After giving Ma a good ol’ case of cuddles, she had calmed down considerably. She laid on top of me for a while, funnily enough, as a pony, she was a little bit bigger than I was. This is bullshit, why must I be so damn short? Meh, I started grooming my Ma, and she started looking a bit uncomfortable. She visibly relaxed, but didn’t seem to know how to feel about being licked and groomed like she’s been a pony her whole life. She took a long, deep breath, and sighed.

“Okay, Kodi, please stop.” Ma pushed herself up off of me.

“Does it feel bad?” I asked. “I know I’m not exactly good at grooming-”

“It feels good, but it feels wrong. This body… feels wrong.”

“Now you know how I’ve been feeling for the last year.” I chuckled. “Hated becoming a pony at first, but…” I shrugged. “It is what it is.”

“You’ve married a horse, dear,” she said, gesturing to Celestia. “I’m sure when you’re like this it doesn’t matter, but you…”

“Yeah, I know, Ma, however I don’t regret it,” I walked over to Celestia, who’s been sitting like a hen the whole time. “And frankly, it took some consideration and a lot of work to look past what Celly is. At the end of the day, she’s still a lady that just wants to love and be loved. She loved me, and I’m lucky as fuck that she does. This last year’s been wonderful.” Despite me hating being a pony, Celly made being a pony worth it.

Ma shook her head. “I suppose I’ll have to overlook how my first son’s wife is a horse-alien that can raise the Sun, aren’t I?” She asked.

“Well,” Celestia said. “You also may have to look over the fact that your son is a very capable mage. As in he can perform magic, yes actual magic, and you will be able to as well, since you are a unicorn yourself.” She shrugged. “Assuming you hear your son out first, before we do anything.”

Ma took a long, deep breath, before looking Celestia over. Wings horn, flowing mane and tail, flanks, legs. The whole nine yards. Before Celly knew it, Ma was on her back, even sniffing her. She’s taken to having a better sense of smell as a pony, it seems. By the time Ma was done, Celly was blushing, especially with where Ma looked, and how she looked. Ma backed away from Celly shortly afterwards, gave her one more look over and nodded.

“Well, if you were just a regular horse,” Ma nodded. “You’d be a sight to behold, I’ll give you that much. I’m assuming my son has begun to find you ponies attractive, and thus finds you very attractive.”

“Your son mentioned something about…” Celly grinned at me for a moment. Trollestia emerged from the shadows, coming to ruin my life. The grin on her face slowly turned into an unconcealed, shit eating one. That, that was when I knew I was definitely going to spank her later. She is going to embarrass me. “Spanking my glorious flanks when we get home?”

I groaned.

Ma shook her head. “I see my son took what I taught him to heart; bein’ open minded and such.” She gestured to the mirror. “That takes us back to Earth?” She asked.

“It does, why?”

“I was going to ask if you two could… come home and stay on Earth with the family. I’m certain that Kodiak would love to see you as a human, but I have come to realize something. Something that makes that a non-option for you both. You raise the Sun and lower it everyday, correct Celestia?”

“Indeed I do, why?” My wife tilted her head and I could tell Ma was trying not to go ‘aw’.

“That means you’re rather important to this world, and that crown probably isn’t just for show… You two couldn’t come back to Earth even if you wanted to, could you?”

“No Ma, Celly and I are a team, aye? We usually never spend more than a whole day apart, and we often work together when something big is happening. We even have a kid-”

“You two have had sex?!” Ma asked. She didn’t even sound mad. I think her next question would’ve been ‘how many grandkids do I have’.

“Yes, but we have a kid because we adopted him,” I answered.

“...God dammit, Kodiak. You really had me going.” She shook her head. “How about we go through the portal and have dinner. I think I know what you’re going to ask of me, Kodi, or Source as your wife has been calling you. But I need to go over this with your siblings. Because, personally,” she patted herself on the chest. “I wouldn’t mind coming to Magical Horse Land with you. After you help me get used to this,” she gestured over herself. “I feel younger in this body at least.”

