On one of my days off a few months later, I woke up. I was lying in my own bed in my room, and a quick glance around the room showed that aside from Maxi, who was asleep at the foot of the bed, I was all alone in the room. I glanced over at my alarm clock, and I saw that the time was about 9am.

"Hmm. I wonder where my Beauties are? Cherry, Dawn, and Starry slept here last night, but where did they go?" I then began to smell breakfast cooking, and I smiled, but sighed a bit too. "Those Girls. I keep telling them that they don't have to keep cooking for me every day, ESPECIALLY now that they're all pregnant, and at the beginning of their Second Trimesters, but do they listen? No! I try to take care of them, and they keep showing all the love and care back. Mares. Am I right, Maxi?"

Maxi didn't even react when I said that, aside from her left ear twitching a bit.

"Right. Well, at any rate, I'd better start my day, and go see all my beautiful wives-to-be." I then got up out of bed, and put on a pair of slippers. My movements woke Maxi up, and she rubbed against me, purring all the while, and I scratched her behind the ears.

"Good morning, Maxi. Did you sleep well?"

She mewed a bit in response, and then left the room, and I heard her paws on the stairs a few moments later. I then began to leave the room as well, in spite of the fact that aside from my slippers, I was still completely naked. However, I didn't even notice anymore. Once the clothes for my Sisters, Mom, and Aunt began to stop fitting because of their pregnancies, and the whining about how "uncomfortable, stretchy, and ugly" maternity clothes were only intensified, they just started going naked around the cabin when they were home on their days off (which were soon to become constant, as the maternity leave for my Sisters and Aunt was coming up fast, and Scarlet's maternity leave had already begun), and on my days off from the power plant, I joined them. Even though it could sometimes be cold in the mornings, when the temperatures warmed up in the afternoon and evenings, it was quite nice. Plus, with all of the sex, and sex-acts that were still happening almost constantly (and not just for me, but the Girls would all take care of each other too, incest be damned!), it just made it that much easier! Sex happened multiple times a day, pretty much every day, and I didn't see a reason to stop it. After all, if every member of your ~~harem~~.....~~family~~......polygamous relationship is already pregnant, what's the worst that could happen?

Once I made it downstairs, I followed my nose to the kitchen, where I knew that breakfast would soon be served. When I arrived, I saw Scarlet and Cherry cooking, assisted by Starry, Stella was setting the table, Sandy was looking at a newspaper, and Dawn was making orange juice. Aside from Scarlet and Cherry, who were wearing aprons to protect themselves while they cooked, all of the other Girls were naked. (And Scarlet and Cherry were naked too, at least under their aprons). All of them looked up/over when I walked into the room.

"Arctic!" Starry came over and hugged me tightly, or at least, as tightly as her 4-month pregnant belly would allow her to.

"Hey, Sweetie." Scarlet called from the stove.

"Hey, Hun." Sandy added from the table.

"Twin hugs!" Stella and Dawn both hugged me at the same time.

Cherry kissed me on the cheek. "Glad you decided to join us, Babe. I was wondering when you were gonna come down and see your wifeys-to-be!"

I hugged them all, and kissed them. "Mmm, yeah, I love you too, Girls. And how are you all doing with your pregnancies?"

All of them said that they were doing good, and I began to feel their swollen bellies. For a while, we'd all wondered what they were going to be having, as well as how many, and when the results came in, they were rather shocking. Starry learned that she was having twins, a colt and a filly, Dawn was having triplets, all fillies, Stella was having triplets, all colts, Scarlet was having twins, a colt and a filly, Cherry was having twins, both fillies, and Sandy? Poor Sandy; she was having quadruplets, 2 colts, and 2 fillies. If you lost count, that's 6 mares, having a total of 16 foals (7 colts, and 9 fillies), all by the same sire, Your's Truly! Oh, and they'll all be coming at pretty much the same time, since only a few days passed between the night when I knocked up Starry and Stella, the night I knocked up Scarlet, Dawn and Cherry, and the night I knocked up Sandy.

"Was all of this really a good idea?" I wondered in a brief moment of thought.

"I'll say that it was!" Came the voice of the Little Devil who appeared on my shoulder for the first time in a while. "Look at what it got you; 6 girls always at your beck and call!"

"Do I really need to say it?" Came the voice of the Little Angel. He was still bandaged up from getting cock-slapped by the Little Devil, and then falling all the way to the floor, and didn't look too happy. "I'll say it anyway. NO, it was NOT!!!! Now you're working overtime on your working days, not to mention almost being in debt having to add a 3rd story onto the cabin that'll be big enough to house all of your kids, AND having to care for 6 pregnant mares, by yourself, and you're just barely legal to smoke! You're 18, and you're gonna be a Daddy to 16 kids, all at the same time. You're boned, Kid!"

I knew that the Little Angel was right. I was in trouble for this. All of us were still trying to figure out how we were going to be able to get married, and none of this was even considering how that now all 6 girls were visibly pregnant, questions about who the father was were beginning to be asked. I didn't know what was going to happen because of that, but I hoped that it wasn't going to be anything serious.

After the Girls all finally let me go, I went over to the table, and sat down at the head of it. (I was the Stallion of the House now after all). A few minutes later, Scarlet and Cherry, with help from Starry brought over the food, which consisted of eggs, ham, hashbrowns, toast, and even pancakes, as well as the orange juice that Dawn had just finished squeezing. Once everypony was sitting at the table, I looked over at Mom, who was sitting a few places away from me.

"I keep telling you, Mom, you guys don't have to keep cooking like this for me. If anything, I should be cooking for YOU!"

She gave me a funny look. "Yeah, I know, Babe, however, I like cooking, and so do the Girls, so why should we stop doing what we love, even though we're pregnant? We're not exerting ourselves too much, and plus, this food isn't all for you. Remember, between the 6 of us Mares, we ARE eating for 22 after all! Pregnant mares gotta eat to, and we can REALLY pack the food away!"

My face turned ever so slightly pale as I suddenly had a Vietnam-Flashback to the day a few weeks ago where we were all coming back from a short hike in the woods, and we stopped at the local McCluck n' Bell in Deepwood, a local fast food joint that had AMAZING fried chicken. I offered to buy, but when the Girls all decided what they wanted, my face got pretty pale.

I then turned to the cashier. "I'll have 2 Number 9's, a Number 9 Large, a Number 6 with extra dip, a Number 7, 2 Number 45's, one with cheese, and a large soda."

All of those orders were meals, meaning that they came with their own fries and a drink, but I needed that extra large soda for myself, as one tends to stay up pretty late when he has 6 mares to sexually please, and I needed the extra food, so I was the one who needed the Number 9 Large! It was the price that killed me though. When I saw how much all that food cost, I damn near shit myself. It was even worse when the Little Angel pointed out that this was only a foretaste of what was to come later with how much money I would need to spend on not only my Mares, but also my 16 kids. I was well and truly f@#ked.

Back in the present, I managed to push these thoughts out of my mind and start eating, though pretty quickly I felt 2 Mares start licking my dick, which happened pretty much every meal I ate at home without fail. I looked down, and I saw both Dawn and Stella getting ready to blow me. One of them would suck my dick while the other would service my balls, and then they'd switch, and eventually I'd blow a load into both of their mouths.

"Ngh, oh Celestia this dick." Stella cooed. "I'll never get tired of it."

"Neither will I." Dawn agreed. "It belongs to our Human Stud, and I know that he enjoys this as much as we do. Right, Bro?"

I nodded. "Yeah, that's right, Girls!"

I then felt a hand on my pubic hair, and I looked over to see Cherry running her hand through it. "Gosh, Arctic. Are you ever gonna shave down here? It's like a dang forest in here!"

I laughed a bit. I hadn't shaved my pubes since about a week before I first had sex with my Sisters, and I promised Mom that I wouldn't shave down there unless I had to.

"What, you don't like it anymore, Sis?" I laughed.

She shrugged. "It feels nice, but it's just so damn thick! It's also black compared to the white of your mane and tail, but I can't complain too much. Though I still enjoy my own pubes." She then spread her legs, and leaned back a bit, revealing that underneath her pregnant belly, she did indeed still have her pubes shaved into a heart-shape.

"Still looks so cute on you, Sis." I told her, gently placing a hand on her pubes.

She kissed me. "Thanks, Bro!"

Scarlet then looked over at me. "Hey, Babe?"

I looked up. "Yeah, Mom?"

"Stand up for a second. I wanna see somethin'."

Stella and Dawn weren't very happy to have to stop sucking, but they reluctantly did so, and I stood up. Scarlet then got up herself, and walked over to me. Once she pulled me away from the table a bit, she had me stand right next to her, and I wondered what she was doing, but then she began to feel my bush, as well as her own, which she hadn't shaven in a VERY long time.

"Oh my gosh."

I was confused. "What?"

She then looked at me with a smirk. "Your bush is as big as mine. You're as big as your ol' Mom down below now. How does it feel to have as big and thick of a luxuriant pelt as she does?"

I thought for a second. "Well, it doesn't feel too bad. As long as you're happy with it, I'm happy with it."

