocked up a ceiling tile, and that in turn hit a metal pipe in that ceiling on the ground floor on the West side of the castle. Said pipe was a small fuel pipe, used to bring fuel to the furnace in the castle's basement. The furnace was turned off, but there was still fuel in the pipe. And now, because of the hit from the ceiling tile caused by the dictionary hit, the pipe started to leak a little bit.

Meanwhile, 2 levels up from the ground floor, Dusk was FINALLY starting to wear out. He'd successfully rampaged throughout almost his ENTIRE castle, creating quite a mess. After grabbing some water, he looked over the mess that he'd created.

"Celestia.....DAMMIT!!!" He put a hand over his face. "NOW I'm gonna have to clean all of this up!" He started to pick up a number of fallen objects, and put them back onto the shelf that they came from. "Crap, this is REALLY gonna take a while! F@#K!!!! First Barb sneaks Mick into the castle, THEN he knocks her up, and then I freak out and tear my ENTIRE castle apart, and NOW I HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS!!! F@#KING DAMMIT!!!! Well, at least the damage is contained. It's not the worst ever, and it CAN’T get any worse than this!"

Wrong thing to say Dusk. You NEVER say that it can't get any worse, because it always will! 2 levels below, that pipe was still dripping fuel, however, it was also dripping fuel onto a series of electrical lines below. The wires were protected by their insulation, but there were a few places where the insulation was cracked, exposing the wires. If the fuel hit these cracks, it would ignite, and then there'd REALLY be a problem!

At about 4pm, when Dusk had maybe gotten about 55% of his mess cleaned up, it happened. The leaking fuel hit those cracks in the exposed wires, and the liquid hitting them caused the wires to start to spark. Soon, those sparks were enough to ignite the small puddle of fuel that was pooling underneath them, and soon the fire began to lap at the insulation inside of the ceiling. The fire was getting bigger by the second, and soon it reached the fuel pipe that the dripping was coming from. However, just before the fire hit the fuel, the ceiling where the fire was collapsed, sending burning fuel, insulation, and ceiling tiles down into the room below, which was one of several libraries in the castle. Meanwhile, the ceiling above continued to burn, as did the carpet, furniture, books, and other papers below that the fire hit. Adding to this problem was the fact that Dusk had torn this library apart in his rampage. There was combustible material everywhere, and the fire was already starting to consume it!

Back up inside the ceiling, the fire reached the pipe again, and the heat from it caused the pipe to buckle, and that little crack that was causing the dripping got a LOT bigger! Now the fuel was leaking out steadily, which was fueling a now growing inferno in the room below. Once the fuel in the pipe caught fire, there came a HUGE explosion in that room, and the fire quickly began to spread. Dusk and Barb didn't know it yet, but they were about to be REALLY thankful that they lived a mere 4 blocks away from Ponyville Firehouse No.1!

Meanwhile, upstairs in her room, Barb was reading a comic book. The clock read 4:04pm, and she could hear the sounds of Dusk cleaning up his mess below her in the castle somewhere. Suddenly though, Barb began to smell something.

"Huh? What's that smell? It smells like smoke." She got up from her bed, and walked out into the hall. The smoke smell was getting stronger, and soon, she could hear several of the castle's smoke alarms going off. "Ok, now something is DEFINITELY wrong here!"

She wondered where Dusk was, but then she saw smoke coming out of the air vent in the baseboard at the end of the hallway! "What the......?!" She walked closer to the air vent, and then she smelled a VERY strong burning smell. It was also getting VERY hot from the hot air coming from the vent. There was only one thing that that could mean!

"Oh shit! FIRE!!!!" She then ran to the intercom panel close to her room. "DUSK?!?!?! DUSK!!!! WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!"

A few moments later, a reply came. "What is it Barb? What's wrong?"

"'WHAT'S WRONG'?!?!?! FIRE!!!! THAT'S WHAT'S WRONG!!!! THERE'S A FIRE IN THE CASTLE!!!!"

"WHAT?!?! A FIRE?!?! WHERE?!?!?!"

"I don't know! There's smoke coming out of the air vent in the baseboard at the end of the hallway where my room is, and there's a LOT of heat coming from it too!"

"Get downstairs now! I'm calling the Fire Department!"

"Where are you?!"

"On my way upstairs now! I'm setting off the manual fire alarm!" Dusk then reached a panel, and after opening it with a key that he always carried with him, he grabbed a larger key inside the panel, inserted it into its keyhole inside, and turned it. The manual fire alarm was now activated, which was sending an alert directly to both Ponyville Firehouse No.1, and Ponyville Firehouse No.2. (Ponyville only had 2 fire brigades). He then ran upstairs.

On his way up though, He reached the ground floor again, only to have his way blocked by fire! The fire was coming from the library on the ground floor, and it was rapidly spreading out from it! In a matter of minutes, that whole hallway would be engulfed in flames!

"F@#K!!!! SHIT!!!!" Dusk then ran back down a level, ran through a hallway to the stairwell on the other side, and after getting to the ground floor again, he tried to grab the doorknob, only to find that it was too hot to touch!

"OH NO!!!" Then, after taking the stairs to the second floor, he emerged close to an intercom panel.

"BARB!!!!! Are you downstairs?!"

"Yeah! Where are you?! The smoke's getting thick!"

"Barb, listen to me very carefully. I'm trapped up on the second floor! The fire started in the library on the ground floor, and it's RAPIDLY spreading up to the second floor! YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW!!!!!"

"WHAT ABOUT YOU?!?!?!"

"I'll be fine! The Fire Department should be on their way now! I've alerted them with the manual alarm! Go! NOW!!!! Get out of here!"

"I'll come back with the whole Fire Department Dusk! Just get to somewhere safe!"

"I will Barb! NOW GO!!!!"

He then left the panel, and after grabbing some bath towels, he wet them with water, and ran with them to a spare bedroom on the 3rd floor. He then closed the door, placed them over the crack at the bottom, and then got over to the window. He then opened it a bit, and he could see the smoke rising from the first and second floors below him, but it soon got so thick that he had to close the window again.

"Oh Celestia! Now I'm REALLY wishing that I didn't talk so much trash about Mick! My best friend is a FIREFIGHTER for Celestia's sake, and now I REALLY need his help!" He then saw Barb running away from the castle. "Thank Celestia you made it out Barb! Now let's just hope that I'M that lucky!"

Dusk then began to hear sirens off in the distance, meaning that help was on its way. He then looked off towards Firehouse No.1. "PLEASE Mick! PLEASE hurry up! I DO NOT want to die today!"

Meanwhile, down below him, Barb was running as fast as she could to Firehouse No.1. She knew what Dusk had said about the manual fire alarm, but she'd already tried to call for help with the castle’s landline phone just in case the manual alarm failed, but the line was dead. She still didn't have her cellphone, so all she could do was run for Firehouse No.1, and alert us there just in case the alarm had failed. Barb was barefoot, and her clothes smelled like smoke, but she didn't care. She HAD to get help!

"I HAVE to get there! I HAVE TO!!!!!" She kept running as fast as she possibly could.

