Chapter One: Sunset Shimmer Surrenders

It's been about six months since my wedding to Angelfeather and the ritual worked like a charm. Both Angelfeather and Philomena are now very pregnant. And sometimes a little moody, especially Philomena. Sometimes Philomena would go through moods as women go through clothes during the first couple of months. One example was during breakfast at Fluttershy's. Fluttershy was feeding Lilly at the table as Angelfeather and I was also at the table having breakfast. Philomena wanted to sleep in, so I let her sleep. Turned out that was a mistake because after she walked into the dining room, where I was reading the paper, she burned a hole through it to get my attention. Pitty, I was enjoying the article. But after some discussion, she calmed down and apologized for burning the paper. Angelfeather wasn't nearly as bad as all that although she did have her moments sometimes during the first two months.

Now, however, their hormones have stabilized enough where there aren't any mood swings anymore with their eyes glowing with motherly warmth. It was that warmth that pulled me into staying here full time along with Philomena and Angelfeather. Because of that, Fluttershy agreed to expand her second-floor bedroom to make it bigger. Thus adding length, from door to far outside wall, to it and making a smaller back porch. The extra room was needed for the crib and a slightly larger bed for all of us to sleep in. I made sure to expand the room enough for more cribs as well, which was fine with Fluttershy and which was enough for now. Later though is another matter entirely.

Right now Fluttershy was feeding Lilly some mashed peas at the table while Philomena, Angelfeather, and I also sat at the table. Lilly was at the stage now that she was eating mashed foods and true to what we thought she is an omnivore. She's eaten very small portions of fish already and even tried putting tiny portions of chicken in mashed potatoes. She enjoyed that too. Today was simply mashed peas and I was sitting next to them reading a paper from Griffonstone. After not liking what I was reading, I folded it, put it down with a frustrated sigh, then relaxed in the chair while putting an arm around Fluttershy.

While running my fingers through Fluttershy's long thick mane, I looked over at Angelfeather beside me. She had the same look on her face. "When Scyllia's mother mentioned me being King, I never thought that it would go beyond them. Much less start a movement where I'm king, your queen, and the general public wants to return to the old ways of doing things." I reached over with my other arm putting it around Angelfeather as well, "When we married, I knew that it would create waves, even with your father's dealings. But I never thought that the public would go so far as to reject him and demand us to return to Griffonstone to rule in their place."

"It appears that our little spat at the wedding got around," she said, turning her head to rub her cheek against my arm while holding her baby belly in both hands.

I gave her a nod while massaging her neck. "And after it got around griffons started discussing it, investigating the claims, and didn't like it once they found out what he's been doing especially to you. Since then he's lost support even among his most trusted supporters in the capital. At that point, the cry from the general public has only gotten louder." During a pause, I turned to Lilly as she giggled at trying to grab the spoon Fluttershy was holding. It brought a smile instantly to me making me nearly forget of all my troubles. "Which puts us in a pickle, doesn't it?" I asked turning back to Angelfeather.

"No ruler can rule a kingdom from a foreign land and the citizens won't accept my father anymore," she said while saying the word father as if it left a bad taste in her mouth with a look to match. Not that I blame her any. Anyone would probably feel the same at their father selling their daughter for money and political expediency.

"And I don't think forming a council or committee as Cadence has done in the Crystal Empire will work for griffons, will it?"

It was a rhetorical statement, but Angelfeather shook her head anyway. "No, it won't."

"Which brings us to what are we going to do? I can't leave because my life is here and that's the same for you. Your life is with me and our child. And I have no idea what to do."

"Then think of Cadence showing up," Philomena said drawing my attention to her. And she was smiling when she said, "she is part of our herd now." Her word usage has really improved by leaps and bounds since her transformation almost a year ago. Cadence showing up did put a smile on my face.

"She really wants a foal," Fluttershy commented drawing my eyes to Lilly's happy giggling face. Which made me remove my hand from Fluttershy's hair and wiggle a finger against my daughter's belly as she sat on the table next to me. Kids easily laugh and she laughed and giggled at her daddy playing with her, even trying to grab my fingers. Which I let her do after a few seconds. "I'm so happy with you, Fred, and with our daughter Lilly. And Cadence needs something to brighten up her life right now." Fluttershy looked at me with a figurative glow in her eyes then raised her hand, put it against my cheek, and drew my head in for a slow lingering kiss. "Love her, Fred. Like you love me, like you love Angelfeather, like you love Philomena, and the rest of us girls."

"Yes, let us put Griffonstone aside for now," it was Angelfeather's turn to draw me in so she can rub her cheek against mine. "She needs your love."

"I agree with you girls that she needs someone right now," I told them as my daughter was silenced due to her suckling on my finger. "And I've finally come to grips with my role in Shining Armor's death and my relationship with Cadence. Plus, thanks to the blessing from you girls I'm ready for an intimate relationship with her."

"Yes, we welcome her into the herd," Philomena said smiling at me playing with my daughter.

"She should be on her way here," Fluttershy said as she stood up and began gathering up the plates and silverware. "I'll clean up a bit."

"Alright," I smiled at her and watched her naked self hum happily while gathering the plates and silverware. Her wings fluttered with her hips and tail swaying slightly as she walked around the table. I'll say again and again that Fluttershy is truly a living angel. Kind, gentle, a wonderful mother, and has a natural beauty that makes me immensely happy that she's all mine. While Fluttershy walked into the kitchen with the dishes, I leaned over and picked up my giggling cooing daughter in my arms. When I started blowing on her small belly, she tried grabbing my cheeks with her small hands and laughing happily.

About a minute later, I heard the door open and Cadence's voice cooing, "Aww that's soo cute."

I looked around my daughter to see Cadence, fully dressed in a single-piece light pink sundress, standing in the open doorway. "Hi Cadence," I greeted her with a smile.

"Hi Cadence," Fluttershy greeted as well while walking back into the dining room and taking her seat at the table again. "Come on in and make yourself at home."

She shut the door first then put her hand to her lips looking like she did something wrong. "Oh dear, am I overdressed?" she asked teasingly with a wink. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Fluttershy, Angelfeather, and Philomena wink at one another giggling a little. "Well that is easily solved," she said while I watched her walk through the living room. Her eyes were locked onto mine as she walked, her hips and tail swaying slightly with each hoof step, and her hands reaching up to the straps of her dress. It was only when she walked around the table and up to me did she pull down the straps off her shoulders, lowered her arms, and let the dress fall to the floor. Now standing in just her bra and panties, she reached out and gently rubbed my daughter's back. Then looked down and met my eyes with hers filled with longing and desire. "When I told your mother and Aunty Luna about my desire to have a foal with you and live with you in Ponyville. They were unsure at first. But after some talking, they could understand my desires. Your mother especially." The girls were also watching as Cadence reached behind her to unclasp her bra. "I'm not the ruler of the Crystal Empire anymore, Fred."