Scarlet then pulled me in for a kiss, which quickly turned into me sitting back on my chair, and her sitting in my lap, riding me to her heart's content while Cherry kissed me, Stella and Dawn licked my balls, and Starry and Sandy both got fingered by me while they waited their turns for sex. I was a bit upset that I didn't get to finish my breakfast yet, but I didn't let it show, because after all, Hell hath no fury like a pregnant mare left unsatisfied! Luckily though, I would get a chance to eat it after I was done pleasing all of them, even though it would still take a while.

Also thanks to the pregnancies, work was getting harder. Yes, I was promoted, and got to work in the main part of the power plant operating the turbines and the generators, and it payed more, but I was also working more shifts. I worked 6 days a week most weeks, and sometimes double-shifts. I had to stay in the black financially, as I was pretty much the only one working, and able to make money.

"Was it worth it, Arctic?" Comet asked me. "Was it really worth all this extra grief?"

I turned to him after flipping a few more switches on a control panel. "It's a mixture of yes and no. Yes, I have what a lot of guys dream of, but at the same time, I'm NOT ready for that many kids, I'm working myself to the bone to pay for everything, and dealing with ONE pregnant mare is dangerous enough, but 6? Hormones are out of control, and I'm not getting any sleep. I gained it all, but it's costing me everything."

Comet was silent for a few moments. "Do......do you ever miss working in the basement with the furnaces? I mean yeah the job was shit, the pay was not the best, and the working conditions were poor, but do you ever miss it?"

I nodded. "Sometimes. It was backbreaking work, but I did kinda enjoy shoveling coal into those furnaces, as well as stoking them up. But at the same time, at least we finally get to see some sunlight, and we're not always sweating like we're dying of heatstroke, and not worrying about choking on coal dust."

"Oh, and I was going to ask you, Arctic. What are you gonna do about marriage? Are you guys gonna try to get married somewhere, or are you just gonna live in sin?"

I sighed. "Good question. This was something that I'd talked about with my Girls before, and eventually we did come up with a potential solution. Polygamy is technically legal in Equestria, but it's highly frowned upon. However, there are options for a polygamous wedding in Las Pegasus, as that's the City of Sin, which was our only option. However, even that will have to involve a bit of a lie on my part."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that when I marry, I won't be Arctic White; I'll be Brian Gray, which was my birth name. All records of me being adopted by Scarlet will have to 'disappear', but aside from this, there's not too much else to worry about. We're not blood-related, or marriage-related; we're tied together only by me being adopted by Scarlet."

Comet blinked a few times. "Brian Gray? Hmm. Well, it's better than my real name; Bryce Larkin."

"That's not too bad of a name. Though while I'm thinking about it, would you be interested in being my Best Stallion at my wedding? If not, then I understand."

"Is this like a budget-wedding, or something? A bit off-topic, but I have to know."

I gave him a weird look. "Um.....what do you think? Yes, it's a budget wedding. The current plan is to try and have it on a beach there in Las Pegasus, only a few guests, casual attire, the Girls said that they'd just wear veils with the bikinis to save on the costs of a dress, and I volunteered to wear my swimsuit as well. Aside from this, we decided on a small cake, and some cheap flowers, and we all will get wedding rings, but it won't be a big affair by any stretch of the imagination."

"And is the reason why you've been working harder than normal, even working double-shifts all last week to cover the honeymoon?"

I nodded. "Yep. That's it. And are you gonna be my Best Stallion, or not?"

Comet sighed. "Well, assuming that Donna would even want to go to this, then yeah, I'll be your Best Man. Though even if she doesn't, I'll still do it if I can. I mean heck, we've been friends since we first started going to grade-school, and we've been best friends since that first year. We've been through it all together, so why not this too? You were there for me when I proposed to Donna a few months ago, so now I'll be there for you when you make the third biggest mistake of your life!"

"Um...what were biggest mistakes one and two?"

"Biggest mistake two was knocking up your family, and biggest mistake one was not fighting back harder against your crazy Sisters, Mom, and Aunt, which led to biggest mistake two."

I laughed dryly. "The funny part here is that I can't even argue with you, Comet. That's all true!"

We both laughed a bit, and then got back to work, and he promised to let me know by that night if he'd be able to be my Best Man or not.

Later that night, after I'd showered, and put my clothes in the laundry again, I was sitting with my Girls out in the hot tub. This was something that we often did at night, as the warm water helped to relax their muscles, and when they were happy and content, their foals tended to be happy and content as well. Plus, having their Stud around also helped keep their foals calm, meaning that they rarely kicked their mothers when they were in the hot tub.

On that particular night, I had Sandy to my left, Dawn to my right, Scarlet and Cherry sitting across from me, and Stella and Starry sat facing each other in between all of us. We were all pretty cozy in the hot tub, but none of us minded, just as none of us minded the fact that we were all naked as usual. As I was looking over my mares though, I noticed that all of them were still wearing a black rubber gasket on their right ring fingers. I chuckled a bit. Since I'd been unable to buy them all engagement rings, and them telling me that they didn't even want one, one night at the power plant, I snagged 6 black rubber gaskets from a small plastic bag that I'd found stuck underneath a supply cabinet. I brought the gaskets home, and while we were all relaxing in the hot tub that night, I used them to propose to all of my Girls. Of course, they all said yes, and said that they'd wear their "Gasket Rings" all the time until they were replaced by proper wedding rings.

"I see that you Girls all still have your Gasket Rings."

They all nodded, and held up their rings.

"Yeah, we still do. And like we all said before, we're keeping them on until we have wedding rings!" Sandy told me.

"And has anypony ever asked you about them?" I asked a bit nervously.

Dawn shook her head, Stella and Starry told me that their friends had noticed them, but didn't really ask about them, Scarlet said that she was asked why she was wearing a gasket on her finger, and she just shrugged and said that she liked it, Cherry said that she'd convinced her friends that black gasket rings were the latest fashion trend (which actually became the latest fad at her community college!) and Sandy said that she was asked why she had a gasket on her finger, and she said that it was a placeholder engagement ring. Everypony then laughed, thinking that she was joking, and she laughed with them, so as to make the "joke" more believable.

I sighed a bit. "You shouldn't have done that, Sandy. That was a big risk you took. What if they found out the truth?"

She gave me a weird look. "They're gonna find out someday anyway, Arctic."

"Well, yeah, but.....at least wait until after we're all married. That might make things a little bit easier."

She rolled her eyes a bit. "Yeah, I guess so. Whatever. Can I get some belly-rubs now? It's NOT easy carrying 4 foals you know!"

I nodded, and after wrapping an arm around Sandy, I gently began to rub her swollen belly. Since she was carrying quadruplets, even though she was only 4 months along, Sandy's belly was more swollen than the others's. The kicking was getting insane at times, and true relief only seemed to come whenever she was in the hot tub, and I was by her side, gently helping her relax. I then gently put my head next to her belly, and sure enough, I felt some movement against the side of my head.

"Ngh.....f@#k!" Sandy muttered as the kicking commenced again.

"Aww, they're happy to see their Daddy!" Scarlet cooed.

"Sorry, Sandy." I said quietly.

"It's fine. Totally fine. F-f@#ker."

I winced a bit. Sometimes profanity was heard when the pregnancies got hard, some of which was directed at me for knocking them all up. However, this was the pregnancies talking, not them, and I almost always got apologies for them later.

I hugged Sandy again. "Sorry, Babe."

She hugged me back. "It's ok, Arctic. I just wish that your belly-rubs didn't excite our foals. I guess that they're just really happy to see their Daddy!"

I then looked at the other Girls. "Anypony else want any belly-rubs, and doesn't mind the foals kicking?"

Cherry raised her hand, so I went over to her. Her belly was smaller than Sandy's, but she was still having twins, so that was nothing to sneeze at! Once I was sitting down, Cherry then sat in my lap, and I soon began to rub her swollen belly. She sighed contentedly, and after leaning her head back against my shoulder she placed her hands over my own.

"Can you feel 'em kickin', Babe?" She asked me.

"Eh, a little bit, but not as much as Sandy's foals were. I guess that they're not as active right now."

"When are they ever though?"

I shrugged. For whatever reason, Cherry's foals didn't kick very much. Ultrasounds confirmed that they were perfectly healthy, but they just didn't kick very much, and seemed to nap a lot in the womb. Neither of us could figure out why that was, but based on how active Dawn's, Starry's, Stella's, Sandy's, and Scarlet's foals sometimes were, Cherry certainly wasn't complaining.

"I still can't believe that I let my Little Brother put these two inside of me." She said softly. "Maybe it wasn't the smartest thing ever, but man was the sex mind-blowing! Now I get it all the time! And a bit off-topic, but I'm also REALLY glad that we built that 3rd story onto our cabin, not to mention expanding onto the 1st and 2nd floors, and helping you move the stuff in your room to Mom's room so that it can also be used for our foals so that we can have a huge family!"

I winced hard at that. "Yeah....renovations that REALLY cost me, Sis! It's all done now, though the rooms that will belong to our foals will still have to be decorated, but we'll take care of that after the wedding, right?"

Cherry and the other Girls nodded.

"Though that reminds me, Arctic, you did ask Comet if he was going to be your Best Stallion, right?"

I nodded. "Yeah, and just before I came out here I heard that he's coming, and somehow he managed to convince his fiance Donna to come along too. So yes, he'll be my Best Stallion." I then thought for a second. "And while I'm thinking about it, have you Girls thought through the rest of how our wedding will go?"