A while before this, at maybe 4pm, I was sitting on a folding chair just inside of the garage bay of Firehouse No.1, eating a sandwich. The doors were open so as to let in a breeze, as it was a bit hot outside that day. It had been a REALLY boring day for us, and we were hoping for something to happen.

As I was sitting there, I was talking to Caramel, who was another volunteer fireman.

"So, have you seen Barb anymore recently?" He asked me.

I shook my head. "No, unfortunately not. I've heard from her a few times, but Ol' Banshee Duskie won't let me anywhere NEAR the castle!"

Caramel laughed a bit. "Gosh, that sounds pretty bad! Do you think that he'll ever let up?"

I stood up a from my chair to stretch a bit. I then adjusted the suspenders on my black fire pants with attached steel-toed rubber boots, (I always wore these at all times while on duty out of force of habit) and then I sighed.

"I don't know Caramel. However........" I never got a chance to finish that thought. Before I could, I heard an alarm go off upstairs. It was coming from the dispatch office up there, which meant that either a call was coming in, or a manual alarm had been triggered somewhere.

"What's going on?"

I was worried. "I don't know, but we'd better go see!" We both then ran upstairs.

Once we were up there, Chief Embers met us, as well as a few others. "Boys, we might have a fire!"

"What? A fire? Where?" Caramel asked.

"The manual alarm was just triggered over at Friendship Castle. We've tried to contact anyone over there, but we haven't received any replies."

I froze when I heard that. The manual alarm had just been triggered at Friendship Castle? That meant that Dusk and Barb could be in trouble! No scratch that, they probably WERE in trouble!

I looked at Chief Embers. "Sound the alarm Sir?"

"Yes! Sound the alarm Edwards!"

Right!" I then slammed down the button for the main alarm bell, which rang throughout the entire firehouse. There were 8 of us on duty, as well as Chief Embers. He then got on the intercom.

"Boys, we've got a possible fire over at Friendship Castle! The manual alarm was just triggered, which means that we've got to move now!"

That was all it took. With that order, Caramel and I, as well as a few others who were upstairs at the time, ran over to the fire pole there on the second floor, and slid down to the garage bay just below. We all then pulled on the rest of our gear, and got Gusher and Tallboy ready to go.

However, just as I was pulling on my black fire jacket and black fire helmet with the number "4" on it, (simply meaning that I was the 4th fireman at the firehouse out of 9) I suddenly heard a loud commotion coming from just outside of the firehouse.

"MICK!!!! MICK!?!?!?! WHERE ARE YOU?!?!?!?!"

I turned at the noise, and there running towards me was Barb! Her clothes were a bit sooty, as was her face, and she was barefoot, sweating, panting hard, and to my horror, smelling like smoke!

"Barb?! Barb, what happened?!"

She ran into my arms and hugged me. "Oh Stud! Thank CELESTIA I got here!"

"What's going on?!"

She looked up at me with panic in her eyes. "FIRE!!! THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON!!!! THE CASTLE'S ON FIRE!!!!"

"What happened?!"

"I don't know! All Dusk said was that the fire started in the library on the ground floor! He said that it was spreading fast to the second floor! He triggered the manual alarm, but I came running down here just in case the alarm failed! The phones didn't work, so I had no choice!"

"We got the alarm loud and clear Barb, but you did the right thing by coming down here! And where's Dusk now?"

"He's still trapped inside of the castle! He's trapped up on the 3rd floor!"

"WHAT?!?!?!"

Before I could say anything else though, Chief Embers came sliding down the fire-pole. "Boys! This fire is a big one, which means that they're calling us, AND the boys over at No.2! It's serious business! We have to go now!"

"RIGHT!!!!" We all then ran for the trucks. Since I was the closest to Gusher, I reached the driver's seat first, and pulling Barb behind me, I pulled her into the cab too, shut the doors, turned the key, and started the truck. 4 others got onto the truck too, while the other 4, including Chief Embers, got on Tallboy next to us. I then realized that someone was missing.

I looked towards the alcove close to Chief Ember's office. "CHIEF!!!! COME ON!!!! WE NEED YOU NOW, WE'VE GOT A FIRE!!!!!"

There came some barking, and then a big male Dalmatian came running out of the alcove, before running over to Gusher, and jumping into the back.

"Is Chief on?" Embers asked.

"Yeah, he's on!" I yelled back.

"THEN LET'S GO!!!! LIVES ARE ON THE LINE!!!!"

"ON IT SIR!!!!"

After turning on the lights and sirens, with those on Tallboy doing the exact same thing behind us, Gusher pulled out first, and then we raced away from the firehouse towards the fire. "Hang in there Dusk", I thought. "Help is on the way!" We then raced on down the street.

As I was driving, there was one thought on my mind, and that was get to Friendship Castle, save Dusk, get the fire put out!

I then turned to Barb. "Talk to me Barb, tell me everything that you know about this!"

She looked at me with worry. "I don't know too much Stud. One minute everything's fine, and then just a little bit past 4pm, I started smelling smoke. I heard several of the castle's smoke alarms going off, so I left my room to see what was going on. I then saw smoke coming from the air vent built into the baseboard at the end of the hallway, and hot air was coming from it too. I alerted Dusk via intercom, and then he triggered the manual alarm. I then ran downstairs, and he tried to join me, but was trapped behind the flames. He then told me to get out, and I promised that I'd bring the whole Fire Department when I came back! I then ran the 4 blocks to get to the Firehouse, and that's where I found you. Oh, and Dusk said that the fire started in the library on the ground floor. This is just a guess, but I think that it was a combination of an electrical fire, as well as fire from a leaking fuel pipe in the ceiling. That's the only way that I can think of for how the fire spread as fast as it did."

I relayed what Barb had just told me back to Chief Embers, and he got on the radio with the gas and electric company, and they quickly went about shutting off the electricity, as well as the flow of fuel to the castle.

However, Gusher then rounded the last corner before Friendship Castle, and when I saw what lay ahead, my heart literally almost stopped. Smoke was pouring out of the West side of the castle, flames were visible in certain areas, and people were already starting to gather to watch. The local constables from the Ponyville Police Department beat us to the scene by a scant 30 seconds or so, and were already hard at work on keeping people back, as well as setting up barricades.

"Everyone get back! Everyone stay back on the sidewalks!"

"I know that you've never seen a fire like this before, but if you don't stay back and let the firemen do their jobs, all of Ponyville could be next!"

We then finished driving the rest of the way down the street, and we pulled up close to the castle. We of Firehouse No.1 were the first ones on the scene, but we could hear the sirens from the boys over at Firehouse No.2, which meant that they were on their way.

Once he was out of Tallboy, Chief Embers grabbed a megaphone, and began to shout orders.

"Alright Boys, let's the search and rescue started! Get Gusher and Tallboy hooked up to the fire hydrants! We need Tallboy's ladder up in the air close to the 3rd floor! That's where Prince Dusk is! The rest of you get the hoses, attach them to Gusher and Tallboy, and let's get this fire put out! LET'S MOVE IT!!!!"

Meanwhile, I was getting out of Gusher, as I was one of the ones assigned to helping hook her up to the fire hydrant.