“Ponies age slower, Ma. I know a sixty year-old pony that looks like she’s thirty. If everyone’s a unicorn when they cross over, you don’t gotta worry about not having hands,” I pointed out. I levitated Celly’s crown onto my head. “See? No hands, Ma!” I said with a small grin.

“Hmm,” Ma looked me over. “That is a good point. What are ya, your majesty-”

“Just call me Celly,” Celly said. “You are family, after all. Though this discussion is rather short, I thought we would be here for at least a few hours.”

“And argue with my son about not being able to see me again? To say goodbye to him?! Hell, fucking, no! If anything, I’m going to have to convince the rest of the family, as in just Kodi’s siblings, to come to Equestria as well. You’ve still not answered my question, by the way. Are you a Queen? A Princess? Empress?” She asked.

“I see where Source got his brains from; you’re rather perceptive,” Tia chuckled. Ma gave me a proud look. It felt good, seeing those eyes give me such approval once more. “I am a Princess, and if you need the bits, or money, you and your children would not have to work a day in their lives. My castle staff are more than willing to provide for you, though I do recommend finding yourselves a place, maybe Ponyville? It would be quite similar to living in Ireland, I believe.”

“We are not sending my mother to fucking Ponyville,” I said.

“What’s wrong with Ponyville? Aside from it being named stupidly,” my Ma asked.

“Crazy, batshit insane shit happens all the time there. I think… Not too long ago the Cutie Mark Crusaders blew up a bit of Town Hall with a loaf of bread.”

“...What?!”

“Three fillies that are adorable, destructive, and trying to find out who they wanna be. They do it rather destructively.” I pointed out.

“...How do three little girls blow up the town hall with a loaf of bread?!” She asked. She took a long, deep breath. “If you send me to Ponyville and I get killed with a loaf of bread, Kodiak, I am going to haunt your ass.”

“We’re not sending you to fucking Ponyville. I don’t wanna be suicidal again because I watched a wooden-wolf-thing eat you.”

“The feck is wrong with Magical Horse Land? Or Equestria as you've been calling it?”

“Ma, one day I was hanging out with some students of mine, yes I’m a teacher. It ended up with me being kidnapped. Oh yeah, you have a niece now!” I chuckled. “Grandniece? I dunno.” I shrugged. “So you still want to come to Equestria with me and Celly?” I asked. “I need you to be certain. If you say yes, I will keep y’all safe-”

“Kodi, who is your mother?” Ma asked. “As far as I’m concerned, I’m keeping you safe.” She nuzzled me. “Now, come, let’s go introduce your wife to the rest of your siblings and give them the run down on what's happening.”

“Will we be cooking anything?” I asked. “It’s been a minute since I cooked for the family, so I might as well.”

“Of course, I was going to be cooking, but I never was the chef of the family. That was your father before he passed,” we both sighed at that. “And then you took over, Kodi.” She hugged me. “It really wasn’t the same without you. Y’know? I canceled our move to America because I wanted to believe you were still somewhere in Ireland.”

I picked her up and hugged her. “Ma,” I whispered. “You have no idea how much I missed you asking about my day every night.” I chuckled. “The first thing we’re doing, when we get home in Equestria, is something I wanna do with y’all. I’m introducing the family to the traditional, nightly pony pile.” I whispered.

“...pony pile?”

“We all cuddle at night. We’ll all be ponies in a pile. Pony pile.”

“...That sounds weirdly enticing,” Ma admitted. She then got behind Celly after getting free from my grasps, and started pushing her towards the portal. “C’mon, lass, you best be able to cook! You’ll be helping my son in the kitchen!”

When we stepped into my room, Ma and I were human again. Celly… Holy mother of fuck. Celly actually looks kinda normal. Kinda. As in she was wearing a simple, though form fitting white dress. Her hair… was pink. Pink hair, cool. Now, Celly was standing around, looking at everything in my room. From the computer, down to my pillows. She even looked through my closet, and gave me a nice view of her butt. Just as when she was a horse, as a human, her arse was a sight to behold. Ma just stared.

“Kodi, no matter the world you and your wife choose to stay in, you’re a lucky man,” she whispered.

“I know,” I chuckled. “Hey Celly, you seem to have some experience with walking on two legs already.” I stood up to keep her from accidentally breaking anything.