They all nodded, and then Scarlet explained how it would all work.

"Well, as we talked about before, we've reserved space at that resort in Las Pegasus about a month from now, as well as reserved a spot for a beach-side wedding. We'll also spend our honeymoon at this resort, and we'll all chip in for it. As for the wedding itself, it'll be really small with only a few guests, an officiant for the wedding, our wedding coordinator, and of course, Maxi. As for clothes, it'll just be our swimsuits, a veil, the garter, and maybe a tiara for us, and a swimsuit for you. There'll also be a few cheap bouquets of flowers, though we did splurge a bit on the cake. It'll be a proper wedding cake, though don't worry, it's still within our budget!"

I nodded. "And how did they react when you explained that it'll be a polygamous union?"

"Eh...there was some shock, and some whispers, but we weren't the first to request this. However, I was informed that we will be the largest polygamous wedding that they've ever done, as the legal hard-limit on spouses is 6. We're right at that hard-limit, and even then, there's other legal questions involved. But I've managed to get us through all the hurdles, Arctic, so there's nothing to worry about!"

I gave her a confused look. "Huh? 'Arctic'? Who's that? My name is Brian Gray, and I'm most certainly NOT related to any of you at all!"

That got all of them to crack smiles, and even laugh a bit, but yet at the same time, it was pretty serious. They all had to practice calling me "Brian", which was hard for them, so I was able to bend it to where "Arctic" was their pet-name for me. It was the only way that this was going to work. My name was Brian "Arctic" Gray, and I was marrying all the females of a family that I'd knocked up, and we were totally unrelated at all, and there wasn't ANY documentation that could say otherwise! (At least, we hoped so anyway. As long as no one asked any questions at the orphanage in Ponyville, we would be ok. But then again, who would be asking any questions there? There was always the risk, but thankfully it was a low one). We kept planning for the wedding, and I also began to work to try and get time off from work for both the wedding, and the honeymoon, which was proving to be a bit difficult, but I was going to get it done!

The weeks passed quickly after that, and all too soon, we were all packing up for our trip to Las Pegasus. It was a complete hassle. We had a HUGE list of everything that we were going to need, but yet we would only be able to take a limited amount of bags, as we were taking the train from Deepwood to Las Pegasus, and we would have to get all of our bags to the train station, not to mention carrying them once we got to Las Pegasus, and could find help carrying them to the resort where we would not only be having our wedding, but also our honeymoon.

"Do we have everything?" Scarlet asked as we loaded everything into the 3 vehicles that we would be driving to the train station.

I shrugged. "At this point, I REALLY hope so, Mom! We HAVE to be at the train station in about 30 minutes, or we're gonna miss the train!"

Everypony was checking over their bags as they were loaded up, I made sure that everyone had their train tickets, and then I turned behind me.

"Where's Maxi? We need Maxi, and all of her stuff!"

"Right here!" Starry called. Maxi was sitting next to her, and Starry was holding her leash.

"And the rest of her stuff is in Mom's Jeep!" Cherry finished.

"Ok, good." I'd wanted to bring Maxi with us, and once we saw that the resort took pets, we were all over that. I'd called ahead to make sure that they were ok with a trained bobcat, and they told me that it was fine, as long as she was well-behaved. I assured the desk clerk on the phone that Maxi was indeed well behaved, and that settled that.

5 minutes later, we were all finally loaded up, and we'd made sure that the cabin was all locked up, and everything was secure, as well as that a few friends of Scarlet's would come and check everything at the cabin once a day, with me leading the small convoy in my truck, and with Sandy, Maxi, and Cherry in the cab with me, Scarlet drove her Jeep behind me, while Starry followed in her pickup truck. We were still very much pressed for time, but I knew that we would make it there in time to catch the train.

Once we finally arrived at the Deepwood train station, we parked our 3 vehicles, and with help from the station baggage porters, we all got our bags to the station platform, and then loaded up onto the train. I did get a few odd looks from station staff, and a few passengers on the station platform once they saw that I was with the group of 6 pregnant females, and that they seemed pretty lovey-dovey with me, not to mention how some of the staff and passengers knew who we all were, but all I did was shrug, and nopony pressed the issue. I kept expecting somepony to say something, but nopony ever did. I did hear a few mutterings, though they were along the lines of "You poor, naive fool. You have no idea how big of a mistake you just made."

"They're right you know", the Little Angel whispered.

"I know." I agreed. "That's the worst part; I KNOW that they're right."

Just then, before the Little Devil could offer a rebuttal, the train's conductor blew his whistle to alert everypony on the platform that the train would be leaving soon, and while my 6 Girls and Maxi got on the train, I helped the baggage porters get all of our bags loaded onto the train, and then I boarded myself, and went to sit with my Girls. Overall, the train ride was pretty uneventful, and most of us slept during the trip, including Maxi. I didn't though, as I liked trains, and this was actually the very first time that I'd ever gotten to ride one.

"This is so cool!" I thought to myself. "It's not quite as fast as traveling by car, but it has its own charm. The cars moving back and forth, the clicky-clacks of the wheels, the chugging of the locomotive, seeing the smoke as it passes over the top of our car, hearing the whistle, what's not to love?" I then paused. "Gosh. Maybe I picked the wrong profession. Maybe instead of working at the power plant, I should have started working for the railroad instead. I wonder if they pay more."

I then made a mental note to seriously look into working for the railroad once we were back from our honeymoon, as maybe it would be a better job for me in the long run, and maybe I could even convince Comet to come and join me if it was.

A few hours later, we finally arrived in Las Pegasus. After we finally got all of our bags off the train, while Cherry took Maxi's leash, I helped a stallion load all of our bags onto a shuttle that would take us straight to our resort. It was a bit of a hassle to get everything onboard, but once it finally was, and others had gotten onboard with all of their stuff, the shuttle took off from the train station, bound for our resort, and a few other stops at other hotels. It was still light outside, and thanks to that, we were able to see some of the sights of Las Pegasus, though what we were most interested in seeing was the South Luna Ocean, as well as the beach that our resort bordered. We couldn't quite see it thanks to all of the skyscrapers, but once we came over the top of a small hill, we all saw it.

"There it is! The South Luna Ocean!"

Starry snapped a picture with her camera that she'd brought. "Wow, it's so beautiful, Arctic!"

The others agreed with her, as did everyone and everypony else on the shuttle. Turns out we weren't the only ones looking forward to going to the beach, though we were pretty sure that we were the only ones who would be having our wedding there!

A few minutes later, the shuttle pulled up to the Atlantis Royal Palace, which was the resort where we would be staying. Once we disembarked from the shuttle, and resort staff were helping us with our bags, we all looked up at the resort in awe.

"Whoa, this place is awesome!"

"Yeah, no kidding Dawn!" Stella agreed.

"Our own little slice of paradise for a while, and where we'll have our wedding!" Sandy finished.

When he heard that, one of the resort staff looked up. "Wait. Who's having their wedding here?"

"We all are!" Sandy told him. "Or rather, all of us girls to that guy right there!" She pointed to me.

As soon as she said that, Scarlet, Starry, Cherry, Dawn, Stella, and myself all turned to her with a "Really Bruh?" face.

However, the staff member, Emerald Seas, looked at the Girls, as well as their 4, almost 5 month pregnant-with-multiples bellies, and then at me. "Wow, damn, Man. You REALLY royally f@#ked up!"

I sighed. "Yeah, I know. I've known ever since the bills started coming in for having a big family, but it's too late to change anything now. All you can do is suck it up, and deal with the consequences. We made the bed, now we've got to sleep in it."

She gave me a strange look. "You know, you're the first stallion.....er, is it ok if I call you a stallion?"

I nodded. "Sure. I don't care. I am a Human-Pony hybrid after all!"

"Ok. Well, you're the first stallion that I've ever seen come through here with a harem who actually fully understands the consequences of his actions. Most of the other guys I've seen (which hasn't been too many, as polygamy is still frowned upon), see it as an 'I'm the King of the World, and these Girls are at my beck and call!' kind of thing, and then reality hits them hard later, and one or more of their wives are wanting a divorce. Others try to make it work, thinking that it's going to be easy and cheap, but they end up going broke because of it, and it also ends badly. But you though, I can tell by the look in your eyes that you already know how hard this is going to be, and while you can afford it, you see the full gravity of your actions. My only question is though, why? Why did you do it?"

I looked at all of my Girls, who were now all looking at me expectantly. I then turned back to Emerald Seas. "Well, I guess you can say that Love makes you do stupid things, and it's all fun and games until the pregnancy tests come back positive. Then you have to take responsibility, but yet you can still make it work, and have fun along the way."

"That's a good answer. And while I've seen many polygamous unions fail, I sincerely hope that yours's works out. I wish you the best of luck with it."

I sighed again. "I already know that we're gonna need it. Especially when our 16 kids arrive."

Emerald froze. "Wait, you're having HOW MANY KIDS?!?!?!" She asked the Girls.

"Between the 6 of us Girls, we're having 16 kids." Scarlet answered.

"Damn!"

The Girls and Emerald talked about this all the way into the resort, while I was left looking at the ground, and Maxi, who was walking beside me. Once again, Reality was hitting me full in the face, and I once again realized that I was soon going to be helping my wives care for 16 newborn foals, at the same time! It was so surreal, so unreal, so......so something that the Little Angel would NEVER let me forget was a HUGE mistake on my part!