The bottom part of her bra fell loose and with her eyes filled with desire for me, she reached up and lowered the straps of her bra letting it fall to the floor. Her plump luscious beautiful looking breasts hung free for me to see and fondle with her pink hard nipples poking through her pink coat for my lips to suckle on as my daughter does to her mother's. "I'm simply Cadence now." I watched her hands rub down her chest to cup her breasts, squeezing them in her hands. "I want to have a foal and have my foal suckle on my nipples." As she squeezed her nipples between a couple of fingers letting out a soft moan without reservation or embarrassment. What she was doing did a good job of getting me aroused and in the mood which was obvious for anypony to see considering all of us were naked. She looked down at my hard saluting penis and grinned. "And not just my foal, but you as well, Fred. I'm here for you as well. I want your lips suckling on my hard aroused nipples as well. And your hands massaging my breasts."

Then with a sigh, she let go of her nipples and rubbed down her stomach to her waist. Where she gripped the rim of her panties, pushed them down, and stepped out of them. "I know what kind of man you are. I know that you won't ever leave me. I know that you will love our foal and raise our foal." Using both hands she reached down and pulled her pussy lips aside exposing her tender entrance. "And I want you right here, Fred. Put your hard cock inside of me and put your seed inside of me." I've never seen her like this before and it was totally heart-pounding hot. I still had my daughter in my hands until Fluttershy reached over with an amused giggle taking Lilly from me. That gave Cadence the opportunity to use her magic and turn my armless chair around to face her fully. Then put her hands on my shoulders and straddled me positioning her pussy lips just over the head of my cock.

"Mate with her," Philomena said while rubbing her baby belly, her voice sounding sultry with desire.

Angelfeather leaned over to whisper in my ear, "Love her, husband. Impregnate her, my husband."

"She's our herd sister now, Fred," Fluttershy whispered lustfully in my other ear. "Welcome her. Love her. And take her as yours."

With seemingly their permission, Cadence lowered herself onto me slowly and lowered her head down giving me a long moaning passionate kiss. My heart was pounding in my chest as her pussy lips parted around the head. "Stimulate her wings," Fluttershy whispered in my ear, taking my hand, and put it between her wings, "to arouse her more." Cadence moaned her approval into her mouth with an "Mhmm" as she slowly lowered herself fully onto me as if wanting to make the first time with me last as long as possible. She was already wet as her warm wet walls slipped over my hard shaft.

When I was fully sheathed inside of her, she broke the kiss and leaned back to gaze lustfully into my eyes. Then took my other hand in hers, lowered her head, put it on my shoulder, and then put my hand on her horn. "Now stimulate my horn as if you were pleasuring yourself." So, I did and started massaging between her wings and rubbed her horn as if jacking off. "Yes. Did Twilight tell you that there is no greater orgasmic climax for an alicorn than having sex while our wings and horn are stimulated?" She planted her feet on the floor and raised herself almost completely off of me before lowering herself down again. This time with more force than before and another long loud moan.

"No, she didn't," was my aroused and heated soft reply.

"Then keep your eyes open and watching my horn at the end for the fireworks," she said as she lowered herself completely once more. So, I kept my eyes open and urged her to lift her head a little so I could get a better look. She raised her head off my shoulder as she began riding me slowly. With my fingers working between her wings, her wings were risen stiff and wide with sexual arousal. My other hand was busy rubbing her horn which felt almost bone-like. Her eyes opened and locked onto mine just inches away with the wet soft slapping sound of our sex filled the room. Her body, however, was pressed against mine so her breasts were pressed against my chest and her nipples rubbing against my skin. "Oh, buck, Fred," she breathed softly, "just like that. Buck, you feel soo bucking good."

"Pleasure our herd sister," Angelfeather lustfully moaned into my ear.

Cadence's eyes widened and never looked away from me as she sped up slapping her waist down upon mine. My fingers digging into her coat between her wings making them shake slightly they were so stiff. "More, Fred," she growled at me as my own wings were also risen and stiff with arousal. I couldn't look away from her as her walls massaged my cock in all the right ways demanding that my body prepare to release into her.

"Mate with her," Philomena said huskily.

"Yes, Fred," Cadence's voice was more aggressive as her pace against me got more frantic and urgent for release. "Rub my...mm...horn quicker...feel it getting warm?"

"Yes," I moaned my reply.

"Make her yours, Fred," Fluttershy whispered into my ear again as she urged me forward just enough to rub her own fingers between my wings.

It had a similar effect making me gasp at the sudden onslaught of pleasure. "My warm horn will start glowing as I get...oh buck yes...close to an orgasm," Cadence told me as she leaned in lip-locking me in a passionate lustful kiss. I was lost in the moment, in the passionate lust-filled sex, and the want to release into her. Her warm wet walls of her pussy were bringing me to my own climax release. "So, let your pony side loose," she broke the kiss, locked her eyes on me, and growled out while gripping my shoulders, "let it out." The world started falling away again as my mind was filled with nothing but the eye-rolling feeling of myself deep inside of her. And my want to make her mine and fill her. "That's it," I barely heard as the wet slapping sound of sex filled my ears, "more. Make me yours, Fred. Make me your bitch." At this point, my ears were ringing with the wet sounds of sex, my body humming for sexual release, and then my vision began to be filled with the bright glow from Cadence's horn. "Yes...oh buck...oh buck," Cadence's curse-filled my ears as my body started demanding I release into her. "Fred," her voice was soft as her body screamed for release. Then she gasped suddenly as my vision was filled with her magical aura right before she slammed herself down upon me one last time as our bodies reached our climax. While her body gripped, pulled, and milked my cock, her fingers gripped my shoulders so hard I thought her fingernails would dig into my skin. That wasn't all. As her body milked me, her horn sparked with magical energy making my right wing feel hot and tingle as if it was being hit with electricity. To anyone outside watching the cottage, it would appear as if the windows suddenly brightened with magical beams of light shining out of each window.

The next thing I knew, I was holding Cadence as we basked in the afterglow of our sex with one hand tingling as if it was waking up from blood loss. Both of us were panting heavily and sweating due to sexual exertion with her head resting on my shoulder and giggling with each deep breath. As my vision returned back to normal, I looked around to see the shocked faces of Fluttershy, Angelfeather, and Philomena at the same time the front door opened. And Twilight's urgent voice, sounding almost in a panic, "I saw the flash of magic, is everything...al...right?" Turning my head, I watched Twilight walk over to us through the living room also with a shocked look on her face. Did Cadence not mention to her that she was joining the herd? I believe that she did and she was fine with it, so why the shocked faces?