“I…” Celly chuckled. “I may have gone through the Crystal Mirror a few times before. I picked up the skill to walk on two legs, but never really had the need to. From what I have been told, I look rather attractive as a human,” her face was smooth, flawless in anyway, shape or form. Her skin was pale, she was beautiful, though adorable at the same time. “I believe that I should be proficient enough in moving around to assist you in the kitchen, don’t you think?” She then stretched and I got hugged immediately afterwards. “Mrs. Gaime, the rest of your children, how old are they?”

“Aside from Kodi, Daniel and Katie are my two eldest at sixteen and fourteen,” Ma mused. “Dave is ten years old, still.”

“I see,” Celestia nodded. “Well, I suppose I can easily brew up a story, one that would explain why Source has been gone for a year rather easily. After all, the best lies are the ones that have some of truth sprinkled into them.” Celly was shorter than I was, my lanky six foot, two inch tall body stood a good head over Celly and Ma. “being shorter than somepony in the room,” Celly cleared her throat. “Somebody in the room is rather nice.”

The three of us made our way downstairs, where none of my siblings were home yet.

“Katie should be home any second, she was with some of her friends, I think. Daniel and Dave should be coming home as well. That should be plenty of time to get something cooking.” Ma nodded to Celestia. “Any problems with eating meat? If so, my husband knew a few vegetarian recipes that Kodiak should know by heart. What do you say?”

Celly hummed. “I have tried meat before, never cared for it. Save for certain circumstances,” she eyed me. God dammit Celly. “It has also been a while since Source made lasagna for me, so that would be a treat.” I was already in the kitchen… where nothing changed. Same, wooden cupboards, microwave, oven, even a toaster off to the side. Dad’s cookbook sat on the counter, seemingly untouched since I disappeared. Ma joined us, and before we knew it, we had lasagna noodles. Celly and I, while kinda clumsy, since Celly wasn’t born with two legs and I was readjusting to having two legs, moved pretty quickly and in sync with each other. To the point where Ma stood off to the side, in the doorway and watched us work.

“And that,” I slid the uncooked lasagna into the oven. “Didn’t go terribly, I won’t even lie. It went pretty smoothly, actually.” I said as I set the kitchen timer.

Ma just started clapping. “And that,” she said. “Is why I wasn’t initially mad about you marryin’ a horse,” she pointed out. “You two go together like cookies and cream, don’tcha?” She giggled. “It’d be a crime to separate y’all. I’d rather see my son happy, when he ain’t hurtin’ nobody, than depressed because I disapproved of his wife.” Ma went just outside the kitchen and dug through a closet until she pulled out an old suitcase. “I’m going to get started on grabbing what I don’t want to leave behind before everyone gets home.”

Right when Ma went upstairs, the front door got unlocked. In came a teenage girl, auburn, waist length hair, unstyled save for it being brushed. She was wearing a simple sundress and a set of steel toe boots. She was crying and had smeared makeup on her face. Celly stayed in the kitchen while I stepped out. As soon as she saw me, she froze up and it seemed like the thing she was crying about was long forgotten. Her eyes were wide, before she started crying again. I knelt down and opened my arms nice and wide. My sister started running towards me.

And caught my little sister in my arms. “Katie!” I hugged her as tightly as I could. I held her tightly.

“Kodi!” She wailed into my chest. “Where were you!?” Her voice was muffled by my shirt, but I could still understand her. It was kinda hard not to, since she was shouting into my chest.

“I’ll tell you when our brothers get home. Why… Did you come in here crying? What happened, Katie?”

“...You’ve been gone all year, and you're more worried about me crying?”

“Katie, I’m your big brother. My first concern is what you just went through. What happened?”

“I… My boyfriend broke up with me,” Katie said, her voice still muffled by my chest. I started rocking her back and forth while she started crying again. “H-he said I wasn’t pretty enough-”

“What.” I said sternly. “What the fuck did he say?” My blood began to boil.