"Barb, you stay here! You'll be safe in here!"

"But what about Dusk?!"

"We'll get him! Don't worry!" I then left Gusher, grabbed a hose, attached one end to Gusher, ran it out to the nearest fire hydrant, grabbed a special wrench, and uncapped the hydrant. I then hooked the hose up to the hydrant, and once it was secure, I used another wrench to open the hydrant. Water then began to gush out of the hydrant, and through the hose into Gusher.

Barb meanwhile stayed put like I'd told her to. She did however grab a spare fire helmet, and put it on her head. She then looked up at the 3rd floor. "Please guys! PLEASE find Dusk!"

At this same time, the boys from Firehouse No.2 were arriving on the scene, and were also starting to set up their equipment. Water was now being sprayed onto the castle, both from our hoses, and from the water cannons on Gusher, Tallboy, and the 2 fire trucks from Firehouse No.2. Other firemen were putting on oxygen masks, and were making their way inside of the castle with more hoses to fight the fire from inside. We were all doing our jobs, but the question was, would we be able to save Dusk and his castle in time?

At this same time, reporters from the local news stations were also on the scene.

"This is Coffee Talk, reporting live for Channel 7 Action News! We're standing now live outside of Castle Friendship here in Ponyville, where you can see that the castle is clearly on fire! No word yet as to what caused the fire, but sources do indicate that Prince Dusk is still trapped inside of the castle somewhere!"

At this exact moment, shouting was heard from the castle.

"HELP!!!!!! HELP ME!!!! I'M TRAPPED UP HERE ON THE 3RD FLOOR!!!!"

Coffee Talk, her cameraman, and others turned to look, and sure enough, up on the 3rd floor, Dusk could clearly be seen at an open window, waving a purple shirt to attract the attention of the firemen below.

Chief Embers then looked over to the fireman in charge of Tallboy's ladder. "Bill! Get the ladder up to that window on the 3rd floor so that we can save Prince Dusk!"

"Yes Sir!" He then began to elevate the ladder.

Once it was up close, another fireman in full oxygen gear began to climb up to the window. Once he reached it, he reached out to Dusk, who VERY gratefully grabbed onto the fireman, and let him carry him back down the ladder to the ground below.

"They've got him! They've got Prince Dusk! As you just witnessed, a fireman from Firehouse No.1 just climbed up to that 3rd story window, and has just saved Prince Dusk! He's now carrying him down to the ground! I think that he's going to be ok!"

Once he was safely on the ground, Dusk was ushered over to the side of the fire truck where he was given some oxygen, as he'd inhaled a fair amount of smoke while he was still trapped. The fireman who had saved him then revealed himself to be Caramel.

"Thank Celestia you got to me in time Caramel! I honestly thought that I was going to die in that room!"

He nodded. "No need to thank me though Dusk, it's just my job."

"Where's Mick? Any idea?"

Caramel shook his head. No, sadly I don't. I know that he was one of the ones who went inside of the castle, but I don't know where he is right now."

"And Barb? Where is she?"

"She's sitting inside of Gusher. Did you know that she ran 4 blocks barefoot to reach the firehouse?"

Dusk looked shocked. "She did?! Why?!"

"Well, as she told Mick, she did it just in case the manual alarm failed. She tried to call it in, but the phones were dead. She then ran all of the way down the firehouse, and after getting the alarm, we all loaded up, and came tearing down here to save you, and save your castle."

"But Barb is safe though, right?"

Caramel pointed to Gusher. "Yeah, she's right over there."

Once he was able to, Dusk got up again, and walked over to Gusher. He had to be a bit careful, as there was a fireman using the water canon just behind the cab, but Barb was indeed sitting inside of Gusher, though Dusk could also see that she was wearing a "borrowed" fire helmet. She was watching the castle, where the fire now seemed to finally be under control.

"Barb? Are you ok?"

She turned to look at him, and her eyes widened in shock. "DUSKIE!!!! You're alive!" She then hopped out of the truck and hugged him.

Dusk hugged her back. "Yeah, I'm fine Barb. A little bit worse for wear, but overall, I think that I'll be ok."

"I watched when that fireman pulled you out of that window. I was SO glad that you were still ok!"

He sighed. "Yeah, me too Barb. Any ideas where Mick is?"

Barb looked at him. "Why? Do you want to thank your best friend for saving your castle?"

Dusk sighed. "Yeah, kinda. Where is he?"

Barb pointed to the castle. "He's in there somewhere. After hooking up Gusher to the fire hydrant to your left, he grabbed another hose, hooked it up to Gusher, and then he and his partner, (I'm not sure who it was, as he or she was wearing oxygen gear just like Mick was!) ran into the castle with it, as did a few other pairs. They're most likely still inside, fighting the blaze from in there."

Dusk sighed again. "Thank Celestia for Mick, and the rest of the boys at Firehouse No.1, and Firehouse No.2. As I've said all along, I'm SO THANKFUL that my best friend is a fireman!"

Barb cocked her head a bit. "Wait, as you've said all along? Are you sure that it's not, 'As I've said since my (ex) best friend just risked his life to save my castle when it was on fire, while one of his comrades saved my life'?"

Dusk shot her a look. "Hey, don't push it Barb!"

Barb then laughed, and then she and Dusk kept watching the castle, hoping to see me reemerge soon.

A little while before this, myself and 6 other guys went inside the castle to fight the fire from within.

"What's it look like in there Edwards?" Chief Embers asked.

"It's pretty bad Sir!" I told him. "There's smoke EVERYWHERE, so we can't see how far the fire's spread! We're getting water on it now though!"

"Well, according to Barbara, the fire started in the library on the ground floor, and rapidly spread to more of the ground floor, before reaching the second floor."

"Ok, roger that! I'm sending guys up to 2 to tackle the fire up there, and the rest of us are here on the ground floor, fighting the blaze here."

"Be careful Edwards."

"We will Sir! And what's the status on Prince Dusk?"

"We've located him in a bedroom on the 3rd floor, and Caramel is going up to retrieve him now."

"Thank God. Is he going to be ok?"

"Well, he was at the window screaming for help, so he's alive and kicking at least!"

"That's good. Probably should treat him for smoke inhalation."

"We'll do that once he's been evaluated. Keep me posted on any updates in there."

"We will Sir. We should hopefully have it under control soon."

"Roger that Edwards."

I then put down my radio, and grabbed my hose again.

Fighting the fires inside proved to be a bit more challenging than what we were anticipating. Due to there being so much debris on the ground floor, (thanks to Dusk's rampage, as I would later learn!) the fire had a LOT more fuel than it should have had. Luckily, thanks to our being able to get water on the fire, and a lot of it, we were able to quickly contain it, at least in that hallway that we were in.

"Geez! How the hell did this happen?!" One of the guys close to me asked.

"We're still not sure, but Chief Embers thinks that it was either an electrical fire, a leaking fuel pipe, or a combination of both. However, the reason that it spread so damn fast is because of all this debris everywhere! Dusk is EXTREMELY OCD! What the hell happened around here?!"

