Saturday:

“So what do you think, Darling?”

Ash looked in the mirror and examined the outfit with a keen eye, making sure nothing was out of place. And when he eyed it over six more times he turned to Rarity with a smile “It feels great Rarity, thanks!” She smiled with pride and levitated the other clothes that she made for Ash, next to him.

Ash picked up the clothes, or most of them at least and turned to Rarity with a sheepish grin “Um, Rares, you think you could teleport these to my room for me?” She nodded as her horn began to glow a blue color.

She teleported his clothes away to which he gratefully thanked her for and waved her good bye after asking if he needed to pay. She said it was free and that she was happy to try something of a new style.

He left the boutique and started to make his way towards Sweet Apple Acres, he promised Applejack that he would help her with her chores after he finished his stop at Rarity’s Boutique.

He greeted the many ponies passing by as he made his way to the farm and stopped to pay the Crusaders a visit while they were hanging about outside. They appreciated the gesture and each gave him a hug on the leg, and to Ash the sight was adorable because of how small they were. It was also the end of the school day so he took Applebloom with him. During their walk, Ash picked Applebloom and set her on his shoulders to which she commented “So this is what tall ponies see.” The comment made him laugh.

They soon made it to the farm to see Applejack bucking trees and Big Mac moving multiple barrels onto a cart. Applebloom shouted out to both of them “Hey sis, hey big brother!” Both of them stopped and turned to see Applebloom resting on my shoulders.

Applejack walked over to them, wiping sweat from her brow as she did so. “Howdy Sugarcube, ready to get dirty?” Ash rolled up his sleeves to his elbows and rubbed his hands together. Applejack took that as a yes and waved a hand for him to follow. He set Applebloom on her feet and went after Applejack.

So, Ash doesn’t have hooves, this was common knowledge. Meaning, he can’t buck the trees, so he came up with an easier but time consuming method.

Ash gripped a branch and began to climb the tree itself and began to shake the branch to make the apples fall, but not break the branch itself.

The process was repeated for multiple trees, but because of his endurance, he got through a lot of trees. And by the time he was done, there was so much sweat on his shirt that it was clinging to his body.

He climbed down the current tree he was on and walked over to join the others next to a container of water. He looked over to see that the sun was beginning to set. He said good bye to Applejack and Big Mac, but he went and ruffled Applebloom’s hair first saying “Later kiddo.” She playfully pouted but waved goodbye to him as he walked off.

He was staying at Twilight’s place for the weekend so when he walked through the door to find almost all of Twilight’s friends on the floor next to her, he didn’t know why he was confused. Twilight mentioned a sleepover before he left for Rarity’s and this was her house anyways.

All of them turned their heads to the door and found a sweat drenched Ash. All of their reactions were different but also the same. Twilight and Fluttershy both had massive blushes on their faces, but both of them averted their eyes away from him. Pinkie Pie only continued to stare at him with no emotion, Rainbow Dash had a blush on her cheeks but scoffed and looked away. And Rarity, well, Rarity was eyeing him like candy. And Spike had a happy grin on his face “Hey Ash!” Ash waved back to him and told Twilight he was going to turn in.

She nodded and turned her attention to her friends. Ash only looked at them curiously as he was walking up the stairs “Wonder what that was all about?” The sound of a palm slapping a forehead could be heard inside Ash’s head.

Sunday:

Ash was rounding up the rogue animals that were currently trying to get more playtime, but as Fluttershy had told him, the animals needed to be put to bed for a nap at 3:00. The animals were starting to get to him, but he had one last resort that might work for him. When he was home, it always worked for his mother so it might work for him, but these were all animals and there were about over 20 of them. Still, he thought, I have to try.

He tried getting the soft melody in his head to sing the right words.

Wise men say, only fools rush in.

But, I can't help falling in love with you.

At the sound of the singing, some of the animals began to calm down a bit.

Shall I stay.

Would it be a sin?

If I can't help, falling in love with you.

Like a river flows. Surely to the sea, darling so it goes, somethings are meant to be.

Take my hand, take my whole life, too.

For I can't can't help, falling in love with you.

Like a river flows. Surely to the sea, darling so it goes, somethings are meant to be.

Take my hand, take my whole life too.

For I can't help, falling in love with you.

For I can't help, falling in love with you.

When Ash stopped singing, he noticed all the animals were fast asleep, he smiled and quietly thanked his mother. He turned around to see Fluttershy with wide eyes and a slight blush on her face. Ash's face went red with embarrassment, he quickly and quietly told Fluttershy that he would be leaving. He made his out the door being mindful as to not slam it. Ash then began to berate himself, he should have heard the door open, but he was too caught up in memory lane to hear her come in.

