Author's Note

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Chapter Twenty Six: Fever and Pears

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THE PASSION OF PRINCESS LUNA
An article by Quick Shot

When I was picked not only to interview Princess Luna and Princess Celestia but also to take pornographic pictures of them and others in Emmit's herd, I was more than excited. For a very long time, there have been so many attempts to get erotic pictures of our princesses and to ask them some deeply personal questions. And up until now, they have always refused. For the first time that I've ever known, and more than likely for the first time ever, we will all hear Princess Luna's story. And see for ourselves the passion that she has for her husband. You'll be able to see it in her eyes as she gives her mind, body, and entire being to her husband. And in this article, you'll find out why. Every month this magazine will be printing out an article regarding the princesses and mares in Emmit's herd. As you might have guessed by the title, this one is about Princess Luna. I will take you through my experience first before going into the Q&A.

When I was first called to the castle, I was told that there would be no erotic pictures taken. However, soon after stepping into the throne room, Princess Celestia and I were suddenly the audience of a very arousing sight. Luna was laying on her back on the now large queen-sized throne with Emmit's head between her legs. (See picture 1) It was obvious to me and Princess Celestia that he was just going to town on her pussy. Not many stallions in today's society would go to such lengths to satisfy his mare, especially in a one-night stand scenario. Not so with Emmit. He later told me that he enjoys oral sex and hearing his mares moan in pleasure. Princess Luna moaned as her husband's hands gripped her flanks, his tongue lashed out against the walls of her canal, and his lips massaged her own pussy lips. Her moaning and the look in her eyes tell the whole story for any mare reading this article. And a very strong hint for the stallions reading this article.

Their initial appearance startled us but after the very clear permission to take pictures, I took a couple of pictures before she turned her head toward me. And got a chill up and down my spine. That chill came from her two distinctly different eyes, the two completely different sounding voices coming out of her mouth, and what she said to me. "You will tell all of Equestria that only my husband can have this royal rump." What I didn't understand at the time, which would be explained later, was why one eye looked normal and the other wasn't? Why did I hear two completely different voices? That would have to wait as I took pictures of the glorious sight before me.

That's when Princess Celestia mentioned that both of Emmit's forms have advantages. His bipedal form advantage was his hands. And he was definitely using them to his advantage as you see in picture 2. He used them to rub and explore her body as he continued his assault on her pussy. My ears filled with her encouraging moans at his ministrations. As I watched and wished those hands were on me, Princess Celestia told me that because of his hands, he was able to stimulate their horn and wings at the same time. Remember that for later because the greatest orgasm an Alicorn can experience is when their horn and wings are stimulated during sexual orgasm.

At her encouragement, he started kissing up her body while using his hands to explore, rub, and entice her to greater arousal. All while I was watching this, my own body was reacting to this sight. And Princess Celestia's seductive tone in her voice as she described how his hands rub between her wings and wrap around her horn was only getting me more and more bothered. And only when his hands were between her wings and around her horn did he thrust himself inside of her. Luckily, the picture I took was right after his first thrust.

My ears were filled with the wet slaps of sex and the moaning, groaning, and shouts of encouragement from Princess Luna as he pounded himself inside of her. I had enough sense at the time to take close-up pictures of Emmit's bipedal form. As you can see from the pictures, the only thing soft about him is his skin. Even from just the pictures, you can see his taught fit muscles throughout his body. And these pictures don't tell the whole story. Her husband, this creature from another world, is a predator make no mistake. Under the soft skin, kind eyes, and gentle demeanor is a predator. I've said it before in other articles and have gotten slack for it but from what I've seen, heard, and experienced from this tells me one thing. And I'm also speaking for myself when I say, we mares want strong stallions that will love us, treasure us, claim us, and fight for us. A stallion that's more like Emmit, a predator that doesn't take any shit from anypony that will defend their mares just as fiercely as he loves them.

And that's what I saw and heard from him. His muscles tightened around her with each thrust. The grunts and moans from him while watching this predator claim and love his wife had my heart pounding in my chest and my pussy wet with desire. Especially that possessive look in his eyes. Her eyes had the same look in them as she looked up at him and moaned for more. Moaned for the ultimate orgasm. Their eyes held possession in them. She was giving herself just as fully to him as he was giving himself just as fully to her. All while Princess Celestia was telling me that his fox form was even wilder than his bipedal form. And I believed her.

Especially after what happened to me. As unicorns are well aware, a unicorn, such as myself, can experience an orgasm from just horn stimulation. A pegasus can get it from wing stimulation. I watched Princess Luna's horn start to glow and then start pulsing as her orgasm neared. As her orgasm got closer, the energy in the room grew just like her moaning, groaning, and quick shouts of lustful encouragement. This was a mare that wanted him to stimulate her to a powerful orgasm that was almost animalistic where her magic would do what it wanted. And it granted her desire. I took another picture, the last one in this article, a second before her magic went wild.

What happened next will live with me until the day I die. Princess Luna's magic went wild and let me experience everything she felt. I saw through her eyes. And I felt everything she was feeling. And heard everything she heard. I felt his hand between my wings, working to get the most arousal from them. His other hand was around my horn, stimulating it for maximum arousal. I felt my hind legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him hard against me to get the most of him in me as possible. My eyes were looking toward the ceiling because my head was tilted back to allow him to lightly grip my neck with his teeth. And encouraged him to that by wrapping my front hooves around his head and gripping his long hair. And his cock? By the Empress, I felt him deep inside of me. I felt his warmth begin filling me as I felt my pussy clamp around him and milk him. It was the most intense orgasm I ever experienced.

But it wasn't just the physical I experienced either. The questions I had about her from before were answered at this moment. She let me into her mind, so to speak. I felt her emotions. I felt not only Luna and her emotions but that of another. Nightmare Moon. Yes. Nightmare Moon not only still lives but is also Luna. Luna is Nightmare Moon. And Nightmare Moon is Luna. I felt her unwavering lustful desire for her husband and unwavering devotion. She, they, are for him and him alone where no other stallion can ever hope to draw her away from him. Then heard their voice in my head. "You feel our love for him? Feel our passion and lust for him and him alone? Feel it. Experience it. Tell it."

I felt it.

I experienced it.

And now I've told it.