One of my buddies, Dave, looked over at me. "Why are you asking us? YOU'RE the one who hangs out here a lot!"

"Yeah, but like I just said, Dusk is EXTREMELY OCD, and NEVER has ANYTHING out of place if he can help it! It looks like a tornado came through this place, and I have no idea why!"

"Well, neither do I, but let's keep making sure that Prince Dusk will still have a castle when the sun goes down tonight!"

"Right!" We all then kept fighting the fires.

Soon, we were finally starting to get ahead of the raging inferno. The boys up on 2 also had the fire contained in 2 rooms at the end of a hallway, and we on the ground floor were FINALLY getting close to the library where the fire started in the first place.

"We're almost there Chief!" The boys up on 2 have the fire contained in 2 rooms, and we're almost to the library where the fire started!"

"That's great news Edwards! The Chief from No.2 has sent a few more guys in to check the basement, but it doesn't look like the fire has spread to down there."

"That's good news. And once we have this out, then we can call in the damage inspectors, not to mention the insurance specialists, and let them determine what this place is gonna cost to repair!"

The guys close to me laughed when they heard me say that. While it wasn't very nice, we often mocked insurance companies, as well as the people who had to deal with them when it came to filing a claim for damages relating to fire and water. All we had to worry about was putting out the fire, and saving as many lives, and as much of a building as possible; repairing it, as well as handling the insurance claims, was outside of our field.

"Not funny Edwards!" Chief Embers scolded me.

"Sorry Sir."

"What kind of insurance does Prince Dusk have?" Someone asked me.

"Well, I know that he has homeowner's insurance, fire insurance, water damage insurance, his book and relic collections are all insured, and he even has insurance against Alien abduction!"

When I said that, the other guys looked at me in shock. At least, I think that it was shock, or maybe it was laughter. It's hard to tell when we're all wearing full oxygen gear over our faces!

"Wait, he has insurance against Alien abduction?!"

"That's what he told me. He even showed me the paperwork because I didn't believe him!"

"And what does all of that insurance cost?"

I looked over at Dave. "You don't want to know, but I will tell you that some of the costs are paid for by our tax dollars."

"WHAT?!?! Our tax dollars are going towards Prince Dusk's Alien abduction insurance?!"

"No, he pays for that himself. The rest of the good folks of Ponyville only help with the fire and water insurance. He pays for the rest of it himself, including the insurance against Alien abduction!"

"Well, THAT'S nice to know!"

"We'd better get a tax write-off for that!"

I sighed. "Yeah, I hope so too. But that's not important right now. What IS important is taking care of this gosh-damn fire!"

"Yeah, we know!"

"Well then stop yammering, and keep blasting it!"

The others did groan a bit, but we all kept our hoses on the fire. We did have to keep switching out every now and again so that we could get a new oxygen tank, but we kept going. Eventually, we had the fire contained within the library, and less than 30 minutes later, it was all over. By almost 7:15pm, 3 hours and 15 minutes after the fire broke out, it was FINALLY over! The fire was out, and the castle was saved! Pretty smoky, not to mention the ground and second floors getting pretty badly burned out and waterlogged, but the castle was still standing, a lot of stuff was insured, and our job was done!

Back outside of the castle, the news reporters got word from Chief Embers that the fire was finally out.

"This just in. I've just gotten word from Chief Embers, the fire chief of Ponyville Firehouse No.1 that at long last, the fire in the castle is FINALLY out! Yes, you heard that right, the fire inside of Friendship Castle is finally out, and as you can see behind me, while the castle's West side is pretty blackened on the ground floor and second floor, the castle is still standing, and has been saved! Thanks to the brave efforts of the firemen of Firehouse No.1, and Firehouse No.2, no lives were lost today in this fire, and Friendship Castle has been saved! Yes, repairs will take some time, but I've also gotten word that the castle, as well as a lot of its contents, were insured against fire and water damage, so it may not be as bad as it seems! This is Coffee Talk, reporting for Channel 7 Action News!"

Around this same time, I and the rest of the guys began to emerge from the castle. We were still wearing our full oxygen gear, and we looked tired, exhausted, and just wanting the day to be over now that we'd tackled what turned out to be one of the largest single-building fires in Ponyville history.

I was walking back towards Gusher, as I wanted to reassure Barb that I was still ok, as well as give her an update on the situation. However, I didn't get any further than Gusher before I was accosted.

"Mr. Fireman, I'd LOVE to extend my hand, and thank you for what a FINE job you did today on saving my castle! Because of your contributions, Friendship Castle is still standing, and I'll still have a home to return to once the repairs are complete!"

I turned to who was talking to me. When I saw that it was Dusk, and that he obviously had no idea who I was, (due to me still wearing my oxygen gear) I decided to mess with him.

I then took my helmet off, followed by my mask, and then a heat-shield that protected my head and hair. I was really sweating, and my face was a bit dirty, but it was pretty clear who I was. I then looked at Dusk, and smirked. "Gee, thanks Dusk! And now that you realize that the guy you just thanked for saving your castle is your best friend Mick Edwards, do you STILL want to keep thanking me?"

When Dusk saw that it was me, his jaw hit the ground, and his eyes got wide as saucers! He kept opening his mouth like he was going to say something, but no sounds came out. He then gave me an angry face, and crossed his arms. "Well, what do you want me to say?"

"Well, a simple 'thank you for saving my castle!' would do for a start!"

Dusk sighed. "Yeah, well I AM grateful for that. You and the rest of the boys down at Firehouse No.1, as well as the guys at Firehouse No.2 did a very fine job today. You saved my life, and my castle. But wait a minute, what did you mean by 'it would do for a start'?"

I sighed. "I think that you know what I mean by that Dusk."

"No! Not gonna happen! Not after......"

"Mick!" Barb then leapt out of Gusher's front seat, and she landed in my arms. "You're ok!"

I hugged her back. "Yeah, I'm fine Barb! And we did it! We put the fire out, and saved Dusk, the castle, and the day!"

Barb smirked a bit. "Yes, yes you did Mick." She then leaned up and kissed me. I kissed her back.

"Barb!"

I looked over at him. "Dusk, don't do this to yourself. Just let us do this; I've MORE than earned it after all!"

"No you didn't! You......"

Barb cut him off. "Duskie, please just shut it!" She then turned to me. "Oh, and Mick?"

"Yeah Babe?"

"I just remembered that I have a surprise for you. I was going to tell you later on tonight, but then I forgot it because of the fire. I can tell you now though."

I looked at her curiously. "Um....what surprise?"

Barb blushed a bit. "Close your eyes, and give me your hand."

"Ok...." I did so, and I felt Barb take my hand, and then I felt something warm and fleshy.

"Ok, you can open your eyes now Babe."

I did so, and when I did, I saw that Barb had lifted up her shirt, and was holding my hand on her belly. "Um......Barb? What are you.....????"

Barb just shook her head. "Guys. So dense sometimes." She then looked up at me blushing. "Babe, I'm pregnant!"

When I realized that Barb was pregnant, my face went dead white, and I legit fainted! Luckily, there was nothing behind me, so I landed on the street next to Gusher.