“T-that I wasn’t pret-pretty e-e-enough to be his girlfriend. He’s… h-he’s been cheating on me for weeks!” I know it was just a teenage relationship, I know. Mmm, I want to punt that little shit across the yard for hurting my sister in such a way. I am mad, very mad. Mmm. I am mad. I simply sat there, continuing to hold my crying sister while Celly watched from the kitchen. Once her sobs had died down, she looked up at me, teary eyed. “W-what a-about y-you?” she asked. She had cried so damn much that she was struggling to speak and had hiccups. She hicc’d as she rubbed the tears out of her eyes.

“Hicc.”

“I… may have been saving up enough money to go meet with somebody last year. I made enough and got caught up with something. I’ll tell you the whole thing over dinner, promise.”

“Promise?” Katie asked, looking up with me with curious, though sorrowful eyes. They were more curious though... a hint of excitement...

I am so used to reading eyes now, Jesus.

“Promise. Now, tell me, who’s the little cunt that needs his shit kicked in.”

“Kodi, don’t. It’s n-not worth it.” Katie said. “I’m happier that you’re back home, than I am upset about my break up. W-why didn’t you at least leave a note or something? Anything?” She asked. “We… all thought you died and we did our best to move on and… and we did move on! And you’re back home!”

“Katie,” I said. “Sometimes I am an idiot and forget to think about you guys. Ma already chewed me out for-OOF!” I got tackled by two bodies. I knew who. Me and Katie were now piled under our brothers. Daniel, my eldest sibling, though younger than I, and Dave, the youngest. “Hey guys! What’s up?” I laughed. It felt so, so good to be holding my siblings again, dude. “Y’all missed me?”

“Where did you go?” Daniel asked.

The kitchen timer started going off as soon as Ma came downstairs, she was smiling broadly at the sight, all of her children were in one place again.

“Well,” I chuckled. “Celly, you may as well come out. Come meet my family.”

My eldest brother’s jaw dropped and Katie gasped. Dave just stared blankly at my wife.

After some quick introductions, everyone was served up a helping of lasagna. Celly had apparently toasted a loaf of bread for us to split up and eat with the pasta. When she had done this, I don’t know, but I ain’t complaining. Katie was sitting closest to me on my left, while Celly sat on my right. Dave was already eating, and probably chose to let Katie and Daniel tag-team me while questioning my whereabouts during the last year.

“So let me get this straight,” Daniel started. “You saved up enough money to fly to another country, stay there for a year, and come back home with a smokin’ hot girlfriend?” He asked. Celly giggled behind a hand, before taking another bite off of her plate. I didn’t really mind; I knew my wife was pretty and I was proud of it. Ma was a different story.

“Dan!” Ma said sternly. “We do not speak of ladies like that in front of them. I’ve already spoken to Celestia, and I know she doesn’t mind, but mind yer manners, alright? That’s your brother’s wife!”

“MARRIED!?” Katie asked. “I would’ve loved to be a flower girl at your wedding! Why didn’t you tell me you were getting married?” Katie asked.

“Hah… So, I’mma tell all of you the same thing I told Ma. You won’t believe just like Ma did. So, I kinda lied.” I gestured to Celly where she was shoving a fork full of lasagna into her mouth. She realized what I had just asked of her, and quickly swallowed it without chewing. There was a bit of cheese and sauce on her cheeks. Classic Celly moment. Regal and pretty outside, messy and eats like a pig in private. I wouldn’t have her any other way. She chased that down with a fizzy drink, something she’s already addicted to, apparently. This was going to be the first time she spoke all dinner.

Not without belching like she could still do the Royal Canterlot Voice first, though. That got a 'woop' from the rest of the family.

“Ah, I suppose your brother threw out any chance of me weaving a story together out the window. Your brother did not cross any borders, rather he accidentally crossed the fabric of time, space, and reality itself. Do not ask how, neither of us know. This all ended with Source, or Kodiak, being found in my home world, a planet called Equus. Though when he finally became conscious, he realized he was not human anymore, rather, he had turned into a pony, or ‘horse’ as your mother sometimes refers to me as. That’s a slur back home, by the way, Mrs. Gaime. I would recommend not calling anypony that at home. It's not as bad as calling somepony a mustang, but it's not quite nice to say either."