Once we finally made it inside the resort, I went up to the front desk to get our reservations.

"Name please?" The Pony at the reception desk asked.

"Gray. Brian Gray. Brian Gray, his 6 fiances, and a bobcat."

When I said that, the receptionist looked up at me in shock, looked behind me at the 6 Girls, and then down over the desk at Maxi, who was licking one of her paws. "Huh. Somehow I was expecting somepony who looked a bit older, and more like a billionaire, and no, I'm not saying that to be rude! It's just....well....it's not everyday that we have a guy come through here with more than 2 women, and I've NEVER met a guy with 6 fiances before! I won't even ask how you care for 6 pregnant mares, not to mention how many kids that that's going to be, but yes, your rooms are ready, and here are your keys." She handed me 2 room keys.

"Thank you. This is a nice resort you guys have here. I know that we'll make a lot of memories here."

"No, thank YOU, Mr. Gray! It's all thanks to people and Ponies like you who keep us in business, so please enjoy your stay, and be sure to tell your friends and family about us, and maybe try to come back someday!"

I nodded. "You're welcome. And don't worry, I'll definitely tell people, and maybe we'll come back here for one of our anniversaries one day!"

The receptionist agreed, and once all of our bags had been loaded up onto 2 luggage carts, Emerald helped us get everything up to our rooms, which were on the 3rd floor of the resort. We'd reserved 2 large rooms for ourselves, though this was mostly just so that we would have more than one bathroom; we had no problems with sharing a king-sized bed, as we'd done the same at home all the time! When I opened the door to Room 345, all of us gasped in surprise. The room was huge!

There was a large open space in the middle with couches, chairs, and a coffee table, as well as a large fireplace, an eating area was off to the side, as well as a small kitchen (in case guests wanted to cook, instead of eating at one of the number of restaurants at the resort), a small bar, a lounge area, 2 large bathrooms, each with a Jacuzzi tub, and a large shower, and even a nice balcony with an ocean-front view, complete with a hot tub! The bedroom was also large, and contained a king-sized bed, and a big closet. The whole room was ocean-themed (looking very much like the Lost City of Atlantis, which of course was what the whole resort was themed on), and yes, there was also a door that connected to our other room, Room 347 next door, which was pretty much a mirror image of the room that we were in right then.

"This is amazing."

"Yeah, it is, Little Bro....erhm, Arctic." Cherry quickly corrected herself. "It's perfect!"

"I'll say! Heck, the rooms are even twins, just like us!" Stella and Dawn laughed.

"They have a hot tub, and what looks like a bar, so I'm good!"

Scarlet gave her sister a look. "Sandy, we've been over this. You're NOT supposed to be drinking while you're pregnant! A few sips here and there are fine, but no more! You do have non-alcoholic beverages here, right?" She asked Emerald. "My Sister can't keep her hands off of booze, even though she's pregnant!"

Sandy hissed at Scarlet angrily, but Emerald laughed a bit. "Yes, we most certainly do!"

"Ok, that's good to know."

I then tipped Emerald, and once she left, I looked at Starry. "And what do you think, Sis? You've been awful quiet."

She looked at me. "Well, I'm just so in awe of everything. It's so beautiful, but yet it just seems so surreal. We're just Bat-Ponies from a colony in the woods, and now we're at a fancy resort for a while. It almost feels like we don't belong here."

"Yeah, you're right, Starry, it kinda does. It's just not what we're used to, but yet, I can't think of any better place to have our wedding. Can you?"

She shook her head, before coming over to hug me. "No, I can't. Our beach-side wedding will be perfect!"

I hugged her back. "Yeah, it will be. In just 2 more days, we'll all be happily married."

The other Girls all hugged me too, and I asked them what they wanted to do for the rest of the day. Of course, they ALL wanted to go to the beach, and I did too, though when I suggested that we look around the rest of the resort first, I didn't get any objections.

"Ok, so we look around at the resort for a while, maybe grab a quick snack somewhere, and then go to the beach for a while?"

"Yep, that sounds like a good plan to me, Hun!"

The rest of the Girls agreed with Sandy, so that's what we did.

We had a lot of fun looking around the resort, as there was so much to look at. Just like the rooms, everything else in the resort was themed to Atlantis, from the various fountains of Poseidon, and other mermaids and Sea Nymphs, to murals of fish, and other marine life, to what seemed to be ancient underwater ruins scattered about, and of course, there were plenty of aquariums with live fish, and other sea creatures all over the place. We also saw plenty of restaurants, spas, stores, various indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a gym, saunas, a playground, and this was just inside the resort. Outside there were trails to walk on, plenty of outdoor play areas, more swimming pools, a number of bars, a fire pit area, a few more restaurants, and other such amenities. Heck, every now and again we'd hear people and Ponies whispering among themselves, and pointing to another Human or Pony off to the side, often walking with various other people and/or Ponies that were identified as minor celebrities. Anypony from actors, to musicians, golfers, authors, athletes, screenwriters, even a few war heroes and politicians. Neither me, nor any of my Girls had heard of most of these celebrities, but then again, we lived in the middle of nowhere, so that was understandable. However, there was also quite a lot of buzz about the Human-Bat-Pony hybrid seen walking around the resort with his 6 pregnant Bat-Pony fiances, and a bobcat. Yep, somehow we ourselves had become something of celebrities, however, I wasn't so sure that the fame was a good thing. Some of the whisperings seemed to be of the not very nice variety, and we kept getting a number of dirty looks, and a few rather obscene gestures were thrown at me, and my Girls.

"Well, I guess we know where we're not wanted. How about we duck out of sight for a while?" I asked them quietly.

They agreed, and we decided to get that snack first before going to the beach. I then yelled out that there was a famous movie star, and pointed to a random resort staff member (still to this day I don't think that he was very happy with me for what I did!), and as the crowds around us turned to look, we dipped out into a nearby restaurant, and took a table in the corner.

"Remember, this is just a snack, Girls, so maybe just order drinks, and an appetizer or 2. We'll get dinner after the beach, and it's still a bit early."

They all agreed, and after we ordered a few waters, as well as sodas, we also ordered mozzarella sticks, onion rings, some nachos, and some little burger sliders.

"Wow, this food is really good!" Stella said when the food arrived.

"Yeah it is, isn't it, Stella." Dawn agreed with her.

"I'm not sure. It's not Mom's cooking, but it's a pretty close second!" I laughed.

Scarlet looked over at me. "Aww, thanks, Sweetie!"

"I wonder what the wine here tastes like." Sandy wondered.

I shrugged. "I dunno. Maybe I can give you a sip later, and you can see."

"What do they put in these nachos to make them taste so good?" Starry asked before Sandy could protest.

"That's what I'd like to know too." Cherry put in. "Whatever it is though, it's amazing."

We all agreed to that. As we were eating though, Scarlet suddenly though of something. "Hey, Arctic?"

"Yeah, Mom?"

"When are we going to check on our wedding reservations, and make sure that everything is in order? And on top of that, when are Comet and Donna arriving?"

I thought for a second. "Good questions, Mom. Comet said that he and Donna will be arriving tomorrow on the Midday Train, which comes in at about 12:30pm, and then our wedding is at 5pm. As for when we'll make sure that everything is in order, we should probably do that sooner, rather than later. We'll do that after we're done eating here."

"Yeah, that sounds good."

Once we were done eating, and I paid the check, while most of the Girls went back to our rooms with Maxi to change into their swimsuits, Scarlet, Cherry and I went to the part of the resort that handled the weddings to check in with our wedding coordinator. When we arrived there a few minutes of walking later, we did have to wait in line a bit, as there were a few other couples, and 1 or 2 groups of 3 ahead of us, but once it was finally our turn, I stepped up to the wedding coordinator's desk.

The mare seated at the desk, Day Planner, looked up at me. "Yes, can I help you?"

"Yes. I'm here to check on the status of our wedding, which is being held tomorrow at 5pm. I just wanted to make sure that everything was in order."

She nodded. "Certainly! Name please?"

"Gray. Brian Gray."

She typed the name into the computer in front of her, and then she frowned. "Oh, it's you. You're the guy with the 6 fiances!" She said in an accusatory tone while glaring at me.

"Is....there a problem?" I asked nervously.

She muttered under her breath angrily, and I decided to nip that one right in the bud.

"You know, I don't see what the big problem is. Last time I checked, polygamy is legal in Equestria, with 6 spouses being the maximum. All of us are of legal age, and have consented to this. Plus, it kinda did cost a lot of money to have our wedding here, and a wedding for multiple Ponies. Why's there such a big fuss when you're making more money?"

"Because I think that polygamy should be very much ILLEGAL, and that all of you are going to Hell for your sins!"

My smile, which had been fading, vanished completely. If she was one of those religious nuts, then what the heck was she doing as a wedding coordinator in the City of Sin? And was her attitude the reason why I'd been hearing complaints from the group of 3 in front of us, as well as one of the couples who were a gay couple?

"And why I wanted this job is nopony's business but my own!" She snapped before I could even open my mouth.

I blinked. "Ok. Extreme rudeness aside, is everything going to be ready for our wedding?" I asked as calmly as I could, which was still pretty calm.