I got my answer when Twilight walked up behind Cadence and lifted one of her wings. It was black. "Why is Cadence's wing black?" she asked, then gasped at something behind me. At first, I thought it was something on the table until she moved to the side a little and lifted one of my wings. "One of yours is pink!" she said softly with her voice filled with shock and awe.

"It changed when her horn glowed with magic when they finished," Fluttershy told her while still holding our daughter with her wings around her.

"I've never seen that before," Angelfeather commented also looking as shocked as I felt.

"Why?" Philomena asked, also curious.

"Twilight?" Cadence asked, lifting her head to look up, and her voice sounding like she didn't realize that anything happened yet.

"I remember you saying that you wanted a foal with Fred," Twilight said to us. "And told me that you also wanted to live in Ponyville and join the herd. But I never expected a wing color change."

"Wing color change?" Cadence asked as she straightened up and lifted her wings to check. She stared at the black wing first before looking at my new pink wing that Twilight was holding.

"It's only a legend," Twilight explained while sounding both happy, excited, and in awe that a legend suddenly happened. "Supposedly happening only one other time in recorded Equestrian history." She paused as all eyes went to her for an explanation. "Oh...um...legend says that the two it happened to had the deepest and strongest physical, magical, and emotional connection between them. They also lived the longest among non-Alicorn races. But considering Cadence is an Alicorn and Fred is basically the human slash pony version of a male Alicorn with the same magical power level, this is unprecedented. You two could have benefits that are completely unforeseen. Possibly living just as long if not longer than Celestia or Luna."

Cadence and I looked to each other in shock with unspoken questions in our eyes of just what was to come. One of those questions in my mind was wondering if that means that our connection is stronger between us than it was between her and Shining Armor? Was it always meant to be? What does this mean now for our relationship? I didn't know, but I was going to try my hardest to be the perfect mate for her. All that was forgotten when Cadence wiggled against me with a grin then turned to Twilight with the same grin. "He's still hard and ready, Twilight." She lifted off of me with a satisfied giggle showing her my still hard cock. "You want a ride?"

Twilight's eyes instantly went south and paused when her eyes locked onto it. After a short pause of looking like she was thinking it over, she shook her head as if bringing herself out of a trance. "I'm afraid that we don't have any more time for that."

Cadence got off of me completely and faced Twilight, now curious if something was wrong. "Why? Something wrong, Twilight?"

"I'm afraid so, Cadence." Twilight suddenly looked both saddened and a little nervous as she tapped two fingers together. "You see, I got a message last night." We continued to wait as she paused as if not wanting to say it. "From Canterlot High School." She was watching me when it finally clicked for me.

"Wait," I held up a hand. "How could you even get a message from there here in this world?"

Now she looked even more nervous, "Well...when your Mother was young and learning from Starswirl the Bearded, he created two books for her that she could use to communicate with anypony at any time anywhere. It even works between dimensions and worlds...apparently." She kept her eyes on me as if gauging my reaction while continuing to tap her fingers together nervously.

"Oh...kay, well Mother is still here in this world and I don't remember mom having any special journal, so who did Mother give the second journal to?" I asked her, narrowing my eyes a little because I feared that I knew the answer to that question.

She paused while looking down first, then locked eyes on me as if steeling herself. "Sunset Shimmer."

Now my heart was pounding for another reason. Blueblood sent her into the human world to hunt me down and murder me. So, why would she even have that journal much less use it to contact Equestria? After taking a slow deep calming breath, I asked, "Please, explain."

She didn't seem quite that nervous anymore as she took her own breath. "Sunset Shimmer used to be a student of your Mother's. Apparently, she still was a student when she took me on as one. To make a long story short, there was a falling out between them. Because even though she was magically talented, she wanted power as you might have guessed already."

"Yes, she certainly showed that at school," I nodded to her, commenting on that rather stiffly. Cadence sat back down on my lap while Twilight explained and even wrapped my arms around her waist.

"Yes. Because of their falling out, Blueblood sought her out to kill you knowing that it would be the perfect way to get back at your mother for not allowing her to seek the vast power she wanted. Then she came back to steal my crown to help her find and kill you. And the rest is history...until last night when she messaged me through the journal."

"What does she want? Does she know that Blueblood gave her away?" I asked, urgently wanting to know more.

"She told me that there are three girls that call themselves 'The Dazzlings' and are using their powers of a song to gain magic. And from what she said about them they are the legendary sirens from Equestria. They were once beautiful creatures that used singing to sow division among ponies. It's through that division they are able to absorb any and all magic. And she's also told me that they have already gotten to your mom and Aunt Luna through some sort of hypnotism or brainwashing. They've convinced her to create a music competition, so they can sing some more and gain more magical power."

"Alright, but there's nothing we can do about it because we can't cross over again. The portal is still closed."

"Not anymore, Fred." When she said that my heart jumped at the thought of crossing back over again. "Ever since last night I've been doing research about the sirens...and about artificially powering the portal." She paused while all eyes were on her, especially mine awaiting for the rest. Did she accomplish it? "This morning I got a personal delivery of books from your mother herself for my library. And the journal was one of them. She then explained to me what the book was and Sunset's history with her. In short, I used the journal as the power source of the portal. The portal is open, your mom, Luna, and your friends are in trouble. And yes, Sunset knows about Blueblood and that we know why she was sent to the human world. I told her through the book with your mother there."

I stood up from the chair and headed toward the stairs, "I'm going to get dressed. The rest of you should as well. I'm going after Sunset."

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"Believe me, I know how you feel, my sunshine boy," Mother was saying to me as we stood in Twilight's library room with everypony there. My mother, Aunt Luna, Angelfeather, Philomena, Harmony, Twilight, and the rest of the girls were all there as Mother and I stood in front of the open mirror portal. Mother was holding my hands with a pleading look in her eyes. "But I don't want to sentence her to death because if you bring her back that would be her sentence. I've always held hope for her all these years that she would turn herself around."

"I'm sorry, but I can't promise that Mother," I said to her as gently as I could while letting go of her hand. "She has to pay for her crime." The look in Mother's eyes almost had me turning back on what I wanted to do. Almost. "Twilight, you coming?" I asked to get her attention. I saw her look between my mother and I then give me a slow nod. And with that, I turned toward the open mirror portal. And stepped through it. Once again it felt like being shoved through a cat door, but it wasn't that bad this time. This time I was stepping through it to return to the human world where I grew up. I didn't expect Sunset to be there but expected that I would have to go find her. I did expect Mom and Aunt Luna to be there. And in either case, I expected the girls to be there. What I found, after stepping through the other side, was Sunset Shimmer standing in front of Rainbow, Fluttershy, Pinkie, AJ, and Rarity all in school uniforms. Mom and Aunt Luna weren't there. The girls were definitely excited to see me but those smiles and happy gasps turned to shock and awe when I walked up to Sunset Shimmer with my wings spread.