Ma chuckled at that. The rest of my siblings were in disbelief.

“...Where do you play into this story, then, Celestia?” Katie asked. “Because you ended up getting married to my brother at some point.”

“Oh yes, after your big, brave-” fuck you too, dear. “-Brother panicked when he first woke up, he charged face first into a wall, while trying run away from the nurse. Because he is so brave, and knocked himself out again. After a few more attempts of peacefully waking him by his nurse, I came by, as he was brought to my castle’s infirmary, stopped by to check on him. From there, I learnt that he was not a pony in the brain, and taught him about Equus and being a pony. He couldn’t even write at first.”

“It fuckin’ sucked,” I chuckled. “My diary, yes I kept a diary and still do, about my time in Equestria, or the country I ended up in. I could only remember a few events, as I finally began being able to write again months into me being a pony. And I could only remember small bits and pieces. When somebody writes my biography and reads through that section, they’re gonna get mad about how brief I was about everything.” I chuckled. “Uh, one day, since Celly gave me enough bits to stay at a motel, without me doing anything, I got mugged. Well, I almost got mugged. Celly stopped by, stopped me from getting mugged, and then we went to a coffee shop. By this point, I was kinda depressed and hadn’t taken any meds for months, so when we inevitably got swamped by reporters, I panicked. One thing led to another, and just before we went to go play mini golf with a peer of mine, I found out Celly was trying to court me. So I said ‘screw it’ and we were dating. Not even a year later and we’re married.” I smiled. “Best year of my life, I’ll be honest with you.”

“How do we know this is real?” Dave asked. “It sounds stupid,” he said bluntly.

“Your brother showed me,” Ma said. “His mirror currently leads to the world he was sent to. He’s shown me. His wife can apparently control the Sun, I don’t want to believe it right now, but she is, in fact, a pony. He, in fact, was a pony for a year… WAIT!” She shouted. “WHO THE FUCK TRIED TO MUG YOU!?” She grabbed her fork. “Tell me who, Kodi, so I can let them understand why they made a severe lapse in their judgment. I will beat the shit out of them-”

“Ma, that was a year ago, a little more at this point. Celly took care of it.” I said. I really don’t wanna sick Ma on those poor muggers. She’ll beat them over the head with a clipboard.

“So this brings us to our next point,” Celly began. “Would you all like to come to Equestria? Your mother already agreed, and it does not have to be permanent. Just live in Equestria for a year and see how it is. If you would like to stay, you may, and if you do not, we can give you enough bits, since they are apparently worth more on Earth, to get you all back on track in life.”

Katie hummed. “This sounds all fantastical-”

“By technicality, y’all would be princes and princesses, while Ma would be a Lady,” I pointed out. “Don’t gotta work, or anything. Getting used to being a pony sucks, but it’s not the end of the world. I’ve even had to pick up a new name, ‘Source Code’ to fit in with ponies better.”

That point flew over their heads.

“Well,” Daniel pointed out. “If you’re telling the truth and Ma believes ya, what can possibly go wrong with seeing how this place is for a year?” He asked. “To be frank, Kodi, or Source as you apparently go by now, we just don’t want to be separated from you again. We’d rather adjust to new bodies and not having hands anymore, than say goodbye to you again.” My whole family voiced an agreement. “So,” he gestured to the house. “This place isn’t home, Source, it’s where your family is. And we’re your family. How can you feel at home, if we’re not with you?”

“But…”

“You gave up on choir to watch out for us,” Daniel pointed out. “You’ve had to give up so much time, and effort, and hair to essentially help raise us since Dave was five. It’s about time we put your interests in mind…”

Ma gave Daniel a proud look. “I wasn’t even thinkin’ that, but you drive a good point.” She got up. “C’mon, everyone! Pack up what you don’t want to leave behind and meet up in your brother’s room in twenty minutes!”

I sat in my room while everyone else was packing. What they needed. I had logged into my computer and was showing Celly what Minecraft was because she said it was stupid once. Before I knew it, she was indeed addicted to it. I was sitting to the side, smirking as Celestia got stuck in a cave and genuinely spooked when ‘a green magical moss monster’ -Celly’s dubbing of the creeper- dropped on her head and killed her instantly. I already packed what I wanted to pack.