Look at these pictures and see it for yourself.
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Q&A

Quick Shot: I can't thank you enough for allowing me to experience not only the intense orgasm that you have but allowing me to also feel what you feel toward Emmit, your husband.

Princess Luna: You are welcome. As I've said, I wanted you to experience it as it is the best way for you to tell all of Equestria how devoted I am.

Quick Shot: As most, if not all, of my readers know, Emmit isn't from this world. And thanks to the work that he's done against the Shadow Organization, most already know how he came to this world. But not is well known about what you initially thought of him after he first arrived. What was your initial impression of him?

Princess Luna: My very first meeting with him was in the dream realm with him in his human form. I was searching for nightmares, as I do every night, and came across him. He was unlike anything Equestria has ever seen. Right off he tried communicating, though there was a language barrier at that time. Shortly after that, Tia and I discovered that it was the Tree of Harmony that brought him here. We thought he might pose a danger to ponies at first but this new information didn't make sense. If he was so dangerous to ponies then why would the Tree of Harmony bring such a dangerous creature to Equestria? Later, it was when our mother gave him the ability to change from both forms and gave him the ability to speak our language. Shortly after that, the Shadow Organization came to our attention and the rest is history as they say.

Quick Shot: Describe to us how you fell in love with him.

Princess Luna: In order to tell you that, I'll have to tell you about his cutie mark.

Quick Shot: Yes, I noticed he has one. But considering he's not from this world isn't it odd that he has one?

Princess Luna: Indeed. He has stated that because he's from another world, he wasn't supposed to get one. Seeing him get that cutie mark was not just puzzling simply because he got one but what was disturbing was after I realized that his cutie mark is the exact same as my former lover all those years ago. He disappeared right when Tia and I defeated King Sombra for the first time in the Crystal Empire. I was devastated because we all thought that he was killed. He wasn't. But was sent into Emmit's world centuries ago. He couldn't return, so created a life for himself and a lineage. Emmit is the last descendant of that lineage.

Quick Shot: Now I see why you said it was disturbing to see your old lover's cutie mark on him. That would disturb anypony. How did that affect your relationship with him?

Princess Luna: He was considerate of my feelings after we all learned of his heritage and lineage with my old lover. At the time of his first fight with the Shadow Organization, he was a masseuse for the Wonderbolt mares. He saw how it disturbed me and asked me if I wanted him to stop being a masseuse for the Wonderbolt mares. Because I wasn't sure if I like the idea of him being with all those mares when he's got the cutie mark of my old lover on his flank. It was like my old lover was alive again and betraying me. So, I asked him to stop because I just wasn't comfortable with it.

Quick Shot: I bet those mares didn't like that.

Princess Luna: They did not but it was during my time working with him to bring down the Shadow Organization that I started falling in love with him. At first, I had to ask myself if I was falling in love with him or not. Because he is so like my old lover that I didn't know if I was falling in love with Emmit or with the idea that part of my old lover is inside Emmit. As much as he is like my old lover, he is not my old lover. There are many differences between them and it was those differences that set him apart. And it was those differences that I started falling in love with.

Quick Shot: Like?

Princess Luna: His hands for one. My first physical contact with him was in the dream realm where he scratched behind my ears. They can be really relaxing or really arousing as you know. My former lover had a sense of humor that rubbed my fur the wrong way. Emmit is like that. He has a sense of justice as my former lover had. Emmit can be romantic just as my former lover was. There was a place around the palace that my former lover and I always went to. When I suggested that, Emmit refused because he wanted to keep that place special between my former lover and I.

Quick Shot: Considerate.

Princess Luna: Indeed. He is considerate. A good father as he has already shown. The herd is currently creating our own small community in Ponyville, so he can raise our foals himself. Modern stallions are urged away from such a commitment by some outspoken organizations. As for me and the other mares in his herd, we are very pleased that he will be raising his foals himself. And educating them himself. He calls it homeschooling and he's already starting to put together an education plan. We mares in his herd love that about him. His consideration toward us and his foals. Me personally, I wanted a strong, possessive, and passionate stallion that would do his utter best to protect me even though I can clearly take care of myself.

Quick Shot: Some modern mares don't want an alpha male as they say.

Princess Luna: It is truly their loss. I like how possessive he is. That he values me enough to fight for me. He values the lives of our foals to fight for them, care for them, and personally educate them. Princess Ember of the Dragon Lands has entered our herd as well and she compares his valueship of her as being treasured. She feels as if she's his most prized possession in the figurative sense. That's the way I feel from my husband. No, he doesn't own me but he treats me as if I'm a valued possession. That's the way he loves me. He wants the best life for me. He bathes me, dries me, asks how I'm doing, and feeling. He has brought my sister and I closer together than we have ever had before. He has reconciled me with the other part of myself, Nightmare Moon.

Quick Shot: When you let me experience your orgasm with him, I sensed both you and Nightmare Moon. Why is that? To our readers, she has just changed to look like Nightmare Moon.

Princess Luna: I look like Nightmare Moon because I am Nightmare Moon. We are one and the same. Our husband has taken great time and care in aiding us in letting go of our hatred for what our sister has done in the past. He has shown us the true nature of our night and where we went wrong many years ago. He showed me that I was wrong in thinking that ponies don't appreciate my night. They show me they appreciate it because they sleep. It is because of my night that they rest. They feel safe enough to become so vulnerable and trusting to rest from the trials of the day. I was wrong and misunderstood that. He has shown me the error of my ways and so our sister and I are closer today than we ever were before. And we are looking forward to starting a family with our husband.

Quick Shot: But nopony is perfect. What are his faults?

Princess Luna: Indeed and he has his faults. As I've said before, he has a sense of justice. We are unsure if this is truly a fault or not but he believes in the ultimate judgment. He calls it Capital Punishment.

Quick Shot: Death?

Princess Luna: Indeed. Case in point, is Chrysalis. She is currently down below in her cell in the crystal caverns. She has stated numerous times that she is unrepentant in her actions as queen of the changelings. She has stated that she will not stop trying to take over Equestria or trying to harm his foals. Therefore, it is his wish to carry out this Capital Punishment regarding Chrysalis for the safety of his family. For his reasoning is that no cell is truly one hundred percent secure. And that is true. Equestria has seen the return of Tirek which was defeated thanks to the Elements of Harmony. So, he does have a valid point. I am not sure if I could ever carry it out because it reminds me of how I wanted to destroy my own sister during my madness.