"Oh my," I heart Fluttershy gasped in awe.

"Whoa! Cool wings, dude," Rainbow's voice sounded like she was fangasming on a hero and looked at me with wide eyes of shock and awe. Before her voice softened and even chuckled a little, "Though he gets points off for the pink wing."

Right now, I just had eyes for Sunset. As my eyes locked onto hers, I watched as her own eyes widened in shock, awe, and even fear. Given everything that I've experienced with Blueblood and how he killed my father and paid her, I'll admit to liking that look of fear in her eyes. She was even in the school's uniform of a purple skirt and blue shirt with the yellow horseshoe in the center of it.

"Whole body shake," I heard Pinkie whisper, "it's a doozy."

"Fred, darling," Rarity said softly as a way to get me to calm down or have some mercy on Sunset.

"She told us everything, Fred," AJ said to me as I'm sure the look on my face wasn't exactly friendly or inviting at the moment. As AJ spoke, Sunset's look of awe left her and was replaced by fear alone. "And while we were definitely shocked by what she said, she's different now. She's turned herself around."

That's when I felt Twilight's gentle hand on my arm. "Fred? I fell in love with you because of who you are. And I'm still in love with you because of who you are. And you aren't a man for vengeance no matter how angry you are." Rarity whispered "In love" softly. "Don't do this."

"Don't do what?" Rainbow questioned sounding a little confused.

"She told you that she was sent to kill Fred?"

"Yeah, Twilight, she did but it didn't work and she's turned over a new leaf," Rainbow nodded with a slight shrug. "We got people going to prison for murder and get out in a few years and some turn over a new leaf."

"And if they plot to kill the president?" I asked while looking at Rainbow to make a point. "What would the punishment be then? Or the prince of England?" The look on her face then told me that she understood because of the frown that suddenly appeared on it. So, then I turned to Sunset, lifted up a hand to activate my magic, and used my magic to magically pin her hands behind her as if using cuffs. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't haul you back to Equestria to face your crimes?"

She kept her head down and her voice filled with regret as she said, "I have none...my prince."

That got my anger up a little, "You have no right to call me that."

"I'm sorry," she quickly said with fear in her voice, "you're right. I don't. I was paid by Blueblood, who killed your father, to come here and kill you. I can't give you a good reason not to take me back and face my capital punishment. But..." She paused and even lifted her head to look me in the eye. I saw genuine regret in hers as she spoke again. "These girls, your friends, have shown me a better way. The way of friendship and its power. Even after telling them about why I'm here they still consider me their friend. I can also say that I genuinely regret my actions. And I'm genuinely and deeply sorry for what I've done."

While I was looking down at her with everyone quiet and nothing but the soft sound of the wind through the trees in my ears, I heard something else. A soft gentle voice that sounded like Twilight in my head. Hear me, sweet Fred. Please return, so I may speak with you. Because Twilight was standing here with me, still with a hand on my arm, I knew that it was the Tree of Harmony herself. I was conflicted on what to do, so with a frustrated sigh, I looked to Twilight. "Stay here and watch her," I said to her and turned around letting Sunset free of my magical cuffs.

"Where are you going?" she asked as I stepped up to the portal.

"To speak with the Tree of Harmony. She wants to talk to me," I said without turning my head then walked back into the portal again. Everypony looked over at me expectantly after reappearing back in Equestria and was a little confused plus concerned when I didn't return with either Twilight or Sunset Shimmer. I held up a hand before they could ask, "I haven't decided anything yet. The Tree of Harmony wants to speak with me." With a nod from my mother, I saw the transparent crystallized Twilight standing at the door, so I walked toward the door and followed the Tree out of the room. And followed her into the adjacent guest bedroom.

Right after I sat down on the foot of the bed, she walked over and sat next to me. And even though she was transparent and only I could see her, somehow I could still feel the arm she put around my waist to pull me against her. The bed even showed a depression in the mattress because she was sitting on it. "I can tell that you are hurting and angry," she said in a soft soothing voice that sounded a little ghostly as she raised a hand to gently turn my head to her. "She reminds you of your loss. I don't know how that feels, but I can tell you that she does have a purpose in the other world." She pulled my head in for a gentle soothing kiss that cooled my anger. "Remember when I wanted you to bring Twilight to me and she and I switched for a short time, so we could make love?" I nodded to her. "I wanted to experience what it was like to be loved by a man who wants harmony. A just man. You know I gave you black wings because of the darkness in your heart. And that darkness is what is strongest in you right now. Please, don't let that darkness rule your gentle heart. This is one of the hardest decisions of your life." She paused then leaned in to kiss me again, "Let go of your anger. Let her go."

With a sigh, I let my heart ache and leaned against her. It helped that she pulled my head down to rest it on her bare chest. And somehow it felt like Twilight's real chest. Even felt the fur coat under my fingers as I wrapped my arms around her. "Feel better?" she asked after a couple of minutes.

"Yes, I do," I said to her with my head between her plump beautiful breasts.

"What have you decided?" she asked gently while rubbing my head. Which felt really good.

"I'll banish her from Equestria for the rest of her natural life," I told her. "She gets a punishment other than death and stays in the human world where you say she has a purpose."

"Thank you," she whispered. "I gave you that pink wing. You and Cadence have an important role here in Equestria. So you both should have the strongest bond that I can give. Open your heart completely to her. Let her know you better than she knows herself."

"Alright," I said, relenting to her request.

She brought my head up for another soft kiss saying softly, "Thank you. Now return through the portal. Your mom and your Aunt Luna need you." After saying that she gently urged me to get up and she disappeared after I did. And so, with nothing else here, I walked out of the room to return to the portal.

All eyes turned to me after I opened the door. Mother didn't have to ask anything for me to know what question was on her mind. "Her punishment is banishment from Equestria," I told her. Mother immediately pulled me in for a hug.

"I know how hard of a decision that was for you, my sunshine boy," her voice was a little hoarse with mixed emotions.

"I want to go with you," I heard from Philomena.

"You can't," I told her gently. "For one thing, I don't know what transformation you will go through after you walk through the portal. And for two, you're pregnant. It's not worth the risk."

"He's right, Philomena," Mother said as Philomena walked over to us. "It's not worth the risk."

Philomena was downhearted about it but agreed with a nod of her head. Turning to her, I pulled her in for a hug, rubbing my cheek against hers then kissing her cheek. "I love you all girls," I said to them before turning and walking back through the portal. All eyes met mine, especially Sunset's after I walked back through and spread my wings. Walking up to her, I looked down at her eyes that were filled with uncertainty and fear. "Sunset Shimmer, I Fred Justice, as a Prince of Equestria, hereby sentence you to be banished from ever setting foot in Equestria for the rest of your natural life." Her body sagged as she looked relieved at her sentence. I saw Twilight smile out of the corner of my eye. "However," I continued and lifted a finger in front of her face, "if you ever set foot in Equestria again your sentence shall be immediately carried out. Do you understand?"