Just my dad’s cookbook, and maybe a baseball cap for memory sake. It really did take me having to pack everything I wanted to take with me, just how little I actually had. Sure, I had my desktop that I spent a lot of money on, which will probably be left behind, but other than that… I barely had any outfits, just some white t-shirts and black pants.

A Maccas’ uniform sat in the corner of the room, crumpled up with the hay for it sitting on it. My bed was pretty plain, just a white pillow, and a light blue blanket I had since I was six. I was taking that with me, since I still had some attachment to it. Who knows? Maybe Button and his kids will find a use for it.

So aside from that blanket, I had nothing. I did pack everything in my bookshelf, so I wouldn’t just have horrible remakes of the novelized Star Wars trilogies, the Prequels and the Originals. The Sequel trilogy is a dumpster fire and I will fight you on that. I also finally had an actual, non-pony version of Where the Red Fern Grows. There were even a few books I didn’t even know I had, but packed them anyway.

“God damn, I had no life,” I said as I looked at my meager suitcase full of books and a blanket.

“I would not say that,” Celly said, she had shut the computer off when she started actually getting mad at Minecraft ‘Boney Things’. “You spent quite a bit of time on your siblings and it shows. You and your sister are very close, and it’s something I am a bit jealous of. Seeing just how close you two seem to be. Your family is all willing to abandon their lives for just a shot at a life in Equestria.”

“It’s because there’s one thing Pa taught us; stick together.” I hummed. “You don’t mind if I take some time away from the castle, if Ma wants to live away from the big city, to help my family get settled in? I know of a plot of land just outside of Canterlot where there’s enough room to build a cozy little cabin for my family-”

“Source, you've already spent so long away from them. I know what it’s like to miss your family; I've seen how much happier you are when you're in close proximity to your family. Spend some time with them, recoup, and enjoy them. Though depending on how old Dave is, Luna won’t leave him alone; if he is a ten year-old colt when he crosses through the Mirror, then Lulu is one hundred percent going to steal him from your mother for a while.”

“I know…” I hummed. “How would my sister react to the cutest colt though? Also known as our son?” I asked. “Ooo, that is going be fucking adorable!” I clapped my hands and blinked. “Feckin’ pony instincts,” I chuckled.

The door cracked open and my room was full of my family members and their suitcases. Each one of us had one, seeing as we won’t be needing clothes. My room was actually the smallest in the house, so it was kinda cramped.

“So, how’re we doing this,” Daniel gestured to the mirror. “Just walk through?” He asked.

“Celly’ll go first, and I’ll go last. Y’all go in after Celly does, one at a time. Celly and I will carry your luggage.” I stepped aside from the Mirror. Celly, wanting to not be human anymore, jumped into the portal. Ma, while holding Dave walked in next, their suitcases dragged behind them. Katie and Dan looked at me, gesturing to me to go first.

“C’mon, Kodi, go on in,” Dan said. “Ladies first.”

“Dan, I will tickle you if you don’t go in,” I said.

“Pfft, you wouldn’t.”

“Yea, I won’t. Just go in, man. Celly’ll be ready to catchya.” Dan finally went in after I pushed him in.

That just left me and Katie. She had cleaned her messed up makeup off her face, and was still wearing her sun dress. “Can you hold me while we go through? I… This is going to be a little scary, isn’t it?”

“New starts in life are always scary, Katie. But the scarier part is staying at the starting line and not pushing forward. So…” I picked Kaite up, bridle-style. “I’ll hold ya, aye?” I chuckled when Katie hugged onto me tightly as I dragged our luggage behind us. I tossed that in first, and stepped through the mirror. Reality began to give way around us as we stepped into our new lives.

We stepped through the portal, Ma was the same color of unicorn as I once was, just… well, a mare. I was laying on the floor, noting that Katie was basically me, but inverted. I don’t think I’ve seen a teenage filly before, she just kinda looked like any of the Crusaders, just with longer legs and had a longer body to match. Her mane and tail matched how her hair was in style; simple, brush out and straight. Honestly, she looked like how Twilight does, just a yellow coat and a blue mane, and well, younger.