However, Coffee Talk, who happened to be nearby with one of her cameramen, just so happened to overhear my entire conversation with Dusk, and the part where Barb butted in, and showed me her surprise. Yes, I had just fainted on live TV!

"Whoa! Well, you just heard and saw it live folks! Apparently one of the firemen here today is the boyfriend of Prince Dusk's assistant Barbara, and she just revealed to him that she's pregnant, and then her boyfriend just fainted!" Coffee Talk then walked over to Barb and Dusk.

"He's ok, right?"

"I hope so, come on Babe, wake up!" Barb was trying to revive me.

"Who is he?" Coffee asked Dusk.

"Michael 'Mick' Edwards. He's one of the ones who came over from America."

"Oh. And have you known him long?"

"Yes, I have. He was my best friend......at least until.......eh......an incident that I don't want to talk about on live TV!"

At this moment, I jerked to life again. "Gah! Ok, I'm up again!"

"And I'm still pregnant Stud!" Barb giggled.

"And why is there a news reporter here? Did I seriously just faint on live TV?"

"I'm Coffee Talk, from Channel 7 Action News, and yes, yes you did!"

I put a hand over my face. "Great." I then looked over at Dusk. "Hey Dusk, now that Barb's pregnant, can I marry her?"

"NO!!!"

"You'd rather her be a single mom?"

"I don't want you near her! Look at what you already did!"

I gave him a "Really Bruh?" face. "Dusk, I literally just asked you if I could marry her so that she won't be a single mom, and that our child will grow up with both parents. That's called taking responsibility for your actions. I thought that you were all about that!"

Dusk then looked to his left, and he saw the faces of the crowd of people who were still gathered on the sidewalk, including his 5 friends. He also saw Coffee Talk and her cameraman, and knew that they were still live on the air. He then looked back at Barb and I, and saw that Barb was hugging me after I'd gotten up, and was giving Dusk her most potent weapon; her sad puppy-dog eyes!

"PLEASE Duskie? PLEASE let me marry Mick?"

Dusk finally relented. "OK FINE!!!! You can marry Mick!"

"YAY!!! Thanks Duskie!" Barb then jumped into my arms and kissed me again.

"Thanks Dusk! You're the best! We're still best friends, right?"

Dusk rolled his eyes. "You're welcome Mick. And yes, we're still best friends. I owe it all to you, as well as the rest of the firemen for saving the day today."

The crowds all cheered for us as Barb and I kissed, as did my fellow firemen once they realized what was going on.

Coffee then turned back to the camera. "Well, you saw it live here folks! It looks like Barb and Mick will be getting married here before too long, and she already has a bun in the oven! Mick and Prince Dusk are now best friends again, and it looks like things will be getting back to normal here in Ponyville very soon. This is Coffee Talk, reporting live for Channel 7 Action News, out!"

Over the course of the next few months, the repairs for Dusk's castle began. A lot of the interior on the West side on the ground and second floors had to be stripped and gutted, and then wholly rebuilt. Dusk was sad to lose so many good books, but he fortunately had copies of them, and most of the collections were insured. Thankfully, both Dusk and Barb's rooms, as well as the throne room, main library, kitchen, and everything above the second floor, as well as the basement, and other portions of the second and ground floors were almost wholly untouched by the fire, and could still be lived in.

Barb of course was soon hard at work on gathering items that she and I were going to need for raising our baby. She wanted to start building a nursery, but Dusk told her to wait on that, as he had something special planned for that.

"Just wait until after the wedding Barb. Once I've given you and Mick your wedding present, THEN you can start putting together your nursery!"

Barb was curious as to what Dusk was planning, but he didn't tell her anything.

"I'm just wondering if we're going to have a girl or a boy. What are you hoping for Dusk? A niece or a nephew?"

Dusk sighed. "I don't know. I'd be fine with either."

"Ok. Well, I'll be sure to tell you in a few months when I go in to learn what we're having!"

Dusk nodded. "Ok, and in the meantime, I'll also keep helping you plan for the wedding."

Barb hugged Dusk, he hugged her back, and the 2 of them kept talking. Barb was wondering what she and I were going to be having, and Dusk was wondering the same thing. He was also wondering it she and I were going to love the wedding present that he was going to be giving us.

"Well, I guess that we'll find out in 2 months if they like their present or not, and around that same time, they should also find out if they're having a boy or a girl!" Dusk then got back to work on what he'd been doing.

Author's Note

And, that was Chapter 2. Man, things got pretty bad fast, didn't they? First Dusk's still mad at Mick, then Barb finds out that she's pregnant, Dusk goes on a rampage, his rampage sparks a HUGE fire, and then Mick and the rest of the firemen have to race to Friendship Castle to put it out! After the fire's out, Barb tells Mick that she's pregnant, causing Mick to faint on live TV! Then he and Dusk argue for a while, before Dusk FINALLY relents, and agrees to let him marry Barb. So while they may have started out bad, they certainly did get better!

And what's going to happen next? When will Barb and Mick get married? What's the wedding present that Dusk is going to give them? What gender will their baby be, or are they having more than one? And more importantly, how will this story end? Well, you all know the drill, stay tuned and I'll tell you!

In the meantime, comments, feedback, questions, as well as spreading the word about this story are always appreciated, and I'll see you all again in the Epilogue!

ScarFox out for now!

An Incredible Epilogue

In the midst of the repairs, I finally managed to propose to Barb properly. Of course, she'd already said yes in the aftermath of the castle fire, but I still gave her a ring anyway. I gave it to her at the end of one of our date nights.

"Wow Stud, this ring is AMAZING! You didn't have to get this for me though. I would be perfectly fine without one!"

"Yeah, I know Barb, but I wanted you to have one."

Barb then hugged me, before leaning up to kiss me. "I love it Stud, though I love you more!"

I then blushed a bit. "Only the best for my soon-to-be wife, and I love you too Barb."

Barb giggled a bit, before pushing her green bangs out of her eyes again, and kissing me again.

Over the course of the next few weeks, preparations for Barb and I's wedding were underway. Since it was late Spring, we decided to have the wedding outdoors, and in Dusk's castle garden. It hadn't been touched by the fire, and we both knew that it would be prefect for what we needed. The date was set for April 22nd, and while we knew that it wouldn't be the largest one ever, it was certainly going to be special!

All too soon, Barb found herself at Rarity's boutique, being measured out for her wedding dress. This was going to be slightly difficult for her, not only for the fact that she was a tomboy who HATED girly things, but she also now sported a visible baby-bump! She was only about 3 weeks along, but Barb's belly was already starting to get rounder. (She decided to wait until after our honeymoon before she went in to find out what gender our baby was).

"Rarity, you REALLY don't have to do this you know! It's NOT a royal wedding, it's just my wedding!"

Rarity looked at her from over her red-rimmed glasses. "Nonsense Darling! Your wedding is a VERY important occasion, so your dress must be perfect! Of course, I WILL have to alter it a bit so as to accommodate your 'little passenger', but it will be FABULOUS when I'm done with it!"