That was also the first time anyone had ever heard him sing too.

Ash was just relaxing at Twilight's reading a book with this character called 'Daring Do', and by the books Ash had read, this one wasn't the best, but it also wasn't terrible either. So for Ash's standards, it was in the middle. At least it had an interesting plot.

Ash then heard the sound of glass breaking from upstairs. This alarmed Ash because Twilight was helping Fluttershy with something and Spike was hanging out with Rarity, but to who and what is was was answered as Ash saw Shadow Veil appear in front of him.

Both Kori and Kira screamed while Ash dropped the book and jumped into a defensive stance. "Oh! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you." Ash was beyond confused.

"You're sorry?" Shadow Veil's voice sounded different. A lot different.

"Yeah, I didn't mean to break your vase upstairs, oh and sorry for scaring you?"

Ash cautiously lost the fighting stance "Who even are you?"

The shadow laughed "Sorry, where are my manners. My name is Artemis." Another shadow appeared next to Artemis with a scowl.

"Artemis, the tatarus are you doing? This is specifically why father wanted me to do this. You don't apologize to your victim, or tell them your name!"

The shadow then turned to Ash and smiled "Oh, I see we meet again Westwind." Ash's eyes widened and now started to slowly back away. Shadow pointed to Ash "See, this is what I'm training you to do. To bring fear to your victims!"

Artemis only pouted "But, that's mean Orion, I don't want to do that."

"Wait, Orion?"

"Don't say my name! Idiot!"

"You're real name is Orion?"

"Shit! He's knows of our identities, we need to dispose of him before he tells anyone else."

Orion, changed himself into a shadow demon and charged at Ash. Out of nowhere, Ash summoned a shield with the image of a sun on it. Orion saw the image and stopped dead in his tracks and gasped "H-He..."

Artemis finished for him "He's the chosen one." Artemis then formed a knee from his black smoke and dropped onto it, bowing to Ash. He turned his gaze to Orion who did the same motion. If Ash was confused before, then he was insanely confused now. Orion, who tried to kill him and haunted him for the first days he got here, was kneeling down before him like a knight would to a princess or king.

Ash shook his head "Can I get an explanation here?"

Artemis nodded then stepped forward "We were told of a creature coming into the world of Equestria. He was to become the Sun Mage who would end the grave danger that's threatening not just Equestria but multiple universes. It said it was a creature never before seen in this land. The Sun Mage was to be trained to defeat the threat that would engrave life as we know it and only he would be the one to kill and slay the danger." Artemis's eyes were then directed at Orion "But, even after all those descriptions, someone decided to haunt him and try and kill him." Orion looked at the ground with a visible blush on his face.

Ash wanted to have this clarified "So, are you evil?" Both of them shook their head, though Orion's was more hesitant than Artemis. "So what were you two doing here anyway?"

Orion sighed "Well, I was trying to teach Artemis to be more useful, because back home he's a coward, but I'm trying to toughen him up."

Ash shook his head "Well, you're going about it the wrong way, you can't just force him, where's that going to get him?"

Orion pondered his words "So, you're saying I need to be all compassionate and supportive and junk?" Ash gave him a firm nod. Orion groaned and grabbed Artemis and disappeared in a puff of smoke, flying out the tree house window. But about a second later Orion came back from the same puff of smoke and snapped his fingers with a laugh.

"You can count this as an apology Ash!" And then he was gone again. Ash didn’t trust Orion yet considering their history, so when tried to stand up, he lost his balance and fell backwards. Ash rubbed his head and stared wide eyed at his feet, well, he didn’t have feet anymore, he had hooves. Ash knew walking was futile so he decided to crawl upstairs and to the bathroom he uses.

He finally reached the upstairs bathroom after an awkward trench up the stairs. He put his hands on the counter and lifted himself up and froze when he saw what was in the reflection.

”ORION!!!”

The house rattled at his shout and he quickly slapped his hands over his mouth realizing he just used the Royal Canterlot voice. Twilight then burst through the door downstairs “Ash, are you okay!?”

Ash shook his head “I don’t know what to think anymore.” Ash stared in the mirror and saw himself as an Alicorn with long caramel hair and cream colored fur. Ash yelled to Twilight, who was still downstairs “Do you know anything about a transformation spell?”

Ash could hear Twilight walking up the stairs, so Ash walked out of the bathroom to face her. She turned the corner of the stairs and jumped back when she saw Ash, she then carefully stepped forward “Ash?” Ash gave an awkward chuckle and small wave.

“Y-You’re an Alicorn, when you transformed for some reason you became an Alicorn…” Ash could hear Twilight say in a distant voice. “This is an amazing discovery! We have to show this to the princesses, do you know how this happened?”