She typed on her computer again. "Let's see. You all wanted a beach-side wedding, with only a few guests, a nice cake, a minister to perform the ceremony, no dresses or tuxedos, though each of your Girls would have a veil and tiara, you would all be wearing swimsuits, you would all have wedding rings, and something about a bobcat belonging to one of you. Is that correct?"

I looked back at Scarlet and Cherry, and we talked among ourselves for a moment, before I turned back to Day Planner. "Yeah, that sounds right to us."

"Well, everything seems to be just about ready now, or will be ready tomorrow by 4:45, just in time for your wedding to start at 5pm. You'll need to report back here at 4:30pm to check in, and then be out at the beach by 5pm."

"Ok, and do I pay now?"

Day Planner nodded, and I paid for the wedding upfront. It was still more than what we wanted to spend, but it would mean that all of us would be married, and our kids would be born in wedlock, so I went through with it.

"Thank you for your purchase. Even though I don't agree with what you're doing, at all, I hope that you're happy, and enjoy your wedding here." She said with a more professional customer service tone, and even trying to smile.

"We'll certainly try!"

The 3 of us then left, all exchanging "What the f@#k was that?" looks with each other. I still had so many questions about what had just happened, and why Day Planner was a wedding coordinator at all, but I knew that I probably never would get answers to any of them. I mean after all, there are adults who hate kids, yet become teachers, and atheist chaplains in the military, so maybe it shouldn't have been too much of a shock that there was a wedding coordinator as a resort in Las Pegasus who hated gay couples, and polygamous unions. Weird, but still possible.

After we made it back to our rooms, and we'd changed into our swimsuits, as well as telling the others about the weird stuff we'd just experienced, I made sure that Maxi was sound asleep, and then we grabbed our towels, and left our room to go down to the beach. All of the girls were wearing oversized T-shirts to protect their own modesty at the time, though their pregnant bellies still stuck out a bit at the bottom. We still did get some strange looks as we made our way through the resort, but thankfully no rude comments this time. Once we were outside, we walked past the area with all the outdoor pools, down a concrete path that led down a sandy hill to a set of stairs, and then down the stairs to the beach itself.

There were a lot of people and Ponies at the beach at the time. Some were in the ocean, others were relaxing on the sand, and still others were building sandcastles, throwing Frisbees around, playing volleyball, and other fun activities. After grabbing a few beach umbrellas that were located in a large bin near the foot of the stairs, we walked maybe 50 yards towards the ocean before we set them up, and laid out our beach towels. Then, once we were all sitting down in the sand, it was time to put on the sunscreen. Of course, this had to be a group thing; everypony helped everypony else put on their sunscreen, and there was a lot of kissing and groping, though no explicit nudity, or actual sex.

"Mmm, I'll never get tired of rubbing your skin, Arctic." Dawn whispered as she and Stella helped my apply my sunscreen. "Like I've said before, it's so smooth, yet so rugged and manly. It's so exotic!"

"Thanks, Sis!"

"Hey, Arctic?" Cherry asked as I was simultaneously rubbing sunscreen onto her swollen belly.

"Yeah Cherry?"

"I was just thinking. Remember that day years ago when Mom first told you about the Birds and the Bees, and you thought that being in heat meant that I was hot, as in temperature?"

I laughed a bit. "Yeah, I still remember that. That was at a new learning experience for me. I've come a long way since then, right, Girls?"

All of them hugged me briefly, and I felt all of their swollen bellies pressing against me, as well as a few kicks from the foals within.

"Absolutely, Babe!" All of them said together.

After kissing each of them, we finished putting on our sunscreen, and then while Sandy and Cherry stayed behind to take naps in the shade, Scarlet, Stella, Dawn, Starry and I decided to walk down to the edge of the beach and swim. I reached the ocean first, and I tried to shallow-dive in, but unfortunately I miscalculated when the waves were coming in, and I dove in......only to crash face first into the wet sand, and then a wave washed over me! I jumped back up, though now my face and chest were covered in sand, and I had sand in my eyes. Luckily, I was able to get the sand out of my eyes quickly enough, and a quick dip in the ocean later, I was able to get the rest of the sand off of me. The Girls laughed a bit at what they saw, though they were quick to check if I was ok.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Girls. Thanks for checking though." I rubbed my face one more time just to make sure that I'd gotten all of the sand out. "And at least that I was sand that I face-planted into, and not rocks."

They agreed with me, and we spent the next while swimming, and splashing around. Starry was taking pictures with her camera, and eventually Stella and Dawn went to build a sandcastle, while Scarlet went to nap in the shade, and Sandy joined me in the ocean. We were sitting in the shallow water with the waves coming in around us, looking for shells. We found a few, and then just sat there, enjoying the waves coming in. I also gently began to rub Sandy's belly, and both of us could feel some pretty strong kicks coming from within.

"Wow, they're really lively today, aren't they?" I asked quietly.

Sandy gave me a look. "Yeah, no shit! I guess that they're happy to be at the ocean too!"

"Yeah, I can tell!"

After we climbed out of the water, we took a walk along the beach for a little ways. Both of us were holding hands, and it was pretty clear that we were a couple, though more than a few mares saw Sandy's belly, and asked her how many foals she was having. When they heard that Sandy was having quads, their jaws usually hit the sand, and they asked her how the heck she managed.

"Oh, it's never easy! The kicking is what really gets me. Almost 24/7 I can feel one or more little hooves hitting me in the stomach, and it can really hurt, ESPECIALLY when they start kicking my bladder! Not to mention the weird food cravings, and the crazy pregnancy mood swings. It's not easy, and I'm just 5 months along; I can't even imagine how it'll be when they're born!"

"Neither can I." I said quietly.

Eventually, Sandy and I walked back to our area, and after we lay down with the others, I was in the middle, and my Girls all formed a sort of cuddle-pile all around me, as least as much as their swollen bellies would allow anyway. Pretty soon, we were all really relaxed, and to the surprise of some, the kicking in their wombs stopped, and the foals seemed to settle down again. I kissed all of my girls again, and we enjoyed the rest of our last days of being single, as in less than 20 hours, all 7 of us would be married......or at least, I'd be married to all of them, and each of them would be married to me. It was polygamy, not polyamory. Well.....it kinda was, but not......ugh. Let's just leave it at polygamy.

By the time that the sun was almost down, we all packed up our stuff, took a few more pictures on the beach at sunset, and then we all headed back to the resort, grabbed dinner at another restaurant, and then went back to our rooms, shared several showers, and then after feeding Maxi, we all went to bed, and I made sweet, tender love to each of my wives to be. All of us were pretty tired from the day's events, and while they did want sex, none of them were up for a rough, sweaty f@#k session, so we kept the lovemaking pretty gentle. That night, we also all dreamed about our future, as well as what our wedding the next day would bring.

We woke up the next day at around 11am, and after showering, feeding Maxi again, and putting on casual clothes, we decided to grab brunch at one of the restaurants downstairs. Once again, the food was amazing, and we all enjoyed it. After we finished eating, we went back upstairs to try and figure out what we were going to do in the time between Noon and 4:30, when the phone in our room rang. Since she was the closest to it, Cherry picked it up.

"Hello? Oh hey. Yeah, he's right here." She then looked at me. "It's Comet."

I picked up the phone. "Hey, Comet."

"Hey, Arctic. I just wanted to let you know that Donna and I just got off the train here in Las Pegasus, and we're heading towards the resort. Our room is in 341, where are you guys at, and where should we meet?"

"You're in room 341? We're just down the hall in 345, and 347! And I'll come down and meet you in the resort lobby by the front desk."

"Ok, that works."

I then hung up the phone, told the Girls where I'd be, and then went down to the lobby to meet Comet and Donna. I did have to wait a few minutes, but soon enough, they came walking through the resort's front doors, and I waved them over. It had only been a few days since I'd last seen Comet, but quite a while since I'd last seen Donna. She was about 5'8, had thick, light brown hair, brown cat-like eyes, a few freckles on her nose, a thick, light brown tail, and lime-green bat-like wings. She was also wearing a T-shirt, jean shorts, and flipflops.

I shook her hand. "Hey, Donna. It's been a while. Has Comet been treating you well?"

She nodded. "Hi, Arctic, and yeah, it really has. And don't worry, he's been an absolute gentlecolt!" She then wrapped her arm around Comet's.

I smiled. "Good to hear!"

"When does the wedding start again? 5pm was it?" Comet asked.

I nodded, looking at my watch. "Yeah, though we brides and groom have to check in at about 4:30, and it's about 12:10 right now."

"And what were you guys going to do in the meantime?"

I shrugged. "I dunno, Comet. That's what we were just trying to figure out when you called me. We're not sure, but it can't be anything too strenuous, as we still have to get ready for the wedding by 4:30. Yes, it's about as casual as it comes, but we still have to shower again, and that's 6 Girls who just HAVE to have their hair, nails, makeup, and whatever the heck else done just perfectly, which takes friggin HOURS!!!" I finished sarcastically.

That got laughter from Comet, and even from Donna.

"Yeah, you're right about that, Comet! We females are pretty terrible when it comes to this. Though since you have 6 Girls, maybe they can help each other out, and make this go a little bit smoother."

"That's what I was hoping, but based on them getting ready back home for special events, don't hold your breath!"