Quick Shot: Wow! It is fairly well known that you have Chrysalis but after others read this about wanting to kill her for her crimes, other papers will want clarification.

Princess Luna: We know.

And that's all for now from the interview I had with Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon. More of the interview with her, them?, will be in future additions, so keep reading.
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(Quick Shot's POV)

The next issue of Fever magazine was just about to be released upon the masses. And this month's issue featured none other but the mistress of the night herself, Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon. Shey even invited me into her private chambers. I felt so honored and privileged to be there. It was more comfortable on the bed, so after the invite to sit on the bed, I sat down near the hind end of the bed while Emmit and Princess Luna sat across from me at the head of the bed. Rarely does the manager give me the opportunity to show the featured pony the final pictures and article. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. In this case, they agreed that it was in all our best interests if I did just that. So, that's who I was with right now. Princess Luna slash Nightmare Moon and Emmit. Both of them were reading the article together on the first print of this month's magazine.

"What do you think?" I asked after they finished reading the article, looking at the pictures, and sat the magazine down.

"It is well written, Miss Quick Shot," Princess Luna said after another minute, or so, of thought. "And I approve of what you've said in it. It was our wish for you to tell all of Equestria of our love and devotion to our husband through your own experience. And we believe that will be accomplished with this."

I was smiling so big that I thought my face would start breaking from the praise. "Thank you, your highness. What do you think of the pictures? I've tried picking the ones that best show your passion for him." Picking up the magazine, I opened it up to a picture that showed both of their faces. Inches apart, each of them was looking at each other with eyes filled with unrestrained passion, lust, and possession. Then I turned the page where it showed her with her head back letting Emmit kiss and lightly bite her neck. His hand was on her horn with her face showed a look of submission as he pleasured her. "Submission. I try for pictures that would show our readers just how devoted you are to him. So, they can see it on your face and how you love him, not just reading about it but see it through these pictures."

"They're great pictures," Emmit commented as he flipped through the pages as it levitated in front of him. He was sitting beside Princess Luna in his fox form with a couple of tails around her.

"Indeed," she agreed as she leaned against him, "they are. Especially this one where it accents your fit muscles and tight ass."

"I am partial to that one myself," I mentioned softly with an embarrassed smile as I felt a blush forming.

"I have a good ass, do I?" he teased us giving us both a playful wink.

Being a little bold, I looked up at him and confirmed, "Yes, you do. To be totally honest, I like it."

Princess Luna turned to Nightmare Moon and she grinned at him though it was in a teasing sort of way. "I cannot fault her for being attracted to my husband and his fine ass for I'm very attracted to him myself."

"I'm more than just an ass you know," he commented, looking slightly offended. And although it was meant as a serious statement, it also worked on another level.

"Indeed," Nightmare Moon agreed before grinning teasingly at him, "you are more than the occasional ass that you are sometimes."

After giggling at him when he realized he had just been reeled in, I decided to save him. "I do have an idea for another set of pictures. It would feature you Nightmare Moon and Emmit in his dark fox form. And titled something like: Mistress of the Night: Dark Edition. Or something like that with pictures of nothing but you Nightmare Moon and Emmit in his dark fox form."

Nightmare Moon seemed to like the idea if the growing grin on her face was any indication. "There's an idea."

"If I understand correctly, you go as Nightmare Moon and he goes in his dark fox form as your servant during Nightmare night, right?"

"Yeah, and originally my idea," he said with a chuckle and a smirk my way. "I've always wanted to have an awesome costume for Halloween, which is the human version of Nightmare Night. And now I do." There was a pause before a look in his eyes told me he just got an idea. "Speaking of Nightmare Night. Your idea for another addition to Fever magazine could be published around Nightmare Night for a Nightmare Night edition featuring Nightmare Moon and her wicked servant."

I immediately perked up at his suggestion with my mind already coming up with picture ideas. "I love that idea and I think my manager will too. This month's edition is with you in your bipedal form, so that future edition could be in your dark fox form."

"I am partial to his darker coloring," Nightmare Moon teased with a wicked chuckle, and with one small flash of her magic, Emmit's coloring changed. His coat was now all black with his eyes glowing a dark purple color with the same color flames flickering from them. It sent a nightmarish shiver up and down my spine along with another shiver somewhere else. With a blush I'm sure I was sporting, I couldn't look away from him. "And I'm not the only one," I heard from Nightmare Moon. "And because you've done an excellent job, I'll give you a little reward." There was a pause before I started feeling sleepy. "In your dreams," I heard her say before falling asleep and finding myself in the middle of a dark and scary forest with Emmit standing in front of me in his dark fox form.

And with Nightmare Moon grinning wickedly behind him, my heart fluttered and started pounding in my chest when he said only one word to me.

"Run!"

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(Emmit's POV, Ponyville the next morning)

It was still early in the morning when I got off the train in Ponyville. So early in fact that none of the girls greeted me after getting off the train. And that was fine, let them sleep. It might even be too early for either AB or AJ to have their apple stand set up yet. Or might be their day off, I wasn't sure. My goal was to check up on Rarity and Pinkie but the first thing on my mind, and my stomach, was some breakfast. And because I wanted to check up on Pinkie anyway, I headed over to Sugarcube Corner to see if she was awake. Because she's one of the cooks, she probably was.

Considering I was going to have breakfast at Sugarcube Corner with Pinkie, the trip through the marketplace was almost torturous for me. The aroma coming into my nose from all the fruits and vegetables had my stomach rumbling and my mouth-watering. As I walked through trying to ignore my stomach, my eyes, however, caught something. A small crowd had gathered around what appeared to be a new stand that I've never seen before. There was a sign above the old gray-haired stallion with the picture of a pear on it. The crowd gathered seemed to enjoy whatever he was serving if the excited greetings and compliments were anything to go by. I was just going to make a mental note of it and come back later until Apple Bloom came trotting up to the new stand.

With a smirk spreading across my muzzle, I started walking over to the stand and Apple Bloom. Nothing like a small appetizer before breakfast. The crowd started to part for me as I walked up and my ears picked up the last part of their conversation. "Wow! This is delicious! I can't believe I've gone my whole life without trying this." She paused long enough to lift a hoof and point to one of the jars. "How much?"