“It is? Anyways, yes, I know how this happened but I don’t know how to summon him.”

Twilight looked at him with intrigue “Somepony did this? Can you tell me their name?”

Ash could just hear him yelling at him, but this would be perfect revenge “Oh, his name, it’s Orion.” And there cues the silent screaming Ash can hear.

Twilight made a quill and paper appear in front of her and began to write “Since Spike isn’t here, I’ll have to send the letter myself.”

Ash jumped in and said “Wait, can you be cryptic on who it is? I want to see the looks on their faces when they see it’s me.” Twilight hesitantly nodded and began to make some edits.

Twilight sent the message, grabbed onto Ash’s hand and guided him downstairs to ask him a few questions.

Twilight was just finishing her interrogation when a scroll poofed in front of her. Twilight read over it and turned to Ash “They said they’re on their way and they should be hear in about ten minutes.”

Ash nodded and figured he might as well make the new body useful. He closed his eyes and started to concentrate but was broken away from it when they heard a knock on the door. “Well that was fast.” Ash got up from his seat and opened the door to see Twilight’s friends. All of them stopped dead when they saw Ash. “Oh, hey guys!”

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash’s started to slowly rise and the others had massive blushes on their faces. Twilight moved him aside and greeted her friends to who were only staring at Ash. Rarity coughed “Um, Twilight, who is this?”

Twilight calmly said Ash to which the others fainted. Ash saw this as an opportunity, he channeled his magic and saw all of them all levitate into the air. He carefully moved them all inside and set them in a comfortable place. He turned to Twilight and shrugged “Trying to work on the magic thing.”

An echoing laughter could be heard, then Orion appeared with a tear in his eye. “That was hilarious!”

Twilight stared at the laughing shadow “Are you Orion?”

Orion groaned “There’s no point in saying no, this genius already gave me away! Hope you’re liking my apology” he finishes with a smirk. Ash groaned and told him to shut up. “Quit your whining, that’s not why I’m here, we got news on the prophecy and I don’t have that much time. It showed us a new picture, it says someone you know but never see.”

Ash thought it over but was coming up blank. “I knew a lot of people but never saw again because of graduation and moving states.”

Orion shook his head “Then you better figure it out,” Orion then began to fade “Gotta go, but remember that!” He was actually being helpful for once.

He turned his attention to Twilight, she had a look of perplexity “What prophecy?”

Ash looked away but still replied “I’ll tell you after I tell the princesses of this information.” She only nodded, but then there was a another knock at the door. She got up and went over to the door. She opened it and brought the princesses inside.

They turned their attention to Ash and took on a look of shock. Ash stood up and did a surprise pose “It’s me Ash, surprise!” Ash then looked behind him, “Oh shoot my shirt, how did I not notice this when he first transformed me.” He moved his attention back to the princesses and both of the princesses had blushes on their faces. The only thing different is that while Luna’s wings were still on her back, Celestia’s were extended. And Ash thought he saw them twitch. He walked up to Celestia and stuck his hand out.

Celestia’s P.O.V

”Oh, Faust help me. He’s hot as a human but he’s really hot as a pony, and an Alicorn no less. I loved him then, but oh how I want him now. Just imagine his si-Mhn.” I was brought out of my thoughts when I felt somepony touch my wings. I regained my vision and looked to see it was Ash touching me.

“What does it mean when a ponies wings raise?” I panicked, if someone found out I loved him, I would be in serious trouble, even if I was a princess.

I was then saved by Kira, I would need to thank her later, if I can. ”Ash, a ponies wing is their erogenous zone.” Ash’s hand froze and a big blush made its way onto his face, ”Adorable.”

I could see he was growing more curious, “What other places are their erogenous zones?”

I could hear Twilight say behind me “That’s not something we should find out.” Ash wasn’t listening, but his eyes were looking a little bit above my head.

”Wait, Ash, don’t grab my…” But, it was already too late. He gripped my horn sending my mind into a frenzy. And I could just make out the other girls gasps of shock, even Kira’s and Kori’s.

He moved his hand towards him to examine my horn, making my head tilt towards him, but it also made his hand move upwards, rubbing it. ”By the Sun, please! Rub my horn Ash, please!”

The feeling was gone sooner than I liked but his touch still lingered, I was very lucky that the pleasure didn’t show on my face, just the look of shock.

I looked over to see Luna’s horn glowing, her face containing a mad blush “That is also a spot as well Ash, please avoid from touching those parts.” It seemed as if he was a different person, because he shook his head and had a deeper blush than I do. He quickly faced me and apologized left and right. I only found this even more adorable.

He basically just molested me, but it must have been those emotional swings he was telling me about, so I couldn’t completely hold it against him. Besides, his touch, I wonder how it would feel if he touched me somewhere else.