Barb just put a hand over her face. She knew that it was pointless to argue with Rarity once she had her mind made up about ANYTHING related to fashion, but she was REALLY wishing that there were options for tomboys when it came to wedding dresses!

On the flipside, I didn't have this problem due to the fact that I would be wearing my formal fireman's uniform. It had a white shirt, a black tie, black pants with a yellow stripe on the side, black shoes, and a black button-up tunic with my awards and decorations on it. It resembled a formal military uniform, though it was clearly different. It was given to me on the day that I became a fully-fledged fireman with Firehouse No.1, and I'd only worn it a few times for special events. I tried it on again just to make sure that it still fit, and I was glad that it still did.

"Phew, glad that this still fits me. I would HATE to have to have Rarity adjust it for me!" I knew that she was a good woman, but I couldn't STAND to hear her talk about fashion, clothes, and EVERYTHING related to them!

I also knew that Pinkie was taking care of the wedding cake, Applejack was taking care of the rest of the food, Dusk was organizing everything, (and he was going to be my Best Man) and I learned from Barb that Dusk's dad Nightlight was going to be walking her down the aisle.

"I was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Sparkle almost as much as Dusk raised me, so they're the closest things that I have to real parents."

"It's fine by me Barb. I don't have any problems with it at all." I then thought of something. "Oh, and who's taking care of the music, pictures, and flowers again?"

"Octavia and Vinyl, Photo Finish, and the Flower Trio respectively. And who's helping set up?"

"Well, Dusk, the other Element Bearers, Dusk's parents, I'm helping too, as are my other buddies from the firehouse."

Barb nodded. "Ok, that's good. With all luck, this wedding should go smoothly."

"Yeah, and then we can begin our lives together!"

"Yeah, yeah we will. And then we can take our honeymoon."

"And see what gender our baby is too."

"Which is something that I look forwards to VERY MUCH Stud!"

Barb and I then kissed one more time, and then we got back to work on our wedding preparations.

Eventually, the big day arrived. April 22nd thankfully wasn't a hot day, though it was a little bit cloudy at times. No chances of rain, but the clouds did provide welcome relief from the sun's heat. Everything was all set up, the guests were starting to arrive, and the bride and groom, as well as their parties, were all in their ready rooms getting ready. The wedding would start at 4pm, and then the reception would be at 4:30 in the castle's Main Hall.

In the bride's ready room, Barb was standing in front of a full-length mirror. Rarity was putting the finishing touches on her dress, while Pinkie and Fluttershy were helping her with her makeup. She didn't have much makeup, aside from a little bit of blush on her cheeks, and some cherry-flavored lip gloss, but that was more than enough for a tomboy like her!

Her dress was white, but it also had a purple hue to it, and it also had a green trim. This was done to match her hair and eyes, and Barb said that it looked amazing. "Wow, this is really great Rarity! Thanks!"

"You're welcome Darling. This is some of my finest work after all! I'm glad that you like it!"

Once Rarity was done, Dusk's mom Velvet took a picture of her. "Barbara, even though you're not my daughter, I've still thought of you as one since Dusk first brought you home. And now you're all grown up!"

Barb blushed a bit. "Eh....t-thanks, Mom. Yes, I know that you're not my real mom, but you're the closest thing that I have to one!"

Velvet nodded. "You're welcome. And how does it feel to be a bride?"

"It feels so.....surreal. It feels like just a few days ago that I first met Mick, and that we first started dating, in spite of Dusk's objections, and now look at us! We're getting married, AND I'm pregnant from him!"

"I know, and it's so beautiful Barbara. I know that you'll be VERY happy with Mick!"

Barb agreed, and after a few more pictures were taken, it was time for all of them to head on down to the garden for the wedding. Velvet helped Barb lower her veil, and while the 5 Element Bearers held up her dress's train, they all walked down to the garden.

At 4pm, the wedding began. Once all of the guests were seated, including of course my parents, it was time to start. On the first cue, I walked outside, and began to walk down the aisle. Dusk as my Best Man walked just behind me, and then my other Groomsmen, who were my friends from the firehouse. I then walked up to the flowered arbor at the middle of the garden where the wedding was going to be performed, right next to Mayor Mare, who was our officiate. Dusk stood behind me, while the other Groomsmen stood off to the side at intervals.

Then, once we were ready, the music switched, and the bride walked out. When everyone there saw Barb, their eyes widened in surprise. She looked SO beautiful in her wedding dress, white heels, purple collar, and carrying her wedding bouquet. She was being walked down the aisle by Nightlight, and behind her came her Maid of Honor Princess Cadence, and 5 of the Elements as her 5 Bridesmaids. The CMC's and Princess Flurry Heart were the flower girls, and Barb chose Pipsqueak to be the ringbearer.

Once she reached the front, Nightlight then took his seat next to Velvet in the row opposite of my parents, and then Barb joined me at the altar. She held my hand for a moment, before we turned to face each other. We then smiled at the other, and held each other's hands.

Mayor Mare then looked at us. "Are you two ready to begin?"

"Yes Ma'am, I'm ready!"

"I'm ready too Mayor Mare!"

"Ok, let's begin then." She then looked out into the audience. "Pipsqueak, please bring up the rings." He then brought them up to the front.

Once he did, Mayor Mare then turned to Barb. “Now then, do you, Barbara Shine, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, from the good times to the bad, to love faithfully, no matter what fires Life throws at you?"

The audience did laugh a bit at this. Barb however took her ring, and placed it on my finger. She then looked at me with tears in her eyes. "Yes, I do. I take you Mick, to be my lawfully wedded husband. To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, from the good times to the bad, to love faithfully, no matter what fires Life throws at us! Plus, I kinda AM pregnant thanks to you, so isn't it a given that I want you Stud?"

There was some laughter, plus a few gasps of shock when Barb said that. Mayor Mare then turned to me. “And do you, Michael Edwards, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, from the good times to the bad, to love faithfully, no matter what fires Life throws at you?"

I nodded, before taking my ring, and placed it on Barb's finger. I then looked at her while smiling. "Yes, of course I do! I take you Barb, to be my lawfully wedded wife. To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, from the good times to the bad, to love faithfully, no matter what fires Life throws at us! And yes, I want our child to grow up with both a mother and a father, so I want you too Barb!"

A little bit more laughter, and then Mayor Mare turned to the audience. "And do any of you have any objections to this union? If so, speak now, or forever hold your peace!"

I thought that there was only going to be silence, but I was wrong. From behind me, I heard, "Well, I don't object now, but just a few months ago I would have flipped my lid if I heard that Barb was getting married to Mick here! It's amazing how a little castle fire can change a man's mind, isn't it?"

I turned back and shot Dusk a look, but I was laughing too, as were Barb, Mayor Mare, and others.

"Well, that's certainly nice to know Prince Dusk! Any objections?" There was only silence. She then looked back at us. "Well then, by the power vested in my as presider over this wedding union, I now pronounce you both Husband and Wife! You may kiss the bride Mick!"

I then lifted up Barb's veil, and after she jumped into my arms, we shared a very deep, passionate kiss. The audience was clapping and cheering for us, and we then went back inside of the castle for the cake and other food.