Grand Pear simply pushed the jar forward with a slow shake of his head and an easy smile on his face. "Nah." It was then that he saw me quietly step up behind Apple Bloom. Thanks to my paws, I was quiet as a mouse when walking, so sneaking was easy for me. His reaction was typical for those who haven't seen me or the news any. His eyes went wide in shock and horror with his body going rigid stiff. He looked like he was fixing to bolt at any second.

"Well thanks, Mister Grand Pear, sir." Apple Bloom took the jar in her hoof and put it in one of the saddlebags she was carrying. "What is it?" AB asked as she caught the look on his face before she turned around and spotted me. "Oh," she giggled up at me right before I raised up her head with a paw to give her a morning kiss. "'Morning, Emmit."

"Good morning," I returned as Ab looked back over at the now very confused stallion.

"You don't have to worry about him, Mister Grand Pear," she told him as she turned around to step beside me where I then laid a couple of tails around her and pulled her against me. "Thanks again and welcome back to Ponyville." As we walked away the crowd came back in front of his stall once more but it still took him another few seconds to shake his head and come back to reality.

"So, what's the story behind this Grand Pear?" I asked as we walked through the marketplace with her hips lightly rubbing against mine.

"Another guy said that he actually used to live here in Ponyville before moving away to Vanhoover to open up his pear jam business." Exiting the marketplace, we started walking across the bridge with a couple of ponies passing us by to enter the marketplace. "I wonder why he moved away?"

I simply shrugged, "More space? You did say that he opened up a jam business. And Ponyville just isn't the place for a big factory."

She smiled up at me as we started walking into town from the bridge, "Yeah, that's true. Sense this is your day with us, why don't you come over for some breakfast?"

I stopped in the town square by the fountain and used a paw to lift her head up for a passionate kiss which she returned. "I'd love to but I want to check up on Pinkie and Rarity this morning before joining you."

"Aww," she whined before giggling a little in resignation, "alright but AJ and I will miss you in the shower this morning."

"I'll make it up to you both, I promise," I told her with a teasing wink.

"We'll hold you to that, or I'll have AJ track you down and hogtie you," she teased back in return before grinning up at me. "We might hog tie you anyway just so we have our way with you."

"Kinky," I chuckled then kissed her again. "Later."

"Later, Emmit," she kissed back, turned, and let her tail brush up against me as she walked away. And spent a minute or so watching the gentle sway of her flank walk away before turning my attention to Sugarcube Corner nearby.

Pinkie? Are you up yet? I'm walking up to Sugarcube Corner now. Specifically, I was walking toward the side of the place where Pinkie's upstairs apartment resided. That way, all she had to do was simply open up the window for me to parkour my way up to.

You are? That's great, I was about to take a shower. Hold on and I'll open the window.

True to her word, she had opened up the window and waved down to me a couple of seconds later. After waving my paw back to her, I used my dash ability to jump up halfway up the wall. Then jumped across to the adjacent building using dash again. Then jumped from that wall back over to Pinkie's window. She backed up to let me in and land in her upper bedroom. After I was inside and shut the window behind me, I morphed into my naked human form. And with a wide happy smile on my face, I leaned down, picked Pinkie up by her front hooves, and placed her hooves against my chest. With my hands around her and pulling her against me where her baby bump pressed up lightly against me, I leaned down giving her a loving good morning kiss. She hummed into the kiss and because I was holding her, she lifted a back hoof to rub it against my leg.

"Good morning," I said softly after breaking the kiss and looking down into her bedroom eyes. "How are you and our foal doing?"

"We are fine and so happy to see you this morning," she said while looking up at me with bedroom eyes. Then tone in her voice changed to the look that was in her eyes as she lightly rubbed her hind leg against me, "And I want you to wash me this morning."

"I'd be happy to." After saying that, I lowered her back down, then followed her out of her room, and right into the bathroom next door. It was a simple layout with the tub shower on the left with the sink mirror counter and toilet on the other. It took a couple of minutes for the water to heat up and because it was a tub shower I sat down on the edge of the tub after she got in. Once the water was hot enough, I sat down behind her and started bathing her. I wanted to wash her hair and tail first before doing the rest of her. And while the water washed over her mane, I briefly wondered if my hands would disappear inside of it. Her mane has always been one of the wonders of Equestria where her mane always seems like a black hole of anything and everything that she wants to keep for later.

Luckily for me, however, my hands were fine and her mane felt like regular hair. And to keep myself sane, I just repeated what others have said. It's just Pinkie being Pinkie. So, nothing was said and we just enjoyed each other's presence while I washed her mane and tail. And stayed quiet when I pulled her back against me, so I could wrap my arms around her and lay my hands on her growing baby bump. She sighed contently and laid her head back against my chest as the warm water washed over her front. Her front hooves slowly ran up and down my arms as I held and rubbed her baby bump in my hands. And for the next few minutes, I simply held her and enjoyed her being in my arms.

And all was quiet and peaceful in the world until Missus Cake opened the door and walked in. And froze with a blush on her face when she saw me. "Oh! I'm sorry dear, I didn't realize that he was with you."

"It's alright, Missus Cake," Pinkie dismissed her concern with a wave of her hoof. Then grinned up at her, "I've got him covered."

I just smiled and waved at her.

Missus Cake giggled as she turned toward a cupboard, "I can see that. I'll be gone in a minute. I just came for a couple of towels. You know how those two can be."

"Oh yeah," Pinkie agreed before looking down at her growing baby bump, "and someday soon, I'll find out how mine is as well."

"They are a joy," Missus Cake said while grabbing a couple of towels with her hoof. Then looked at us again with a tired sigh, "But so much work it makes me wish sometimes that they would grow up faster."

"I can understand that," I mentioned softly while looking down at Pinkie's baby bump. "The way my daughter latches onto my face can be annoying at times. But I also know that I'll miss it later on, so I try to enjoy it while it lasts."

Missus Cake giggled as she held the towels against her, "Oh, yes that is the cutest thing. I'll leave you two be now." Without another word, she turned and left us alone to enjoy ourselves.

A short time later, Pinkie groaned in disappointment over what she said next, "I really don't want to get up because I enjoy this so much. But I have to." Turning her head so her cheek rested against my chest, she sighed in annoyance while giving my hands a little squeeze. "I need to start baking soon for the breakfast crowd."