We all laughed again, and then made our way back upstairs, as Comet and Donna still had to settle into their room before the wedding, and I had to finish planning the rest of the day with my Girls as well.

After they were settled in, we all talked about what to do. We didn't have a lot of time, and we didn't want to do anything too strenuous, or that would get us too dirty before 4pm, but we did decide to do a round of mini-golf at one of 2 mini-golf courses at the resort. The mini-golf course that we chose was pirate-themed, and it was a lot of fun. None of us had ever really done mini-golf before, but we were surprisingly good at it. All of us got at least one hole in one, and Comet and I were each tied with 4 holes in one.

"What do you think, Girls, is this fun?" I asked them.

"Yeah, it is!" Starry agreed.

I really like the pirate-theme."

"Me too!" Stella agreed with her twin.

"I'm surprised that I can even see the ball half the time with how big I am!" Sandy laughed.

We all got a chuckle out of that. It was hard for the Girls to golf while pregnant, and the rounder their bellies were, the harder it was to see the ball. Poor Sandy. With her quadruplets, I had to help her swing half the time, and show her where the ball was the other half of the time, as she kept missing it because she couldn't see it.

"But you're still having fun, right, Sandy?" I asked her.

"Yeah, I am. It's better that I'm not the only one all swollen with foals here. That way we can all laugh together about this later, especially since Starry has her camera, and keeps taking pictures. Right, Starry?"

"Right!" She called just after she snapped another picture.

It was about 3:30 by the time we finished the 18th hole, and we killed another 30 minutes after that by walking around the resort with Comet and Donna, and showing them all the sights. However, just before we left the min-golf course, we did get someone to take a group picture of all of us together. It was a bit hard for the 9 of us to squeeze together for the picture, especially with the pregnancies, but it was done, and the picture came out great. By 4pm though, it was time to start getting ready for the wedding. Comet and Donna went to their rooms to get ready, while the Girls and I went back to ours. This was going to be the biggest day of our lives, and we were going to make it count.

For Comet and I this was going to be really easy, as all we had to do was shower again, brush our thick manes and tails, preen our wings, and pull on swimsuits, T-shits, and sandals. (I planned on wearing my T-shirt to the check-in, but then remove it once the wedding began, though Comet said that he would keep his on. I told him that it was fine, and he offered to hold onto my T-shirt for me).

For Donna, all she had to do was shower, brush her mane and tail, preen her wings, and then put on some casual clothes, and sandals, but for the rest of my Girls, the Brides of the Wedding, it was a nightmare, though not for the reasons that you might think. It was taking so long because all 6 of them were trying to get ready all at once, and there were limited facilities to do that. Everypony was yelling at each other, pointing fingers, and trying to drag me into the arguments as well. I wasn't sure if it was just mares being mares, or the pregnancy hormones, or both, but I'd had enough of this.

"QUIET!!!!!" I shrieked at the top of my lungs. As soon as I screamed, our whole room became so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop. All 6 of my fiances looked at me, and I could see the guilt on their faces.

"Now then. If you are all QUITE FINISHED making jackasses out of yourselves......ON YOUR OWN F@#KING WEDDING DAY I might add, there's an INCREDIBLY easy way that we can resolve this!"

"What's that, Babe?" Scarlet asked.

"There's 6 of you, and we have 3 bathrooms available. 2 of you will use the 2 bathrooms in our rooms, and the last 2 of you can use the bathroom in Comet and Donna's room......assuming of course that you're ok with that Comet!" I added quickly, looking at Comet and Donna, who were both in our room to see what was taking so long.

They both shrugged. "Fine with us, as long as you guys don't make any messes!"

They all agreed, and then Stella and Dawn went into one bathroom, Sandy and Scarlet went into another bathroom, and Starry and Cherry both went to the bathroom in Comet and Donna's room. Once they were all FINALLY getting ready, I slumped into a chair, and Maxi jumped up into my lap for some cuddles.

"Well, this was certainly unexpected, but yet, why you should ALWAYS have multiple bathrooms if you live with multiple females!" I muttered as I stroked her fur.

Comet gave me a concerned look. "Arctic, this is only the beginning. It's only going to get a lot worse from here, ESPECIALLY when the 16 foals come!"

I gave him a look. "You think I don't know that? I've mastered the art of panicking, and never showing it aside from my hands twitching like I have Parkinson's Disease! But for the time being, we HAVE to focus on today. Let's just get this wedding over with and done, and then we can focus on the honeymoon, and THEN worry about the last 4 months of the pregnancies. Just one day at a time, and try not to focus on too much at once, otherwise your head's gonna explode!"

Comet nodded. "Yeah. And you know, that's actually some pretty good life advice. I'll have to keep that in mind for the future!"

I laughed a bit too, and then looked at my watch. 4:20. 10 minutes to check-in time. To buy the Girls more time, I called down to the wedding planner's desk to see if we all had to be there at 4:30 to check in, or if just a few of us had to be. I was told that while a few of us could be there at 4:30 to check in, if we were not all there at 4:45, we would lose our spots, and all of the stuff that we'd already bought and paid for. Plus, all of my Girls still had to be fitted with their veils, garters, and tiaras, and that would take a bit. I checked with my Girls to see who all was ready, and to my surprise, most of them were. Only Scarlet and Cherry needed more time, as their manes were pretty long and thick, even now. I told them that we were heading down to check in, as well as get them fitted with their veils, tiaras, and garters, and that they HAD to be there by 4:45, or there would be trouble. They told me that they would be ready by 4:40, and to head on down.

"Ok, just be quick, Girls!"

"We will, Arctic!" They called back.

I then took a quick look at Dawn, Stella, Sandy, and Starry. All 4 of them looked amazing in their white bikinis, even with their pregnancies (which in all honesty just made them look even sexier!) their manes and tails just looked so soft and fluffy, and just before we left the room, I put a leash on Maxi to bring her down with us, and the 4 Girls all pulled on oversized T-shirts until it was time for the wedding.

"And you look great in your black swimsuit, Babe!" Starry told me. The other Girls agreed with her.

I blushed a bit. "Eh, t-thanks, Girls. And you all look amazing in your white wedding bikinis, especially with your pregnancies!"

They all giggled a bit, and then we all went downstairs to check in for the wedding.

When we all got down there, Comet and Donna backed off a bit, and the 5 of us went up to the counter to check in with Day Planner, the wedding planner who hated her job so much. The check in process went smoothly, and while Maxi and I went to join Comet and Donna in waiting, Starry, Dawn, Stella, and Sandy stepped into a room nearby to be fitted with their veils, tiaras, and garters, and they were joined a few minutes later by Scarlet and Cherry. I was then told that a backdoor to that room led to a path that would take the Girls right to the beach when it was time for them to come out, and that once it was 4:45, we could head out to the beach to meet the minister, photographer, as well as the other "guests". (More often than not, beach weddings at the resort would attract a small crowd of spectators from the beach all around where it was taking place. They had to stay behind the roped-off area unless the wedding party said that they could be there, and they didn't get any cake, but they were welcome to watch. The same thing happened with our wedding).

At 4:45, Comet, Donna, Maxi and I all then stepped out a side door, and made our way down to the beach. The sun was starting to set, the air was warm, and there was wind coming in off the South Luna Ocean. It was such a beautiful setting for a wedding, and it was perfect for what the Girls and I had in mind.

When we arrived on the beach, we could see where the wedding would be happening. A few chairs were set up, and there was an arbor at the front where we would all be married, as well as the photographer who was ready to take pictures, as well as somepony with a laptop and speakers who would take care of the music for the wedding. I saw where the cake was, though it wouldn't be brought out until the ceremony would begin.

"Wow, that's a sweet looking cake, Arctic. You and the Girls chose well!"

I agreed. "Yeah, no kidding, Comet. That cake looks amazing!"

"And how much are you willing to bet that it tastes even better than it looks?" Donna asked.

"I'll be willing to bet a small loan of a million dollars!" Comet laughed.

All 3 of us got a good laugh out of that little joke, and I wondered how the Girls were doing with getting ready.

Back in that room in the resort, The girls were still being fitted with their veils, tiaras, and garters. Starry was still taking pictures from time to time, and all of them marveled at the work of the mare who was helping them, Lacy Bow.

"I must say that this has to be some of my finest work." She was telling them. "It's not every day that I get the chance to help with a polygamous wedding, and I've NEVER had a group as large as yours either!"

"What was your largest group?" Sandy asked.

Lacy thought for a moment. "Eh, as far as I can recall, it was 3 mares and a stallion, for a total of 4. And you all are a group of 6 mares, so with your stallion that makes 7, right at the legal limit I might add, and all of you are pregnant to boot!"

All of the Girls giggled at that, then Scarlet spoke up. "Yes, that is certainly true! All of us love our stallion very much. Brian is everything that we could have ever asked for in a stallion, or Human-Bat-Pony rather, and I know that he'll be an amazing father to the combined 16 foals in our wombs!"

When Scarlet said that, Lacy looked at her in stunned shock, and then she looked down at her belly, and at the bellies of the other mares. It soon became apparent that each of them had to be pregnant with multiple foals.

"Can....can I ask how many each?" She finally stammered.

"Twins for me." Scarlet told her.

"Same here." Cherry added.

"Same." Starry finished.

"Triplets for me."

"Just like my twin Stella, triplets."

"And I had the misfortune of having quadruplets." Sandy finished.