After we'd both fed a bit of cake to each other, everyone else got a slice, and after our first dance, Barb tossed out her bouquet, (which was caught by Rainbow Dash), and I tossed out Barb's garter, (which was caught by Dusk oddly enough!) After more dancing, Barb and I then left the castle, and while people threw rice at us, we ran out to a painted, streamered, and wedding-styled decked-out Gusher, and I drove her away to the Ponyville Grand Hotel, with soda cans tied up behind us!

After a night in the Ponyville Grand Hotel, we went off on our honeymoon to a resort in Baltimare. Once we came back though, it was time for Barb to go in for her maternity checkup. During the course of our honeymoon, Barb had gotten a bit rounder still, and she was starting to wonder if she was just having one baby, or 2, since she was a bit rounder than she should have been.

Once it was her turn, she was taken back to an exam room, where her maternity doctor, Nurse Mary Redheart, would take care of her. Once Barb was up on the exam table, she removed her shirt, and Nurse Redheart began her examination. She checked Barb's heart and breathing rates, before feeling her tummy a bit, just to make sure that everything was sound.

"And what week of pregnancy are you into Barb?"

Barb thought for a second. "Eh.......I think that this is week 8, or about 2 months now."

"Ok." She wrote a few things down on her clipboard. "And now for the really fun part, the ultrasound."

"And then we can finally learn what gender our baby is." I said quietly.

"Yes, yes we will."

"Were you hoping for a boy or a girl?" Redheart asked.

"I'm hoping for a girl, while Mick was hoping for a boy."

"Ok, so then let's see who's right." She then took that special gel, and after rubbing it onto Barb's belly, she began to move the ultrasound over it. She then began to try and see what she could see.

"Oh my!"

"What?" Barb asked.

Redheart looked at her. "Um......you don't have just one baby Barb........you have 3!"

When Barb hear that, her jaw hit the floor! "WHAT?!?!?! I'M PREGNANT WITH TRIPLETS?!?!?!"

"Yes! 2 girls and 1 boy; congratulations!"

When I heard that, I had to sit down to keep from fainting, while Barb had to lay down to keep from doing the same thing! I had gotten Barb pregnant with triplets!

Dusk really DID faint when he heard the news, and my parents were shocked, as were Nightlight, Velvet, the other Element Bearers, my friends at the firehouse, and others who heard about Barb's pregnancy too! None of them could believe that we were having triplets, but they were still happy for us all the same.

Not too long after this, we started settling into our new home. Yes, this was our wedding gift from Dusk; he'd gotten us a house! And not just ANY house, it was a fully-restored and re-furnished Golden Oak Library! Dusk joked that since he was a prince now, he'd outgrown his old library, and after "fixing it up" for his "little sister" and her husband, he gave it to us to live in and take care of.

"Dusk, this is SO freaking amazing! I NEVER thought that I would ever see this pace in once piece ever again!"

"Well, up until Mick got with you Barb, neither did I! After this, plus MANY complaints from Ponyville residents about Ponyville lacking a library since Tirek wiped out Golden Oak, I decided that it was FINALLY time to bring it back to life. It was NOT easy, growing a whole new tree around what was left of the old one, but I got it done in record time with help from the Princesses, as well as my brother Shining Armor, and then we all quickly restored the interior, and fully refurnished it as well. It's all there, EXACTLY the way it was on the last day before Tirek destroyed it!"

I then looked at him. "You didn't have to do this Dusk."

"Oh, but I kinda DID Mick! Ponyville needs the Golden Oak Library, just as you and Barb need a place to live. Now you can live here, and you're just down the street from the firehouse, and just a little bit farther than that from the castle. It's the PERFECT commute, Ponyville gets the Golden Oak Library back, and now Barb can take care of the second house that she ever knew. You can raise your triplets here, it'll be the perfect house for you, and with Barb as the new librarian, (pending her maternity leave!) Golden Oak will thrive once again!"

We both then thanked Dusk, before moving in, and turning Golden Oak into our home. Sure enough, once we had the library part of it up and running again, the good folks of Ponyville flocked to it once again to check out books. In the upstairs living quarters, next to the room that used to belong to Dusk, Barb and I set up our nursery. We put up a large crib, a changing table, a rocking cradle, a rocking chair was put by the window, Barb got a whole wardrobe for our babies, there was a star-patterned rug on the floor, a mobile was attached to the crib, and there were a number of toys as well.

"This.....this is so beautiful Barb." I whispered once we were done.

"Yes, yes it is Babe." This room will be PERFECT for our triplets!"

That same night, as we cuddled in the bed that used to belong to Dusk, (complete with his old moon and star comforter, and the sheets below it!) we talked about our babies.

"What are we going to name them Barb?"

"Well, I thought that we should name our 2 girls Brenda and Amanda, and how about we name our son Dusk? I KNOW that it'll melt Duskie's heart if we do that!"

I thought about that. "Yes, that will work for our kids. Though can Dusk's middle name be Michael?"

Barb nodded. "Of course it can Stud."

I then kissed Barb, and we both then snuggled close to each other, and fell asleep.

I had to work most days, but Barb spent a lot of time with Dusk while I was working, and she had her friends close to her too. Her belly was soon getting VERY swollen, and at around 3 months, our triplets began to kick! Barb was in pain a lot from the kicking, her ankles were getting swollen, she was moody a lot, and the weird cravings started up too. Everything from mac and cheese and watermelon, to chocolate ice cream with sprinkles!

"How are you feeling Babe?" I asked her when I came home one day.

"Like shit. Thanks a lot for NOT using a condom when you f@#ked me!"

"Don't blame me, blame DUSK for switching your birth control with M&M's!"

"And I can understand one baby, but TRIPLETS?! WHY did it have to be TRIPLETS?!"

I shrugged. "I don't know Babe. It's just the Universe's idea of a sick joke I guess."

"Maybe, but WHY did it have to happen to me?! What did I do to deserve this?!"

"Well, you snuck me into your room, and we had unprotected sex. I guess that my sperm got to 2 of your eggs, and then one of those eggs later split into 2. I'm pretty sure that 2 of our babies will be identical twins, since that's usually how triplets work."

Barb groaned as the triplets started kicking her again. "Well, whatever the f@#k happened, I'm just going to be REALLY glad when these 3 are out of me, and out into the world!"

"So will I Babe."

As more time passed, Barb's belly started getting VERY swollen. Her belly button eventually popped out, and her symptoms kept getting worse. She was sick a lot, her ankles felt like rubber, none of her clothes were fitting, she had to pee all the time, and she was still eating a lot of weird foods. Since our babies were conceived in late March, the tentative due-date was sometime in mid-late December. We were both anxiously waiting for that date, as were Dusk, his parents, and my parents.

Finally, on December 28th, Barb went into labor. I called Dusk, as well as my parents, and told them to meet us at the hospital. It was almost 1am, but they were all wide-awake, and Nightlight and Velvet joined us there too. Dusk was the only one in the delivery room with us, but our parents waited just outside of the room.

Surprisingly, Barb made the somewhat risky decision to not do a C-section unless something went wrong, and instead chose to try and push her babies out the old-fashioned way! She also decided on a water birth.