I didn't say anything but continued to gently scratch her baby bump and then tilted my head down to rub my chin against her head.

"And you're not helping any, either," she giggled softly before sighing contently. About another minute later she started getting up out of the tub slash shower. "Ok, I'm getting up. If I don't get up now, then I'll never get up."

With a light chuckle, I leaned forward and turned off the water before getting out of the tub slash shower. "Well, the least I can do is dry you off."

"Please do," she said as I reached up for a towel and started drying her off.

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After drying her off, kissing her one last time, I bid her good morning and was off to Rarity's boutique. By the time I left Sugarcube Corner, they were only about half an hour from opening up for the breakfast crowd. Which would arrive soon because ponies were already starting to walk out and enjoy the cool morning air. The boutique wasn't far from Sugarcube Corner and during the walk over I waved a greeting to Mayor Mare and the massage twin sisters. They invited me to work for them again and once again I had to decline. One reason was that I wanted to sleep in a bed sometime soon with the girls. And second, was the fact that just being a father was going to be a full-time job as large as my herd is.

Needless to say, her boutique was closed when I walked up. It was expected to see the front door shut and locked with the closed sign showing in the window. That was fine because I knew which window was her bedroom, which was the bathroom, and which window was Sweetie's bedroom. After walking around to the side and looking up at the windows, I noticed that both bedroom lights were off. Which meant that they were still asleep. Because Rarity was pregnant, I wanted to check up on her and the easiest way in was through the bathroom window. Luckily for me, it was just large enough for me to carefully crawl through.

I've done it before, so it was easy work to use my dash ability to land lightly onto the roof. Then open the window and carefully crawl through. Once inside the bathroom, I morphed into my human form, turned around, and shut the window behind me. Being careful with the bathroom door and wanting to be quiet, I entered the hallway and walked next door to Rarity's room. Luckily for me, the lights in the hallway were off, so I wasn't worried about light seeping into the room that would wake her up. And thankfully, the door didn't make a sound as I slowly and carefully opened it for a peek inside.

Good, she was still asleep. After slipping inside and carefully shutting the door quietly behind me, I tiptoed my way over to her bed. She was sleeping in the middle of her queen-sized bed on her back with the covers up to her neck, her front legs over the covers, and a sleep mask over her eyes. I had bought her a mattress that was similar to a memory foam mattress. So, it didn't disturb her as I carefully climbed into bed with her. "I love you, my beautiful wife and our foal," I whispered softly while lightly rubbing her baby bump over the covers.

Still asleep, she hummed out a contentful sigh and whispered under her breath, "Love you too, dear." Then proceeded to scoot closer to me. Because she scooted closer to me, I laid my other arm over her head and lightly rubbed her head while my other hand lightly rubbed her baby bump. And Rarity snuggled up against me with a soft sigh of contentment and slept soundly.

Until she woke up with a sudden urge.

She went from fully asleep to wide awake in a second. Her eyes shot open so suddenly that it actually gave me a bit of a start. And right after taking one look at me, she immediately started scrambling out of the bed. So, at first, I thought that she didn't recognize me due to it being dark and all. "Whoa, Rarity! It's alright it's me," I started saying right then while she frantically started to climb out of bed.

"I know that dear but I need to go to the bathroom like NOW!" was her own frantic response with her talking almost as quickly as Pinkie does when she's excited. And one thing that I learned very quickly while Tia was pregnant was never get between a pregnant mare and the bathroom door. However, what I could do, and what I actually did, was to help her out of bed by yanking off the covers, rolling over and off the bed, and racing to the door and opening it for her. She practically ran out of the room making a bee-line for the bathroom, "Love you, dear. Glad to see you. Be right back."

A second later, she was in the bathroom and I was leaning against the doorframe. While I waited, Sweetie's door opened, and a bleary-eyed Sweetie Belle came walking out, almost stumbling out, out of her room. Obviously having just woken up, it took her a few seconds to recognize me. When she did, she smiled and walked over to me passing the bathroom door. "Rarity in the bathroom again?"

"Yep," I confirmed, knelt down in front of her, and gave her a good morning kiss. "Good morning."

She returned the kiss with a passionate, "Good morning," of her own that seemed to wake her up. "She's been using the bathroom a lot lately."

"Not surprising considering her pregnancy," I told her then grinned at her. "Which you might go through someday."

Even in the darkened hallway, I could tell that she was blushing because of the way she giggled and the look on her face. "Someday," she agreed.

Right then, the bathroom door opened and a very relieved Rarity came walking out. "And now that you're awake," I teased Rarity as she slowly walked up to us with a relieved look in her eyes, "I can kiss you good morning." And I did when she got close enough for me to take her head in my hands. Sweetie stepped aside to let Rarity close to me and give her a passionate kiss which she returned.

"Yes good morning, darling," she said with a tired morning smile. "I'm at that point in the pregnancy where I have to go to the bathroom a couple of times every night."

"At least it won't last forever," I said to her with a teasing smirk. "I wanted to check up on you this morning before spending the rest of the day with Applejack and Apple Bloom."

"And I think that is really sweet of you, dear," Rarity's eyes softened to bedroom eyes as she said it.

"With you awake, I can bathe you this morning."

"Go ahead then, Rarity," Sweetie Belle nudged her with a teasing wink before yawning. "I want to get some more sleep."

Rarity hugged her sister in a sideways hug, "Thank you, sorry for waking you."

"It's alright," Sweetie told her as she turned around and walked back to her room. "I'll go through it someday as well." With that last statement, she walked back into her room.

"Come dear," Rarity looked up at me with bedroom eyes after I stood up from kneeling on the floor. And followed her into the bathroom, right over to the shower, and turned it on.

"It's time for me to get my hands on you, my beautiful wife." With my hand under the water waiting for it to warm up, I smirked down at her.

"And while I do welcome those magical hands of yours, I too want to touch," she teased up at me with softened bedroom eyes. Then stepped up to me and lightly kissed the head of my semi-hard cock. "To tease." She kissed it again as I happily rose to the occasion. With a front hoof, she urged me under the warm water. And then sit down on the tiled floor and lean against the shower wall with my legs stretched out in front of me. "And to be teased," her voice was soft and alluring as she stepped in, turned around, and then leaned back resting her back against my chest. And used her magic to bring my hands forward to wrap around her as the water fell over us. One hand she put against her horn and the other she rested against her pussy and swollen teats.