Lacy just shook her head. The Girls could tell that she was still in shock, and was most likely thinking that they were all crazy, but then she did manage to ask if they were all related.

"Yes, we are. Cherry, Dawn, Stella, and Starry are my daughters, and Sandy is my Sister."

Lacy just shook her head again, muttering something about me being a crazy, yet insanely virile stud, and soon to be husband. At the same time though, she finished her work on getting the Girls ready, and they all asked how they looked.

"You all look marvelous. This has been some of my finest work for a wedding like this. From your matching white bikinis, to your veils, tiaras, and garters, and you all look so stunning, even without makeup. Must be your natural Bat-Pony beauty."

All the Girls giggled, and then they all turned to each other, and began to pull each other's veils down.

"I can still remember when you married Thunder, Sis. You looked just as good then as you do now."

Scarlet blushed a bit. "T-thanks, Sis. You look amazing too. If you'd told me about a year ago that not only would you have found a stallion who could finally tame you, and get you down the aisle, I would have said that they were crazy, but now I'm not so sure!"

Sandy giggled. "Yeah, I wouldn't have believed it either, but then Arctic came along!"

"Arctic?" Lacy asked suddenly. "I thought that his name was Brian."

"It is", Sandy answered quickly. "His real name is Brian, but we all call him 'Arctic' because his mane is as white as an arctic iceberg. It's a pet-name."

Lacy nodded. "Well, that's certainly a pretty cool (pun intended!) nickname/pet-name!" She then looked at her watch. "Oh no! It's almost 5pm! Are you all ready?"

"I'm ready." Scarlet answered quickly.

"Me too", Sandy agreed.

"And we're all ready too, Mom!" Cherry answered for the rest of the Girls.

"Ok, good."

There was just enough time for all of them to snap one last picture with Starry's camera, and then they all raced out of that room, out that side door, and down the path that led to the beach.

Luckily, it only took them a minute or so to get down to the beach, and when they arrived, they saw Donna sitting in the front row, Comet and I standing in our pre-wedding positions at the back of the aisle with Maxi at my feet, the minister standing at the arbor at the front of the aisle, there was a photographer standing by, as well as a Pony with a laptop and speakers to handle the music. To their slight surprise though, there were plenty of other people and Ponies sitting in the other seats, or on their own beach chairs, or even just standing. Scarlet leaned over and asked me who they all were, and I quickly whispered that they were just ordinary folks who were on the beach, and decided to show up for the wedding, quite a common occurrence for weddings on the beach at the resort.

"There's always a crowd when they happen. They just came by to watch, and yes, they already know that they don't get any cake! And you look beautiful, by the way. All of you Girls do!"

They all said thanks, and then it was time for the wedding to begin.

When the music began, I began to walk down the aisle towards the arbor, and Comet was following along close behind me.

"Wait, what about Maxi?" Comet asked quietly as we walked.

"Don't worry, that's under control. Right now as we speak, a resort staff member is attaching the pillow with the rings on it to her back, and she'll bring them up when the time is right."

"Was that a smart idea?" Comet asked with concern.

I shrugged. "Well, the rings are secured to the pillow, and we practiced this in advance back home with Maxi before we left, so yeah, I think that it'll work out just fine."

"Eh, if you say so, Arctic."

We then reached the front, and I took my place next to the minister, and Comet took his place behind me. I then looked back down the aisle, and sure enough, I got the thumbs up from the resort staffer that he'd finished securing the pillow to Maxi's back. Then, once the music switched to "Here comes the Bride", the 6 Girls began to walk down the aisle. Starry and Cherry were in the front, followed closely by Dawn and Stella, with Sandy and Scarlet bringing up the rear. All 6 of them were walking side by side in 3 rows of 2. As the Girls walked though, they could hear whispers from the audience about them, ranging from how many wives did I actually need, to questioning how could I possibly be dealing with 6 pregnant mares. Some felt pity for me, while others were just confused about the whole affair, and were interested to see how a polygamous union of this size was going to work.

When the Girls reached the front, they joined me in front of the arbor, but then we ran into another issue; how were we all gonna stand there? After a few moments of whispered discussions, it was decided that I would stand on one side, and the Girls would form a semi-circle around me. That way I'd be able to look at all of them as I said my vows to them, just as they'd all be able to look at me. (Why didn't we think of this issue sooner? Well, we had a lot on our plates, and somehow missed this now glaring oversight). Once we were all ready, the minister then started the ceremony.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, mares and gentlecolts, kids, foals, colts and fillies of all ages, it's my....eh...pleasure I guess, to welcome you all to the wedding of Brian Gray, to Scarlet shadow, Sandy Shadow, Cherry Shadow, Dawn Shadow, Stella Shadow, and Starry Shadow."

The crowds cheered for us, though some still looked pretty confused as to why I was marrying 6 mares. The minister then continued.

"It's not very often that I perform a polygamous wedding, and I've NEVER performed one as big as this, nor one with this many pregnant mares being involved, but I guess that there's a first time for everything, right?"

Almost everyone and everypony there got at least a chuckle out of that, including the brides and I.

The minister then turned to us. "Now then, are you all ready to begin?"

I nodded. "Yes, Sir."

"Yes, I'm ready, Sir." Scarlet started.

"I'm ready too." Sandy added

"Yep." Dawn and Stella said together.

"I'm ready."

"And I'm ready too!" Starry finished.

"Excellent." The minister then looked back up the aisle. "Miss Maxi, please bring up the rings!" He called to Maxi.

Maxi however didn't move. She just kept staring.

"Um, how do I get her to come?" The minister asked me.

"Here, Maxi!" I called. "Bring up the rings!"

When she heard me call her, Maxi came bounding up to the front arbor, though thankfully the rings were tied to the pillow, which was strapped to her back, so they all stayed on while she was bounding. Once she reached the front, I untied the rings from the pillow, and while Scarlet held my ring, I held all 6 of the Girls's rings. After the rings were removed, Maxi then walked to my side, and sat down. Donna called for her to come, but of course, she was ignored. After waiting for a minute or so to see what Maxi would do, and looking to me to see what I'd say, I pretty much signaled that we should just get on with the wedding, as Maxi wasn't going to move, though I also assured the minister that she wouldn't be a problem.

"Ok then, if you say so, Mr. Gray." He then took a deep breath, and got ready to recite what were probably going to be the longest set of vows that he was ever going to read in his career.

He then turned to me. "Now then, do you, Brian Gray, take each of these Mares, Scarlet Shadow, Sandy Shadow, Cherry Shadow, Dawn Shadow, Stella Shadow, and Starry Shadow to be your lawfully wedded wives? To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, through the good times and the bad, through sickness and in health, to love them all faithfully and equally until death do you part?"

I nodded, slipping each of my rings onto the fingers each of my blushing brides. "Yes, I do. I take all of you, Cherry, Sandy, Dawn, Stella, and Starry to be my lawfully wedded wives. To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, through the good times and the bad, through sickness and in health, to love you all faithfully and equally, until death does us part.
I've loved you all for some time now, always have since we've first been together, and now that you're all pregnant, you need me more than ever, so there's one more reason for us to stick together!"

Some of those out in the crowd got a good laugh out of this, and then the minister turned to my Girls.

"And do you, Scarlet Shadow, Sandy Shadow, Cherry Shadow, Dawn Shadow, Stella Shadow, and Starry Shadow, take this Stallion to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, through the good times and the bad, through sickness and in health, to love him faithfully and equally, until death do you part?"

The Girls all looked at each other, and as Starry and Cherry slid their ring onto my finger, they all recited their vow together.

"Yes, we all do! We take you, Arctic, to be our lawfully wedded husband! To have and to hold, to love and to cherish, through the good times and the bad, through sickness and in health, to love him faithfully and equally, until death does you part!"

After this though, Starry added, "And yes, we love you too, Arctic. I always have ever since I first laid eyes on you, followed closely by my Mom, Aunt, and the rest of my Sisters, and I know that I've enjoyed our time together, and now we have the rest of our lives together to look forward too, right Girls?"

"Yeah!" The others agreed.

"Plus, yeah, you kinda did knock all of us up, so I guess that we're kinda all stuck together now, as a happy polygamous family to raise our upcoming 16 foals. Til death does us part Babe!"

"Til death does us part!" The others echoed.

"Til death does us part." I agreed.

The minister then turned to the audience present. "And do any of you have any objections to this union? If so, speak now, or forever hold your peace."

I then looked out towards the crowd. I was sincerely hoping that no one or anypony was going to say anything, but I kinda was half-hoping that someone or somepony would at least stand up to crack a joke about it. Just as I was turning back to my Girls, I heard something from the audience.

"I object!"

Everyone and everypony turned to look, and to my surprise, it was Emerald Seas, the mare who helped us with our luggage when we first arrived.

"Why do you object, Ma'am?" The minister asked.

"I object, because you, Brian Gray, stand here accused of polygamy!"

I gave her a strange look. "Huh? What do you mean? Polygamy is legal. Who's gonna press charges?" I called.

"Your wife!" She called back.

"Which one?" I asked.

I then saw her smirk. "Exactly!"

It was then that we all realized that she was just screwing with all of us, and we all started laughing.

"And your punishment is living with your wives!" She added. "Any guy willing to take multiple wives already has punishment enough, ESPECIALLY when we consider how many foals he's gonna have soon!"