"I understand," she said to me and the look I saw in her eyes told me that she understood as well. The girls walked up to Sunset giving her a group hug as Twilight put her arm in mine and gave me a wide hearty smile when I looked down at her. After about a minute or so of celebrating, they separated and Rainbow spoke up first.

"Alright, so what now?"

"One thing I want to know is how Twilight fell in love with our dear Fred?" Rarity asked, teasingly giving us a smirk and wiggling her eyebrows at her.

Twilight leaned against me, smiling, "It didn't happen overnight. But he did win me over." She paused to look up at me with a roll of her eyes, "Although he does rub my fur the wrong way sometimes."

"Every man does that, darling."

"Yeah, my brother does that to me a lot too," AJ said with a chuckle. "But what about Flash?"

I didn't think of his name either until AJ mentioned him. At the same time, I slapped a hand to my face, Twilight hung her head. Twilight answered for me as she sighed, sounding like she had a heavy heart, "We'll just have to cross that bridge when we come to it."

"I was dealing with so much in Equestria that I completely forgot that he had a thing for Twilight," I told them. "For now, why don't we go somewhere and catch up? And tell us more about these three girls that have practically brainwashed my mom and Aunt Luna?"

"Awesome, it's Saturday dude," Rainbow cheered as she walked up to me and lightly punched my chest, "we can go wherever we want." Right after she said that I heard a clink behind me like the sound of multiple coins. And true to my ears, I looked back to see a large bag on the ground. I looked into the bag, after picking it up, to find a large number of Equestrian coins inside. It was heavy, so it was probably around one hundred or so coins. "What's that?" Rainbow asked walking up. With a smirk, I took out one of the coins and held it up. "Is that a gold coin?"

"Yep, one hundred percent solid gold coins," I confirmed for them.

"Tarnation! Just a few of those would do us a world of good on the farm."

"I think that was the point, AJ," I told her with a wink. "Which is why, I think, that Mother sent such a large bag. There are at least one hundred coins in here if not more. So, for now, each of you will get ten each." All their eyes lit up with dollar signs, not that I blamed them any. Over a few minutes, I handed out ten coins each. And while the girls were counting their coins and not looking, I even handed over a few to Sunset while whispering quietly, "Don't make me regret this." She seemed to take the coins gratefully with a slow nod seemingly understanding my underlying message to her. After that, I announced that lunch would be on me while shaking the bag. Luckily, AJ remembered a coin shop that also paid a coin's weight in precious metal. This means, after an hour I was one coin less and sixteen hundred bucks richer in this world.

The restaurant we went to was one at the edge of town that had a bit of everything. It wasn't a small mom-and-pop shop but it wasn't a national chain either. After we arrived in separate cars, Fluttershy asked for the table in the back of the restaurant where the lighting was darker. The lighting was mood lighting, to begin with, or about the equivalent of a forty-watt bulb. And the layout was simple. From the entrance, the kitchen and bathrooms were to our left with the tables in front of us. The table was a round table with a single round bench seat that went most of the way around the table. And even though it wasn't a fancy restaurant, it did have a nice table cloth on it that went just past our knees to protect the table. I sat in the middle of the table while Fluttershy took one side of me and Twilight sat on the other side. Sunset took the seat opposite me at one end of the long half-circle bench seat.

After we sat down the waiter came by and took our orders. Rarity had wine and salad, Fluttershy had water and salad, AJ and Rainbow had a burger and coke, Pinkie had coke and a cold cut sandwich then joked that she didn't want to go into surgery because she wasn't hungry, and Sunset also had water and a salad. Only I got Pinkie's joke. While we waited for our orders, I sat back and put an arm around both Twilight and Fluttershy as we talked.

"Yeah, so they just showed up the other day and went straight for Celestia and Luna first," Rainbow started explaining.

"And apparently that was to force them to set up the battle of the bands," AJ continued while she took leaned forward on the table.

"Yes, I remember being schooled on the sirens," Sunset told us. "Nobody in Equestria really knew how they were created. Only that they used their songs to sow anger between friends and family thus releasing magic. Once the magic was released, they would absorb that magic thus increasing their power."

While they spoke, Fluttershy quietly scooted closer, leaned against me, and put her hand on my upper leg. And started rubbing gently. It felt nice, so I started gently scratching the necks of both Twilight and Fluttershy both.

"And those meanies are now doing that here," Pinkie huffed out, crossing her arms over her chest. "We have to do something."

"We get our pony powers when we sing," Rainbow pointed out, thinking out loud. "So, combat their singing with songs of our own?"

I felt Fluttershy move the table cloth up and over my crotch area to cover my stomach. Which was odd, but I paid it no mind. However, she surprised me when she put the palm of her hand right on my crotch over my shorts. And while looking like she was simply cuddling with me with one arm behind me, her other hand was now slowly rubbing against my soft cock within my shorts. After taking a quick glance her way, I saw that her face looked completely innocent. The best poker face I've ever seen. It was such a bold and risky move for her. Kind of like her Equestrian counterpart as she too was starting to get really bold. It was kind of hot. I tried to hide it by moving just my leg on her side closer to her to open up more for her. She took advantage of that and massaged me harder while staying agonizingly slow. And so far nobody was the wiser or knew that anything untoward was going on.

"That might work?" Twilight questioned.

"From what I can remember," Sunset mused thoughtfully, "there were only three ways to defeat them. Kill them outright, overpower their gems with magic to destroy the gems thus their power, or possibly seduce them."

"Sunset!" Rarity didn't shout but she didn't use her normal voice either she was so shocked. She wasn't the only one. She softened her voice almost to a whisper to say, "You cannot be serious."

"That's what I remember," Sunset said back with a shrug. "However, I wouldn't really count on that last one. The only one of us even capable would be Fred. And I doubt that these girls are even capable of being seduced."

"I don't know about seducing, but maybe they could be talked out of it?" I shrugged, uncertain if even that would go anywhere. "Though I wouldn't count on that either." Fluttershy remained silent while leaning against me with her fingers massaging up and down my now hard cock inside my shorts. She was a sly one because using just her fingers, there would be no indication that she was actually doing anything. No arm movement. She did, however, put one of her legs over mine to pull my leg over more giving her more room and to keep me from closing it. And by the look on her face, she was enjoying it as much as I was. I didn't have any undies on either, so there were only my shorts between her fingers and my now hard cock. And she knew it too.

"Without watching them more closely to gauge their personalities, we really can't know which course of action is the best," Twilight mused aloud, leaning forward on the table and sipping her water.