Knowing what she wanted this morning, I slowly started massaging her horn. And used the palm of my hand against her pussy and teats soliciting a soft pleasurable sigh from her. "Pleasured me this morning, my husband?" she asked rhetorically as she turned her head to the side resting her cheek against my chest. "Then moan my name as I pleasure you."

^_^

Sweetie was still sleeping when Rarity and I got done with the shower, so I kissed Rarity so long and let Sweetie sleep. Rarity was going to be busy today, which meant that I was free to leave and work my over to Sweet Apple Acres. I left in my fox form, of course. Though I'll admit that walking around in my human form while naked was tempting. It was more tempting to do that after I got to Sweet Apple Acres and alone with AJ and AB.

However, what surprised me was when I met them and Big Mac walking back into town. I saw them walking into town as I was on my way out of town to their farm. All three of them had a mixture of emotions on their face as they walked up to me. Consisting of shock, surprise, and confusion made me wonder why it was there.

"Emmit, you will not believe what we found out about that Grand Pear feller we met in the market," AB said a little excitedly as she trotted up to me with a little pep in her steps.

"And about our mother," AJ said as she too walked up to me with mostly confusion on her face.

"Eyup," Big Mac commented in his usual one-word fashion.

"Alright then, tell me all about it." I took my place between AJ and AB putting a couple of tails around both of them after they started walking back into town from whence I came.

"Turned out that Grand Pear in the market is actually our grandfather." AB was excited to tell that bit of news where I looked down at her now with the same confusion that was on AJ's face.

"And our mother is Grand Pear's daughter. Our mother is his daughter. Granny doesn't like anything pear which is why we've never had any around the house," AJ explained as her hips brushed up against mine as we walked. Big Mac was pretty much silent as we walked. "And that was because there was a feud between our families when she was young. Burnt Oak can tell us more about how our parents met so that's where we're going right now."

Big Mac led the way back into town where this Burnt Oak was located in town. "That's very interesting because the series never went into your family's history for all the episodes I watched. So this is just as much news to me as it is to you guys. That raises a bunch of questions which I hope will get answered."

"Eyup!"

Burnt Oak was a brown-coated older stallion with a two-tone white and gray mane, tail, and mustache. He was currently chopping wood when we walked up to him. And held the axe with his mouth. Doing that just seemed odd to me and not to mention stressful on his neck. However, considering he has probably been doing it all his life, that explains why his neck looked almost like the logs he was chopping. As we walked up, he stopped chopping and looked at us with an easy smile that reminded me of old friendly mountain folks. And he talked like it too with a soft easy-going drawl. "Well if it ain't the Apple family and the leader of it all, Emmit. How are y'all doin' this fine mornin'?"

"We're fine but just a little confused," AJ started telling him as she sat down in front of him with her ears splayed back against her head. "We just found out from Goldie that Grand Pear is actually our grandfather and our mother is actually a Pear."

"I was hoping that you would come by after seeing Grand Pear back in town," he drawled out with an easy smile on his face. "And I'm happy to talk to you about your Pa," he said before chuckling, clearly remembering something. "We had a great time together growing up with your Pa. Sometimes we'd have a friendly competition between us. Why I remember this one time when we were on your farm seeing which one of us could plow the fastest." They all sat down in front of him like foals before a storyteller. I sat down as well still between AJ and AB. "Your Pa was leavin' me in the dust in our race. And would have won too if he wasn't so...distracted."

"I think I can guess what that distraction was," AB giggled putting a hoof to her lips.

Burnt Oak chuckled again before giving her a nod. "Yeah, it didn't surprise me in the least that he would have a thing for your Ma. It was like a forbidden friendship between them, as you know now. But through the years they kept bein' friends in secret. So, when they grew up and entered that phase, it blossomed. Your Pa was so distracted by your Ma that he took in her direction and headed right toward their water tower."

"Oh no," AJ laughed softly where the others joined in after Burnt Oak continued.

With a nod, Burnt Oak confirmed what all of us were thinking. "Yep, he was so distracted by your Ma that he ran into their water tower toppling it to the ground and flooding the surrounding orchard. Grand Pear wasn't happy about that and thought that your Ma was responsible. That was because I quickly pulled your Pa out of there to keep him out of trouble. But your Pa just couldn't let your Ma take the blame for what was clearly his fault. And marched himself right back toward them and told them that it was his fault and would repair the tower himself."

"Honesty does run in the family," AB commented happily about that.

Which Big Mac echoed with his usual, "Eyup."

"Mister Pear was nail spittin' mad at him for destroying his tower but true to your Pa's word, he got it repaired as time allowed. I didn't see him for weeks because of how hard he worked. Worked on your farm during the day then worked on the water tower at night." He paused long enough to grin at them, saying, "Not that he minded any. Gave him a chance to talk with your Ma more often than he normally would have. That was because Mister Pear would always give your Pa a wide berth because of the hate he had for him."

"You knew our Ma?" AJ asked with a yearning for more in her eyes with the same in AB's and Big Mac's as well.

Burnt Oak's smile was wide as he looked at AJ. "Your Ma was a real peach of a pear she was. Could always bring a smile to anypony's face. And certainly brought a smile to your Pa's face as their love blossomed during this time. Which was really helped along by Mrs. Cake. But for more of that, you'll have to talk with her."

"Thanks, Mister Oak," AB said excitedly as she was itching to leave and head for Sugarcube Corner if by her fidgeting was any indication.

"Yes, thank you kindly, Mister Oak. Granny doesn't speak of our parents much, so we've never heard any of this," AJ said sadly with a drooping look on her face.

Big Mac spoke up with a hopeful tone, "Would it be alright for us to drop by and hear more stories?"

Burnt Oak's smile threatened to break his face as he looked at them with a gleam in his eyes, "I'd like that very much."

^_^

"I'm just as eager as you to learn more about what happened between your parents," I told them as we approached Sugarcube Corner. "Especially considering your grandfather is back into town. It gets me wondering just why he left in the first place."

"That's my question, too," AJ said as I used my telekinesis to open the door for them.

"I'm also hungry, so why don't we get breakfast as well?" AB asked as I let them step in and only walked in after they did. By this time the breakfast crowd was winding down, so there were only a few ponies there. Being a small town and a relatively small cafe, there were only six tables there. So, we took one of the corner half circle table where I sat between AJ and AB. Of the five other ponies that were present with us were the three flower ponies and the two spa ponies. All of which waved to me after I settled down at the table where I waved back a good morning to them.