Everyone and everypony laughed again, though for some of us (chiefly me!), it was a nervous laugh, as I knew that what Emerald was saying was the truth.

"But in all seriousness, I don't object. I just couldn't help myself with the jokes." Emerald then sat down again.

Once she was sitting, the minister looked around again. "Does anyone or anypony have any objections? If so, speak now, or forever hold your peace!"

This time, there was only silence.

"No one? Well then, by the power vested in my as Presider over this wedding union, I pronounce you all Husband and Wives. You may kiss your brides, Mr. Gray."

I nodded, and then one by one, I shared kisses with all 6 of my Girls. Some of the kisses lasted longer than others, and some were even french kisses, but in the end, we were all FINALLY married, and it all felt so surreal. Eventually, we all walked back down the aisle while everyone and everypony cheered for us. Some people and Ponies started throwing sand into the air in place of rice, but were quickly told to stop by myself, the Brides, and other guests, as the sand was flying everywhere, getting into eyes, noses, and mouths, as well as into bags, on chairs, and dangerously too close to lighting and camera equipment, as well as the sound station, and the cake! The sand throwing quickly stopped, and everyone and everypony involved were quickly apologizing to those who had been hit by the sand. They were forgiven, but it had really killed the mood a lot. However, the mood was quickly recaptured by the guy in charge of the music putting on a song that really fit the mood.

We all got back into the mood as we danced to this song, and after it finished, my Girls and I all danced to our real wedding song.

After the song ended, everyone and everypony else danced with us to other songs, though all too soon, we had to pack it up, as it was going to be time for the next wedding to take place on the beach. Comet and I helped clean up, and once we were all back into the resort, we cut the cake at the restaurant that we ate dinner at that night. Of course, the first pieces went to the brides and groom, so we cut off 7 small pieces, and while I was fed the first piece, I then fed a piece to all 6 of my Girls.

"This cake is amazing!" Scarlet was saying.

"Eh, I still think that I could bake it better, but I'll admit, it's a close second!"

We all laughed a bit at what Cherry had said.

"Yeah, you probably could, Babe!"

"So how does it feel to be married to 6 mares, Arctic?" Comet asked me.

I shrugged. "It's still too early to tell. The feeling of it all being too surreal to actually be real won't wear off until we're all back in Deepwood, so I'll have to let you know once I get back to the power plant."

"Fair enough."

We all kept eating, chatting, and having a grand old time.

Later that night, I finally got to share my marriage bed with my 6 beautiful wives. I wasn't sure if I would be able to handle them all, but luckily for me, they were worn out from the day's events, and were all content with gentle, quiet lovemaking.

The next morning, Comet and Donna did have to head back home to Deepwood, and I was sad to see Comet go, but I knew that we'd all be back in Deepwood soon anyway, so it wouldn't matter too much. The Girls and I really enjoyed the rest of our honeymoon, but all too soon, it was time for us to pack up, and get ready to head back to the Las Pegasus train station so that we could all get back home.

"I'm really going to miss you Guys." Emerald told the Girls as she helped us get our luggage from the resort out to the shuttle that would take us from the resort to the train station. "It was such a pleasure to have had you with us at the Atlantis Royal Palace, not to mention a pleasure to have seen your wedding firsthand."

"The pleasure was ours, Emerald." Scarlet told her, "It was nice to have met you. Maybe sometime in the future we'll have to do this again, and come back here."

"I certainly hope that that ends up being the case, Scarlet. We certainly enjoyed having you, your Daughters and Sister, your Husband, and his Bobcat with us for your wedding and honeymoon, and we look forward to seeing you again in the future."

Emerald and the Girls then traded numbers, and not too long after this, the shuttle was all loaded up, and then we all climbed on board, as did others who were leaving the resort, and we all waved as the shuttle pulled away. Soon after this, the shuttle reached the train station again, and with help from stations porters, we all got our luggage off the shuttle, over to the train, and then onto it. We all then boarded the train ourselves, and soon settled in for the long ride back to Deepwood. Maxi jumped up into my lap for the trip back, and was soon asleep. I followed her, as did Cherry and Starry, who were both leaning against my shoulders.

A few hours later, we arrived back in Deepwood. I was half-expecting there to be a crowd there to either welcome us home, or yell at us, but to my surprise, no one aside from the station staff, as well as a few passengers who were waiting on the platform really paid attention to us. Once again, I got some weird/dirty looks, but no one or anypony really said anything this time. Soon, the station porters helped us unload all of our luggage from the train, and then we carried it all back to our vehicles, which were still sitting in the station parking lot where we'd left them, loaded up everything, and then set out for home.

The drive back home was nice, and pretty soon, we were pulling up our driveway to the cabin, and after parking, the Girls took Maxi inside, and I hauled the luggage in by myself. The Girls wanted to help, but I insisted that 5-month pregnant-with-multiples mares had no business lifting luggage, and that I had it. However, they still insisted on helping at least a little, and got angry when I tried to refuse, so I let them carry the smallest of the bags. In less than 30 minutes, all of the bags were unloaded, and I hauled them to the rooms where they needed to be, and let the Girls unpack them as their leisure. I then fed Maxi, and gave her water, and then checked around the cabin just to make sure that everything was as we left it. Thankfully it was, and the house-sitters that we employed did such a wonderful job.

Later that night, we were all sitting nude in the hot tub again. The water bubbled around us, and all of my Girls were rubbing their very swollen pregnant bellies. None of us were saying too much, but our faces spoke volumes. With their due dates drawing closer and closer, some of my Girls were worried. Cherry, Stella, Dawn, and Starry, not to mention Sandy were all worried about becoming mothers, and were unsure if they would end up being good mothers or not.

"You Girls are in good company." Scarlet told them. "Back when I was pregnant with you, Cherry, I had no idea if I was going to be a good mother or not either. However, my mother believed in me, and she gave me a lot of pointers, and look at how you all turned out. I'm more than willing to pass that knowledge on to you all, and I know that all of you will be great mothers, just like I was."

"Thanks, Mom!" Her daughters said together.

"Yeah, thanks, Sis!"

Scarlet smiled. "You're welcome, Girls."

While the rest of them chatted about their upcoming foals, and Scarlet answered as many questions about childbirth, and foal-raising as she could, I briefly looked away from them, and up at the sky. Ever since the wedding, I was still really wondering if I had made the right choice by what I did.

"I got it all, but at what cost?" I wondered.

"The cost was more than it was worth." The Little Angel informed me. "You're working harder than ever, losing money at an alarming rate, and will soon have to juggle work, as well as taking care of 16 kids. 16 kids, from your Mom, Aunt, and Sisters I might add, and you're not even old enough to drink yet!"

"The cost was totally worth it!" The Little Devil cut in before I could reply. "Look at you, the envy of most stallions and Human males in Equestria! 6 wives, all of whom love to have sex with you on the regular, and yeah sure, it might have given you a few foals from your family, but it's not the end of the world!"

"A few foals?!" The Little Angel cried. "16 foals is NOT a few! That's at least 3 families worth of foals, if not more! He's not ready to take care of that many, not to mention 6 mares, to whom he's related! This was a horrible idea, and you know it!"

The Little Devil laughed. "Speak for yourself, you harp-toting Sissy! We're living the (wet)dream over here!" The Little Devil then pointed to a mini hot tub where the Little Devil versions of my Girls were relaxing, and beckoning the Little Devil to join them, which he did.

"Just keep telling yourself that, you fallen freak. Whatever helps you sleep at night." The Little Angel then pointed to the Little Angel versions of my Girls, all of whom had their hands over their mouths in stunned disbelief at what they were watching the Little Devils do in that hot tub.

I wanted to interject, but in all honesty, I had no idea what to say. Deep down, I knew that the Little Angel was right, but yet there was no way to undo what I had done. I was now stuck with the consequences, no matter how tough they were going to be.

"I just hope that this all ends ok." I thought to myself. "No matter what happens, we'll all stick together, and I'll always take care of my Girls. I'll NEVER let anything happen to them, or our foals. The worst may be coming up, but I know that we can handle it, just like we've handled everything before."

Yeah, I THOUGHT that we were going to be able to handle it, but how wrong we were. It may have been naive to assume that everything would be ok, but looking back, how were we supposed to know that all too soon, our entire world would be turned on its head in a frightful turn of events, plunging all of us headlong into war? We didn't, and while we had no way of knowing, our ignorance would unfortunately cost us in the long run.

To be continued............

Author's Note

And, that was Chapter 4.

So now Arctic is married to all 6 of his Girls, and they're starting their new life together, all while preparing for their new foals. Everything seems to be going well, but will it last? How will Arctic cope with being a dad to 16 foals? How will his wives who aren't Scarlet cope with being new mothers? Will they be able to pull through, or will it destroy them? Will Dawn and Stella be able to deliver their triplets the normal way, or will they have to have a C-section? What about Sandy? Surely there's no way that she WON'T have to have a C-section with her quadruplets, right? And what about that war that Arctic mentioned? Does that mean an actual war, or a war of controversy? And what could possibly happen next? Well, unfortunately we've come to the end of the story, but fret not; all this, and much more will be revealed in this story's sequel, coming ~~soon~~ eventually to a bookshelf near you.

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

ScarFox out for now!