"Detective Pinkie is on the case," Pinkie saluted comically making everyone chuckle or giggle at her antics. "Nobody ever noticed Pinkie Pie when she spies." She paused when a couple of waiters came with our food. I had a simple turkey sandwich and a large coke because it's been a while since having a nice meaty sandwich and a coke.

Now that the discussion about the sirens was over for the moment, they focused their questions on me. And the first one was from Rarity when she looked over at me, sipped her wine, and asked with a wink, "So tell me, our darling Fred. Twilight mentioned her falling in love with you. Who else in Equestria has fallen in love with you?"

That question was such a broadside to me and the other girls that Fluttershy spilled some of her water on her shirt and skirt. "Oh dear, Rarity," Fluttershy blushed as she used the thick large napkin to dry the water with, "such a question!"

"Oh come now, a girl wants to know," Rarity's smirk held mirth in it as the rumor sleuth in her scented a good gossip story.

I looked over to Twilight and just shrugged with a short nod letting me know to just go ahead and tell them. So, I put down my sandwich, grabbed my coke, and thought about where to begin. "Remember that in Equestria all humans were considered slaves. Were being the operative word because human slavery is now outlawed thankfully. But because of some prejudice, some of your counterparts were a little difficult to come around to see the light so to speak." I waited to gauge their reaction as Fluttershy quietly ate her salad while listening. As did Rainbow, AJ, Twilight, and Sunset.

"I suppose that was to be expected," Rarity said softly while sipping her wine though clearly didn't like the idea of it. "Would you tell us about them?"

With a nod, I sipped my coke and sat back. "Fluttershy's counterpart didn't need convincing. She was already dealing with humans as equals, so besides Twilight here she was the first to really befriend me. Pinkie's counterpart was friendly at the start too, so we also became fast friends." Then looked over to Rainbow and AJ. "Rainbow's counterpart took a little bit of work. However, not nearly as much work as AJ."

"Mine? Why?" she asked, looked, and sounded shocked.

"Your counterpart owned humans slaves to work on the farm, AJ." The look on her face fell to that of shame and cursed softly. "Turned out my father was raised on that farm, interesting enough. He had a Cary Grant rough look to him and even though he didn't have a formal education he was a very down-to-earth man. So much that Equestria's Granny wanted to kill him outright." They all gasped at that. All but Sunset, which stood to reason considering she was raised in Equestria. Fluttershy cooed "Oh my" at me and hugged me as if to comfort me, slipping one hand behind me again and one hand back under the table cloth again. And Immediately started rubbing my now limp cock once more. "Fortunately for me, she wasn't able to because AJ's mother, Pear Butter, stopped her. After that, Granny sold him on the market." This was when I smirked at the memory which accomplished two things. One was that it was simply ironic and I enjoyed telling it. And two was to hide my growing arousal and hardening cock because of Fluttershy fingering my cock in my shorts again. "And that's where my birth-mother met him. He was sold because Granny didn't like a human that thinks. And after my father told my birth-mother that he didn't appreciate the way she ran her country and for all humans to be equal with ponies, well she didn't like that either." All their focus was on me and the story I was telling so much that they didn't notice Fluttershy taking the large thick napkin from her lap and putting it on my leg. And after I started talking again, Fluttershy slowly lowered the zipper on my shorts. Exposing my hardened cock, pulled it out, wrapped the napkin around it, and slowly pumped me.

"So my birth-mother was determined to prove him wrong." I chuckled at the memory while also hiding my arousal as Fluttershy continued pumping my shaft faster. She used just hand motions at the wrist to hide what she was doing. Which wasn't hard to do considering I had them all gripped with my story. "Instead she fell in love with him and had me. Unfortunately, that didn't last long. Only about two years later was when she had to whisk me away here." My heart was pounding in my chest as my cock throbbed in her hands because she began to lightly, and quickly, squeeze and pump just the head. Making my climax really start to rise very quickly. Felt like my body was on fire and luckily not actually on fire. "Well slowly but surely, AJ started coming around. That was because she had both Big Mac and Apple Bloom to help her see the light, so to speak." My face fell and saddened when saying, "Unfortunately, Granny never let go of her hatred and left the farm for good."

"Tarnation!" AJ cursed softly while shaking her head. "I know that ain't really me but I can't help but feel shame for it. Even anger at Granny for leaving."

Rarity remained silent until now. Now she asked softly, "What about my counterpart, Fred?"

"Yours was the most difficult. And it all started when she was just a filly." As I explained my body was demanding release while she concentrated on the head of my cock. She was squeezing and letting go while making slow short strokes and it was driving my body wild. And so far, nobody appeared to know which was amazing to me even when being hidden under the table cloth. "She was assaulted and almost ponynapped, or kidnapped as we say here, by a human. Luckily he didn't get far with her before she was rescued but the damage was already done. That fear never really left her and fear turned into hate later on in life."

"How did you get me to turn around, darling?" she asked, more so for her own feelings of redemption as if this was her story and not her counterpart's.

"The turning point was in the city of Manehattan," some of the girls chuckled and giggled at the name. "Yes, Manehattan, not Manhattan. The pony puns run deep in Equestria." Twilight elbowed me at that with a giggle and a roll of her eyes. I continued with a shrug and a chuckle. "Anyway, the girls convinced Rarity to let me come to support her in Manehattan for the fashion contest she entered. To make a long story short, she lent some cloth to another contestant, and that contestant copied Rarity's line. And because that other mare went first, it would appear that Rarity copied her instead of the other way around." I was barely holding it in at this point as Fluttershy used a finger to rub just under the head. And that's what did the trick. My body was peaking and there was nothing that I could do about it. Fluttershy was demanding that I ejaculate in the napkin. "Needless to say," I tried continuing with the shake in my voice nearly unnoticeable, "Rarity didn't give up but made a whole new line based on the hotel, we were staying at, overnight. And the only workers were the rest of the girls including me. It all came to head when she got upset about being asked about dinner and ran outside. I met her outside crying and tried to console her. She didn't want that and that's when two pony cops just so happen to come by, Rarity told them that I was bothering her, and that's when the cops tried to kill me."

"Oh, Fred darling, I'm so so sorry," Rarity was nearly crying at this point in the story as the mood at the table tanked they were so into it.

"The cops got me in the side right here," I leaned in Fluttershy's directly while moving my waist forward further under the table cloth. Then shook my body while pressing my hand into my side to mimic being jabbed with a knife. Which did the job of hiding my body ejaculating into the napkin that Fluttershy was squeezing around my pulsing cock. Only when I was done and Fluttershy was secretly cleaning me up that I continued while remaining in that position. Giving her more room to wipe me clean, hide the now soiled napkin, and put me back in my shorts again.