"This is a rare treat having all but one of the Apple Family here," Missus Cake greeted us warmly with a wide smile as she walked up to our table. "I get the feeling it's not breakfast?"

"It's breakfast and about our parents," AJ told her.

"Eyup," Big Mac nodded in agreement.

"After hearing Mister Pear is back in town, I thought that you might be by." The smile on Missus Cake's face was both happy and sad at the same time. "So, why don't I get some muffins and milk and tell you more about them?" It was a rhetorical question but they agreed happily as Missus Cake got some muffins and milk for us. As Missus Cake walked back behind the counter it was clear that she was going to join us for breakfast. She probably hasn't had breakfast yet, if my experience with Pinkie this morning was any hint. And the morning crowd was gone as well, so there wasn't an immediate rush. It didn't take her long to not only retrieve our breakfast of muffins and milk but also Pinkie who carried the glasses and milk jug for all of us.

"Good morning, Pinkie," AJ greeted as Pinkie passed out the glasses. After that, I used my telekinesis to lift the jug and start filling the glasses.

"Good morning, everypony," Pinkie greeted in return as all our attention went back to Missus Cake while I filled the glasses and passed out the muffins.

"Your mother could always bring a smile to anypony's face," Missus Cake started saying after she sat down at the table with us. There was a glow on her face that showed in her eyes and in her smile as she talked and remembered Pear Butter. "She was also the one that helped me earn my cutie mark for baking." As she reminisced, that was news to all of us, including me. All of this was news to me. "It's true," Missus Cake beamed as she continued. "It was while she was helping me with a pear cake that was made from the pears from her farm. That's when I discovered my love for baking and your mother stuck by me like a true friend she was after that. She always took time to help me with my recipes."

As she talked, it gave us the opportunity to eat some of the muffins that were left over from the morning rush. I sat back in on the bench with a couple of tails around AJ and AB, munching on a muffin as I listened to Missus Cake gush over the good times with Pear Butter. AJ and AB were leaning up against me listening but straightened when Missus Cake started talking about Grandpear moving away.

"I had a cake with me that I was going to give to your mother when I unexpected walked into them. They were on a picnic, you see, and got to listen to them declare their love for each other. I would have just left them be and left but they spotted me." She blushed in embarrassment but had a wide glowing smile on her face as she remembered. "They were just as startled at being caught as I was embarrassed at accidentally walking in on them. When your mother asked me not to tell, I of course told her that I would never do such a thing. I was so happy that they finally confessed to each other. I could see it a mile away, of course." The smile on her face fell to sadness as she continued with, "Of course, I wasn't the only one. Grandpear also saw it as well. And it was that very day that your mother got the word that she and her father was going to move away to Vanhoover. Her father wanted to end the budding love between your parents once and for all."

"What happened next?" AB asked the question that we all were already asking in our heads with us figuratively on the edge of our seats. I was too considering the show never went into this during the seasons that I watched of it.

"We'll need another pony to help me tell that part of your parents' love story," Missus Cake teased with a wink. However, she did add, "But I will say that both your mother and father were devastated at the news. And your father did the most romantic thing that I ever saw any stallion do."

^_^

(Short time later at Mayor Mare's office)

"So what happened? Did they get married?" AB asked a little too impatiently after we all walked into Mayor Mare's office along with Missu Cake. She also knew how silly of a question that was about a minute after asking it. While Missus Cake took a minute to talk with Mayor Mare about why we were there, Big Mac and AJ hung their heads as if in shame while I simply chuckled and raised a closed paw giving AB a noogy. "Yeah, that was a dumb question, wasn't it?" AB giggled and blushed with embarrassment while I rubbed my closed paw against the top of her head.

All of us, minus Pinkie who stayed behind to mind the store, was standing in front of Missus Cake and Mayor Mare that was also in front of her file cabinets. Missus Cake and Mayor Mare smiled and giggled at AB. However, Mayor Mare spoke up first with a happy smile on her face, "Yes," she paused to giggle at AB, "they did get married. I thought it was the most romantic thing when I heard about it. After Bright Mac heard that she was going to move away, he came to me to set up a surprise wedding between them with only Chiffon and Burnt Oak as witnesses. And while Chiffon here went to get Burnt Oak as the other witness, and as I quickly got the appropriate papers ready, Bright Mac did all the decorating himself."

"Wow! That is romantic," AB was grinning as she said it as she leaned up against me.

"Oh, it was," Mayor Mare agreed and continued with a nod. "Everything and everypony were there and ready when Bright Mac walked up with your mother, took a knee, and proposed to her right then and there. It was clear that she wasn't expecting it but put her hoof in his and let him lead her right up to me. It wasn't the largest wedding but it was meaningful for them." Mayor Mare's face fell after this with her and Missus Cake glanced at each other for a second with the same sad look. "And was romantic until Grandpear and Granny Smith showed up at the same time."

"Wait! Granny showed up?!" AJ asked in shock with a look that was shared between all of us.

"They showed up right before I completed their marriage," Mayor Mare continued for us. "Both of them wanted to know what was going on, so Bright Mac turned toward Grandpear and announced his love and their marriage to Pear Butter. We all knew that Grandpear wouldn't like that at all but was even more surprised when Granny agreed with him that they shouldn't marry. Both of them said that they were in love with one another and were going to get married. And that's when Grandpear gave your mother an ultimatum. He said that she had to choose between him and the Apples. He was going to leave and if he left without her...then she wouldn't be part of the Pear family anymore."

And that was it, the story was told. Their shocked looks from a few minutes ago were nothing to the shocked look on their current faces that was laced with anger. Mine as well because since AB and AJ were in my herd, they're family. It had the fur on my neck and back bristling and I wasn't the only one either.

"bI'IQtaHghachvetlh," I said quietly in Klingon while Big Mac had his own response.

Big Mac turned around with a quiet and angry, "Nope," and headed toward the office door after not so gently kicking a chair aside.

Following suit, I turned around as well and started following him with my own quiet cursing in Klingon. "petaQ! taHqeq! Hu'tegh petaQ!"