"Yes, I KNOW the risks involved with a vaginal birth for a multi-baby pregnancy, but I do NOT want a C-section unless something goes wrong! I want to say that I gave birth to triplets the old-fashioned way; by pushing them out of my vagina!"

".......If you say so Barb." Nurse Redheart finally replied quietly. "You might not be able to give birth again after this, due to how badly you're going to get stretched, but hey, it's your life!"

Barb shot her a look. "You and I both know that that would make giving birth EASIER, rather than harder. And these 3 might do it for me. I might not have any more kids after this!" Barb then buckled down, and began to push once she felt her first contraction.

Surprisingly, Barb wasn't in too much pain during her delivery. She was sitting in a tub of warm water, just rising and falling with the flow of her contractions. She'd read MANY books on childbirth, and various birthing techniques, and she eventually discovered how to make her birth almost painless, and rather pleasurable. All while giving birth, Barb was cooing, purring, and even gently moaning with pleasure! I was sitting in the tub next to her, (she was naked, though I was in my boxers!) and Barb was VERY affectionate during the delivery too. She was hugging me, and we also kissed a lot too. I would also rub her belly, and gently massage her shoulders too.

"I can't believe it", Nurse Redheart muttered. "She's somehow riding out the pain of giving birth to triplets the old-fashioned way, she's NOT screaming or crying, AND it looks like she's about to have sex with her husband! This is INSANE!"

Dusk turned to her. "I'll take it that you've never seen an 'orgasmic birth' before?"

"No! I thought that they were a myth until now!"

"Oh, they're not a myth Nurse Redheart; they're VERY real!"

"I can see that, but I STILL can't believe it!"

Barb then giggled a bit, and got ready for the birthing process.

Soon, at about 1:47am, her water broke. Here things did get a little bit painful for Barb as our first child entered the birth canal, but she bravely endured it. I rubbed her belly to help ease the baby along, and Nurse Kindheart, one of Redheart's assistants, was at the lower end of the tub, ready to help deliver the babies when they came out. She didn't have too long to wait.

With Barb pushing, me helping to keep her calm, and Kindheart delivering the babies, Brenda was born at 2:03am, her brother Dusk followed her at 2:09, and Amanda followed them at 2:17. By 2:20am, their umbilical cords were all cut, and they were all cleaned up, before they were handed back to us. While Barb held Dusk and Brenda, I was holding Amanda. All 3 of them were crying a bit, though once we began to comfort them, they all calmed down quickly enough. Dusk and Brenda then began to nurse from Barb, while I fed Amanda a bottle of milk that Barb had pumped out of her breasts for her 3rd child while in labor. As they nursed/fed, I began to look at them.

I could tell right away that Dusk and Brenda were identical twins. Both of them had Barb's green hair, though it was streaked with dark brown, and they both had my blue eyes too. Amanda on the other hand had my brown hair, and Barb's emerald green eyes.

"They're so.......so perfect!"

"Yes.....yes they are, aren't they?"

"Yeah. And just think, I pushed all 3 of them out of my vagina, instead of having them cut out! I just survived a natural birth to triplets thanks to the miracle of 'orgasmic birth', and they're so beautiful!"

Dusk looked like he was trying to keep from crying as he looked over his nieces and nephew. "They look.......they look so much like you guys. I'm SO proud of you Barb!"

Barb smiled up at him. "Ngh......thanks Duskie. And don't worry, you can hold them in a minute."

Barb let him hold her kids one at a time, and she also called our parents into the room to see them too. They were all shocked when they heard that Barb had opted for a natural birth, but they were also so enraptured by how cute Brenda, Dusk and Amanda were. They looked like little copies of us, and they were perfect.

"I'm SO proud of you Mick!" My Mom told me. "Your kids are SO cute!"

"Thanks Mom."

"They're the perfect grandkids." My Dad agreed.

Nightlight and Velvet agreed with both of them, and they too took turns holding their kinda-sorta grandchildren. All 3 of them had been born without issue, we were holding them close to us, and all was right with the world.

A few weeks after this, Barb and I were sitting in the nursery. Brenda and Amanda were sleeping in the cradle, and I was holding Dusk while sitting in the rocking chair. I was trying to get him to fall asleep, while Barb was gently rocking our daughters in their cradle. While I was rocking with Dusk, Donna, Belle's Dalmatian pup that Barb and I had been allowed to adopt, was sleeping quietly at my feet. She was very calm for a pup, and she was also very good around our kids, which was somewhat unusual for a Dalmatian, though Barb and I rolled with it, and we loved Donna just as much as she loved us.

Once Dusk had FINALLY fallen asleep, I looked over at Barb. "Hey Babe?" I whispered.

"Yeah Stud?"

"Do you still think that you made the right decision when you snuck me into your room that one night last March?"

Barb giggled softly. "It may not have been the right thing to do Stud, but look at what happened because of it! We have 3 beautiful babies to love and take care of, we've been happily married for almost 8 months now, we have one of Belle's pups, AND we're living inside of the Golden Oak Library! I can't think of ANYTHING that's better than this!"

"Yeah, me neither Babe." I then gently stood up, and after walking over with Dusk, I set him in the cradle next to his 2 sisters. Barb then continued to rock them gently, though now I helped her.

"Now we can raise these 3 together, maybe raise a few more once they're older, live out the rest of our golden years together, then die in each other's arms, be buried, and then head on to Heaven hand in hand where we'll live out the rest of eternity."

Barb then leaned in, and kissed me on the cheek. "Mmm, and I wouldn't have it ANY other way Stud! I love you with ALL of my heart, and I NEVER want to live without you!"

I then wrapped my arm around my wife of almost 8 months, and held her close to me. "I don't want to live without you either Barb. I love you."

"Not as much as I love you Babe!"

We then kissed one last time, before turning back to our 3 beautiful babies. They would eventually grow up, and we would have 4 more kids by the time that we were done, bringing our total kid-count up to 7. 7 kids, and a Dalmatian, raised in a house in a tree that was built on top of a library that was ALSO in the same tree, a tree that was still alive and growing mind you! A house and library in a tree that was also lived in by a personal assistant-turned librarian, and a volunteer firefighter with the Ponyville Fire Department, who loved each other more than ANYTHING else in the world.

It was a fiery passion, that gave way to a fiery inferno, that became one of the most loving, fruit-bearing relationships. What more could I guy ask for? NOTHING, that's what!

THE END

Author's Note

And, that was the Epilogue. I REALLY hope that you all enjoyed this story, as it took me a fair amount of time to write. I wanted EVERYTHING to be perfect for this romantic-comedy with sex thrown in, and I think that I did a pretty good job, don't you? So now Barb and Mick are married, and they'll live out the rest of their lives in the Golden Oak Library, surrounded by their 7 kids, and their grand and great-grandkids. What more could a loving couple ask for?

Once again, I REALLY hope that you all enjoyed this story, and as always, comments, feedback, questions, as well as spreading the word about this story are always appreciated, and I'll see you all again in my next story, whatever that ends up being!

ScarFox out for now!