"How did you survive?"

"Well, Rainbow," I sat up after Fluttershy was done, and grinned to Rainbow, "I wouldn't have if it wasn't for the healing powers of a phoenix."

"Whoa!"

"Golly! A real phoenix?"

"Yes a real anthropomorphic Phoenix which I'll explain later," I told them, holding up a hand for me to continue. "Anyway, it was after learning that she almost killed me after and after she finally realized what she did to her friends and the way she treated them, did Rarity start coming around. And she did more than just saw me as a friend." I smiled to her with a wink. "She has devoted herself to me and my herd." Rarity's jaw dropped.

"Wait...herd?" Pinkie asked.

"You have a herd?" Fluttershy asked for the first time during my storytime.

"Because of the male to female ratio," Twilight began explaining, "it's not unusual for one male to have multiple females or mares. Thus what's called a herd."

"I can confirm that," Sunset said after they looked at her.

"How many are in your herd?" AJ asked softly, her voice showing shock.

"Twilight here, AJ, Rainbow, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Philomena the anthropomorphic phoenix, a mare from Canterlot named Harmony, Cadence which is Twilight's babysitter, and a Griffon princess named Angelfeather that I've been married to for about six months now." I sat back and sipped my coke at that then took another couple of bites from my sandwich while their minds mulled over that information. When they appeared to be recovering from the shock, I upped the ante with, "And I've already had a daughter with Fluttershy with a child on the way with Angelfeather and Philomena. Needless to say, my birth-mother is bouncing off the wall happy to have grandchildren considering she never even thought to see me again. Much less grandchildren." Nothing but silence for the next couple of minutes but what really blew their minds was what Twilight said next.

"He even has a relationship with the Tree of Harmony."

"W-what?!" Sunset was the first one to speak after that bit of news. Even then her voice was shaky, soft, and filled with utter shock and disbelief. "How...is that even p-possible?"

"Yeah," Rainbow agreed with a shake of her head, "I mean a polygamy of ten is far fetched enough. But how can a tree be in a relationship at all? It's. A. Tree."

"A living breathing sentient tree," Twilight corrected. "Over the long years that she's been alive she's matured into a sentient being with feelings of her own. As I told you before, your counterparts are the bearers of her elements. Joy, kindness, generosity, loyalty, honesty, and myself being magic. It was about a month ago that she requested to switch bodies with me, as it were. She became me while I became the tree. She requested this so she can experience the joy of being loved and making love."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Rainbow put her hands up in the form of a T. "You mean to tell me that our Fred here had sex with a tree that was using your body for sex?"

"Yes."

Another pause before Fluttershy said softly, "Takes pollinating to a whole new level doesn't it?"

"I'll say!" AJ agreed.

"Alright, alright," Rainbow waved a hand dismissively while shaking her head as if to try and forget the recent news, "let's just finish lunch and do something else so we can try and forget the images of Fred having sex with a tree."

^_^

(Hours later)

It was early evening around suppertime when our group called it a day and separated to our homes for the night. And with wanting to see my mom and hopefully dissuade her or Aunt Luna from helping the Dazzlings, I convinced Twilight to sleep with me tonight at my mom's house. I had no doubt that she would be happy to see me, but I held little hope that she would listen to me regarding the Dazzlings. She said that was fine, but looked at me with a look of frustrated patience when the girls inadvertently left us by ourselves across town from mom's house. With a grin, I simply opened my wings. There was a split second of hesitation before she began to protest but it did little good as I suddenly grabbed her and took to the skies above the treetops.

"You are not going to do that again," she said rather heatedly after we landed at my mom's house. She whipped around taping a finger against my chest, "I can't fly in this world. I can't use any magic in this world."

Amused, I took that hand, brought it up to my lips, and lightly kissed it. "But I can, you adorkable girl you." It did the trick of calming her down. Even though she was still a little irked at me, she still gave a little smile and a blush. "Alright, fine," she said with a roll of her eyes, "let's go see your mom." And turned around, walked up the flower-lined concrete walkway, and up to the fancy wooden front door. And knocked on the door. Again, amused, I rang the doorbell which she rolled her eyes at me again. It took about a minute for her to turn on the porch light and open the door. Even before she had a chance to react, I told her with a firm authoritative tone, "Hello, mom, we need to talk."

"My son!" she cried almost immediately after I told her we needed to talk, then practically launched herself at me. I returned her hug of course, but she stopped when she felt my wings. Obviously confused, I let her lift the pink one. She stared at it for a good few seconds before looking over to Twilight.

"As I said," I told her again, "we need to talk."

She let us in as she moved back inside with a wave of her hand asking, "How did you get here? You said that you wouldn't be able to come back for about two and a half years."

The front door opened up into the front living room. Even though the living room wasn't large, the layout was simple. To the left of the front door were a sofa under a wide window, a coffee table in front of the sofa, and a couple of plush recliners across the room against the opposite wall with a small table between them. Twilight and I took a seat next to each other on the sofa while my mom immediately went to the phone. While she was dialing, I asked Twilight, "Want something to drink? She won't talk about the Dazzlings until Aunt Luna shows up."

"Yes, thank you," she said with a nod and a smile, So I got up and headed right into the kitchen in the next room on the other side of the front door.

"Luna!" Mom was literally crying into the phone as I walked by her and fluttering my wings just to get a reaction out of her. "You won't believe who just s-showed up."

Opening the refrigerator, I saw cold cans of coke. With a mischievous smirk, I picked up two, closed the frig, and headed back into the living room. Waving my pink wing at my mom as I passed her while loving the shocked look on her face as I walked by.

"No! It's Fred! He's here, he says that we need to talk, and he's got wings," she was saying almost frantically into the phone while motioning to me as if Luna was already standing there.

"Here you go." After handing her a coke, I sat down and extended my pink wing behind her, and curled the end of my wing around her so the tip was rubbing lightly against the side of her breast. She was still wearing her light purple sundress and bra from Equestria.

"Just hurry up and get here," Mom almost frantically said into the phone, "you've got to see him."

As Mom went to the chair to move it up to the long coffee table in front of the sofa, I watched Twilight turn her head to the right, looked down at the end of my wing that was lightly fondling the side of her breast, and simply rolled her eyes before opening her coke can.

"You have wings!" Mom motioned toward them as she sat down in front of the coffee table. "And you said that we needed to talk? How'd you get here if the portal is closed?"

I held up my free hand, which wasn't holding the coke, "One name for you, Mom. Sunset Shimmer. She's right about what she told you about those three new girls. They. Are. Dangerous. They are dangerous sirens from Equestria that are steali-"

"They are sweet girls that came and sang a song for us," she interrupted me with a stern "I don't want to hear it" look on her face with a voice to match. She even rolled her eyes a little and sat back in the chair. "A battle of the bands is a good idea."