We got to the door first, so AJ and AB weren't able to get in front of us until we went through the door and into the office foyer. The two other ponies that were quietly waiting in the foyer looked up from their seats as AJ and AB ran out the door and in front of us. AJ got in front of Big Mac and stopped him by putting a hoof against his chest while AB got in front of me, stood on her hind legs, and put both front hooves against my chest. AJ spoke up first with caution in her voice as well as clear anger in it. "Whoa there big brother, I know you and Emmit are angry. Tarnation, so am I! And while I agree that he needs to answer for his actions for abandoning our mother, let him at least explain his actions."

"Yeah!" AB agreed with a pleading voice with a look to match as I looked down at her. "And remember that he's old now. You'll feel bad about beating up an old stallion. And besides, because he's back, maybe he's sorry for what he's done?"

I let Big Mac take the lead on this and looked at him as he stared down at AJ. After a minute or so of silence, he finally said, "Fine! I'll let him explain himself."

^_^

Big Mac and I didn't feel like talking as we left Missus Cake and Mayor Mare at her office. And while we walked through town and back to the market ponies parted for us like Moses parting the Red Sea. Which is understandable considering we probably looked like we were out for war. Big Mac and I certainly felt that way. While I was certainly mad at Grandpear abandoning his daughter because of the stallion she fell in love with, my mind also went back to my own father's actions. I started reasoning with myself that while my own father wanted to go way farther than Grandpear, my father was brainwashed while Grandpear wasn't and made a conscious decision.

The look on Grandpear's face after he saw us walk up to him and his booth at the market was one of calm resignation and sorrow. As we walked up to him, instead of staying in the booth where he might be protected, he chose to walk out from behind it to meet us. And he knew that we knew what happened, so he simply sat there and waited for us. I was behind all three of them this time as they walked right up to him. The atmosphere in the market grew to a near palpable level as other ponies saw us and parted for us after seeing the looks on our faces. And even started to gather around us after Big Mac said one simple angry question.

"Why?"

Grandpear almost couldn't look at us and mostly stared lower toward the ground with his ears limp and his eyes filled with sorrow. "I was just so angry back then," his voice was soft but not quite a whisper, "and I let a simple market competition turn into a feud. A feud filled with hate that turned against my own daughter." He sat his butt down on the ground as a couple of tears fell from his eyes. The whole market was silent as a mouse as the growing crowd heard the soft cries of his confession and the gentle breeze that carried it. "I let a silly and stupid feud keep me from my family. And kept me away for too long. I should have let it go. I never should have left."

It was like watching my own father beat himself up all over again, so I had mixed emotions. On one hand, I clearly saw the regret and sorrow for his previous actions. On the other, was the feeling that he made his bed so now he needs to sleep in it. To go away and never return because he could never earn the right to return for forgiveness. And once again, my mind went back to what my own father has done and the forgiveness that I've given him. So, compared to what my own father has done, could I really hold back forgiveness for Grandpear?

"What you did was wrong." Grandpear acknowledged that with a simple slow nod of his head. "You missed the entire life of our parents and a lot of our lives. Do you realize the help you could have given us had you been around? The life that you could have led with us?" The crowd started murmuring softly as they were confused at what was going on as Grandpear simply nodded slowly again.

"Well, there's nothing stopping him now," AB said with a hopeful tone in her voice while looking up at Big Mac and AJ. "Is there?"

I was silent through it all, waiting for either of them or both to make a decision regarding AB's question.

"No, there isn't anything stopping him now," AJ said after a calming sigh with the look on her face softening some as she looked down at AB. Then looked back up at Grandpear with, "But we're not done quite yet. It's time we all talk to Granny." Grandpear agreed with another slow nod of his head toward AJ then started closing up his stall.

^_^

"And just where have y'all been all day?" Granny asked, looking at the three of them rather testily, as we walked up to the house. I was behind them with Grandpear standing beside me.

"Learning about our parents," AJ said. She said it with a rather tense tone in her voice which told me that she probably had her eyes narrowed at Granny.

Granny looked back at AJ with nervousness and trepidation, "You have?"

"And our grandfather," AB said but the tone in her voice was happier than that of her sister. Big Mac and AJ parted to reveal Grandpear standing behind them beside me.

"So, you're back, huh?" Granny glared at the old stallion as he slowly walked up to her.

"I never should have left," he said softly, still with his head down. "I'm sorry for letting a silly and stupid feud get between me and my family."

"You're not the only one that let the feud affect them," Big Mac said while looking right at Granny. "You should have told us a long time ago, Granny."

The look on Granny's face changed to that of regret as she looked up at Big Mac. "Yeah, you're right. I should have told you a long time ago. So, I guess I'm responsible as well."

"Then I think there's something that everypony needs to see," AB spoke up with a surprise for every one of us. She had a wide smile on her face as she said, "It's out past our orchard near the White Tail Woods."

^_^

When we got there, all of us were shocked by what we saw except for AB. "I found this a while back and found it odd that there's an apple tree and a pear tree wrapped around one another," AB said as we all walked up to the double made one tree of both apples and pears that were growing on it.

"I don't believe it," whispered Granny as she walked up to it.

"Impossible," was Grandpear's whisper of awe as he too walked up to it with us behind them.

"This was where they were married," Granny said while staring up at the tree with a tear falling.

"I think they were trying to tell you something," I put in my two cents as I looked between Granny and Grandpear.

"Eyup!"

"That we are stronger and be better together," AJ looked up with her voice filled with mixed emotions that were felt by all of us.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for everything," Grandpear cried softly as he stepped up to the tree and lightly put a hoof against it. "You were trying to tell me the whole time and I simply refused to listen."

"You weren't the only one," Granny said as she too walked up and put her hoof against the tree. "I went along with it and weren't listening either. So, we were both fools." Granny and Grandpear both turned around looking at us with sorrow and regret in their eyes. "Can you forgive a couple of old idiots?"

"I think it's something we can work on," AJ said softly as they all came in for a group hug that I purposely excluded myself from to let them have their moment. And looked at the apple and pear tree that grew as a testament to the vows that their parents took. Both trees were planted together so close that both grew together as one tree with both trunks twisting around the other. The branches that would have sprouted just one fruit or the other, now grow both apples and pears. While looking at that tree and what it represents, what AJ said next perfectly described it and what their parents were leaving behind, "If anything's going to make it through, it's apples and pears."