I silently gasped ”Why am I thinking theses things! He’s my friend, I should have more control over my body than this! Ugh, the things he’s doing to be me without even realizing it.”

It was time we all get back and Ash still had those days he had to get back for being allowed more days off then he should have. I turned to Ash when we were on the carriage “Do you know when this will wear off?”

Ash shook his head “Orion never said anything other than ‘You can count this as an apology!’”

“Who’s Orion?”

There was a silent scream, but that was probably the wind so I ignored it. “Oh, he’s the shadow that was haunting me my first few days here in Equestria.” Luna and I both sported the same outraged expression.

”This shadow will be getting a piece of my mind!”

Out of no where a black figure appeared on the carriage “Stop saying my name! The next thing you know, every damn pony in Equestria is gonna know who I am! How oblivious are you?” When he was done with his rant he looked between me and my sister before his face turned a grey color.

My sister and I gave him an enraged look before lighting up our horns but before we could attack it, Ash stood in front of him. Luna spoke in a threatening voice “Ash, move or else thou will get hit instead.”

Ash shook his head “Hold your fire, Orion wants to help us! No matter how much personal information he gives out in the open.”

Orion shrugged “Sorry bout’ that by the way.”

“But he knows things and he and his brother want to help.”

I trusted Ash, but knows things? “What things?”

Ash took a deep breath “I haven’t been completely honest with you guys, but I was told there’s a reason why I’m here.” By this point Luna stopped her magic. “I was told I was brought here to slay an evil that only I can do. We don’t know what or who the threat is, but Orion and Artemis are working on figuring that out.”

I said to Ash in a slightly angered tone “And you didn’t bother to come and tell us this sooner? How long have you known there was a threat?”

Orion laughed and patted his back “Ha, you’re getting burned now.” Ash looked to him with annoyance.

He took another deep breath “Since the second day I got here when Kira and Kori explained to me why before my first day of training with them.” My heart tightened with both anger for him not telling us sooner, this involves my ponies, I should know this. But it was also hurt with pain. ”Didn’t he trust us?”

Luna was already yelling at him about the situation.

3rd P.O.V

They made it back to the castle with Luna more than ticked, this is the most angry Ash has seen her really. Orion was trailing behind them with Ash next to him “Orion, can you change me back please?”

Orion thought about it for a second before putting on a devious smile “Of course, it would be my pleasure.”

He snapped his fingers while showing sharp teeth “Back to normal.”

Ash saw the smile and looked down at himself to see he was completely naked. Orion laughed maniacally making the sisters turn around. “Damnit Orion!” Ash quickly tried covering what he could. Ash then felt something on his back and gave them a tiny movement “And, if you could kindly remove the wings.”

Orion shook his head “I didn’t give you the wings.” Ash looked behind him to see wings the same color as his hair. He moved them around a bit and hummed. He was then brought back to the matter at hand.

“Can you please give me my clothes back as well?” Orion nodded and snapped his fingers but Ash only felt one piece of clothing. He looked down to see he only had his boxers. He gave Orion a look to which Orion shrugged.

“You never specified how much of your clothes you wanted back, besides, you have a muscular body, you gotta flaunt it.”

Ash shook his head “I’d would rather flaunt it in peace.”

Orion rolled his eyes “You’re too modest.” He snapped his fingers again, Ash found all his clothes on and a shirt that accustomed to his new wings.

“Getting the wings hurt a lot less than I thought it would.”

“What’d you think was going to happen?”

“Something morbid like my bones cracking and forming again, like a werewolf.” Orion shook his head.

Ash returned his attention to the princesses, Luna had a slacked jaw when looking at the wings but Celestia wasn’t phased, already being warned of this development.

The figure was walking through a hallway next to a fawn “So, you and your kind are going to try and get the manticores on our side for this war? Smart, but to how many manticores we need is the question.”

The figure thought it over “Go to your superiors and see if we can capture 50 manticores, then we’ll talk about negotiating with them.”

The fawn stared wide eyed “But-“

The figure turned on the fawn “Don’t question my authority! Now go!” The fawn hesitantly nodded and ran off.

“My plan won’t fail, I won’t allow it!” They slammed their fist into a stone wall, leaving a dent. “The Sun Mage will be stopped and killed!”

The song used for this video is Can't Help Falling in Love with you.

Can't Help Falling in Love Tonight: Sung by Haley Reinhart

Author's Note

Can't Help Falling in Love Tonight: Sung by Haley Reinhart

Turns out Shadow Veil, or Orion, isn’t evil. And to those who’ve passed the second chapter I changed that part, just to let you know. And Ash becoming an Alicorn will be used more in the future.

Stay tuned for more, bye!!