"Which I would agree with if they weren't going to use it to make people angry at each other in order to drain magic and gain power," I tried telling her. "Sunset Shimmer has one magical journal of two from Equestria. Using that journal she got a message to us about the sirens gaining power in this world. Twilight here was able to use the magic in that journal to artificially power the portal which is how, and why, we are here."

Almost the whole time I was speaking, Mom was shaking her head. "I can't believe you are accusing those sweet girls of something so evil."

"Mom? Don't do this again." She was trying my patience and I had to keep telling myself that she has been magically brainwashed. So, I took a calming breath before continuing again to keep my voice calm and collected. "You ignored me once when the school was in danger and I was hurt because of it and we almost lost the school when Sunset turned into a she-demon. And now I'm telling you that the school is in danger again and it's those three Dazzling girls. Do you really want to ignore me again?"

As Mom shook her head in disbelief, it was Twilight's turn. "Please, Princ...ipal Celestia," she corrected from saying princess to principal, "please listen. Those girls are from Equestria. They conspire to pit friends against friends and the only thing they want is to gain power. They are not nice girls."

Right then there was a knock at the door. More than likely it was Aunt Luna. Right after Mom stood up to answer the door, I had a thought. I raised my free hand and used my magic to open the door for her, "We're in here, Aunt Luna." A couple of seconds later, Aunt Luna walked in looking a little confused when she saw Mom standing in front of me and nobody opened the door for her. She jumped a little after I used my magic to shut the door behind her. With a smirk, I stood up, spread out my wings, and used magic to open the frig and float a coke over to her. "Thirsty?" She took it carefully, almost as if it would bite her.

"You have wings and can do magic?" she asked slowly while walking over to me while taking glances between my wings and the coke can. She walked between the coffee table and the sofa, up to me, and gave me a hug which I returned. "It's great to see you nephew, but this is incredible."

I smirked at her while putting a hand on Twilight's shoulder, "Just wait until you hear what we've been through. But that can wait." Then frowned at her with a serious look, saying urgently, "Those three girls who call themselves The Dazzlings are dangerous sirens, similar to the sirens of Greek mythology. And, like the ones from Greek mythology, they will gain magical power from the students of Canterlot High by draining the students by making them angry at each other and possibly starting fights. And only the stars know what they will do then."

"These girls gain power by sowing distrust and anger," Twilight told her in a pleading voice like mine. "If they get the students angry enough they could start fighting with one another and that's the danger. And there's no knowing what they will do with that much power."

Aunt Luna didn't say anything and just looked between us and Mom before finally saying, "I doubt that they are dangerous, Nephew." The look on her face and the tone of her voice was filled with doubt. "They seem to be genuinely sweet girls who just want to sing."

"Yes, just like the sirens of Greek mythology were sweet to sing the sailors over to their death," I added with a huff then finished my coke in one go and nearly slammed the can down onto the coffee table. "And what's so frustrating about this, is that I can't be angry at you for not listening to us because you're already under their influence. Right now, you two are swimming over to the siren's island to your death and I'm trying to warn you away from them. That's our situation right now. And so help me, Twilight, the girls, and I will stop them whether you like it or not. I love you both too much to let them have their way with you." Without saying another word, I slipped past Aunt Luna and started walking to the door.

"Where are you going?" Mom asked with her voice only now sounding a little concerned.

I opened the front door and looked at them, "To sit on the roof and calm myself down before I say, or do, something I'll regret." After I was out of the house, I flapped my wings to raise myself up in the air long enough to get onto the roof. It was a typical roof and with our house facing east and west, I sat down on it facing west to watch the sunset. "Damn it all to hell and Tartarus and back," I mumbled quietly, grumbling to myself my own frustration. I stretched my legs out onto the roof and laid my head down upon the very top of the roofline watching the setting sun painting the evening sky. All while my Alicorn keen hearing picked up the very faint sounds of discussion inside the house. Sounded like Twilight was still trying to talk to them. Good luck I thought. Like trying to talk to a brick wall. And like I told them, I can't even be mad at them because they are under evil magical influence. But I'd sure as hell like to and that aggravated me even more. At least the girls don't seem to be affected by their singing.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that it hit me.

Wait a minute... Why aren't the girls affected by their singing? My mind went back over to when we fought Sunset. They still represent the Elements of Harmony in this world. Which means that they have some type of magical connection to them. I sat back up as my mind whirled around the problem. What if it's that connection? What if it's the Equestrian magic protecting them? If that's the case then I wonder if...

I didn't know if it would work but it was worth a shot. Jumping off the roof, I lightly landed back on the ground in front of the door, yanked it open, and walked back inside. Apparently, Twilight had given up on talking with them because I walked by her on my way over to my mom and Aunt Luna standing on the far side of the room. "Fred?" Twilight questioned, now looking curious to what I was up to. I didn't answer her. I reached Mom and Aunt Luna and before they had a chance to say or do anything, I put a hand on their shoulders and closed my eyes. Reaching into my magical inner core, my goal was two things. One was to establish a magical connection between me and them. Once that was done, I could transfer some magic into them to protect them from the siren's songs.

I will help

It was the Tree of Harmony again, only this time I barely heard her. Though I still felt her influence as she helped me by guiding my magic into both my mom and Aunt Luna. The magical connection was made then I felt the transfer of magic into them. I gave each of them a good amount. Before trying to tell the Tree of Harmony Thank You for helping me. After what felt like minutes later, I stopped my magic and pulled back from them. Then took a breath to steady myself as it took a little bit out of me. Twilight was by my side a second later putting her arm in mine to help steady me. As I smiled my thanks down to her, she looked up at me with a confused expression. I held up my hand telling her to wait as I looked over to Mom and Aunt Luna.

We watched as they both seemed to freeze in place for a couple of seconds before putting their hands to their head with a low long groan as if they had a headache. Which in a sense wasn't too far from the truth. They seem to stagger a little then slowly sat down in the chairs in front of the coffee table. I waiting while standing off to the side. After another few seconds of waiting, Mom lifted her head, met Aunt Luna's eyes, then looked up at me with a sorrowful look. It also looked like she still had a small headache. "Forgive your mom for not listening to you?"

"YES!" This time it was my turn to leap at them in joy. After a few minutes of tears and apologies, we finally started talking. Only this time it was without worrying about the sirens' song interfering. After agreeing with me that the sirens had to be stopped we moved onto my adventures in Equestria. Which took half the night. And for the first time since returning, there was now hope in my heart that the sirens could be stopped. And I didn't have to worry about Mom and Aunt Luna anymore.

Author's Note

And there you have it, the first chapter of the one and only sequel to A Lost Heir. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Remember to write constructive comments and please vote up or down.