Dave and Daniel were splitting images of each other, though again, their colors were reversed. Though the shades of blue they had were lighter, almost matching Rainbow’s cyan coat, and they had orange on'em in well. Dave had an orange mane, and an almost cyan coat. Dan had an orange coat and almost cyan mane. Of course, helping to distinguish them was Dave being a tiny little colt that was way too cute for his own good. I am gonna snuggle and cuddle with him so hard.

Every one of them were unicorns!

Ma’s magical presence, holy shit. I didn’t notice it at first, because I was more happy about having her back, but…

Ma’s ambient magic has as much of a presence as Twilight’s. Unlike Twi, who hides her presence most of the time, Ma obviously wouldn't know how, or that it's considered polite to hide the full blunt of your ambient magic. Ma felt like if Twilight didn't hide her magic most of the time.

Good god. Good thing I didn’t tell her who mugged me. They woulda fucking died.

All of our suitcases had turned into saddlebags, and Celly and I immediately started sorting them out between all of us, while the rest of my family tried to get used to their new bodies. Ma, having the most experience, wiggled her hips, and stretched. “I’m feelin’ ten years younger!” She cheered.

Dave was a tiny little colt, he and Button were about the same age, being about ten and nine years old respectively. This was adorable. Everyone of us found him adorable.

“Why are you all lookin’ at me like that?” Dave asked.

“Dave, sonny,” Ma sat on her rear before scooping up my youngest sibling. Her horn lit up on its own. Just like that, she’s had her first spark. “You’re adorable.”

“Ma, stop,” Dave groaned. “I’m not a baby-”

“And I have not got the proper chance to be a mother because of all of the time I’ve had to spend working, instead of mothering. Let me have this,” Ma argued. Dave was about to argue, but then the pony brain took over. He started purring without meaning to, which only made Ma hug him tighter. Dave realized what his body was doing, before he closed his eyes and snuggled deeper into Ma’s grasps.

“You’re going to have a field day with your grandfoal,” Celly said with a snicker. She leaned down to me. “I love your mother already. I can see why you turned out to be such a gentlecolt.” Ma and Celly are going to torture me together.

“Wait,” Ma hummed. “Holy shit I have a grandson too?!” She asked. Button is not going to be safe. He will be snuggled up tonight.

“We talked about him briefly earlier, Ma.” I pointed out.

“Kodi, Source, wait, what would you rather be called?” Ma asked.

“Please call me Source,” I said. “Though if you call me Kodiak, Kodi, or Cody with a C and Y, I won’t mind. I just prefer going as Source now.” Again, I would choose to be Source Code over Kodiak Gaime if I were given a hundred times to live this life over and over.

“Well, Source, you’re introducing me to my grandson as soon as you can. I want to dote on him as well.” Ma did the universal-pony-if-you're-happy-and-you-know-it-clap-your-hooves thing. She blinked. “What the fuck? I didn’t-”

“Welcome to ponyland, Ma. You will do that from time to time.” I chuckled. “Say Katie,” I said, standing to full height with my sister on my back. “You can open your eyes, y’know. We’re on the other side of the portal.”

“This feels nice,” she whispered. “This feels very nice,” her legs started dangling just above the floor, her head resting right in between my ears. And... Katie's a bigger cuddlebug than I am.

“You’re gonna have to learn how to walk eventually, y’know?”

“You wouldn’t want to drop me on my butt right now though, would you?” Katie yawned. “After all of today’s excitement, like me becoming a pony,” she snorted. “I could use a nap anyway.” She stretched her legs, before letting them dangle just above the ground again.

“Mmm, say, Celly, think it’s gonna be time to lower the Sun when we get home?” I asked.

“I believe it would, why do you…” She began to smirk “Oh, I see.” Celly giggled.

After Fruit had come back, we all ended up going back through a portal, all the way back to our timeline. It was a rather fun experience for my family, being turned into ponies and then thrown through the fabric of time and space, and coming to realize that our universe is just one of many. Very fun. Katie slept through the whole damn thing!

When we came through the portal back home, Exo landed next to us… I kinda forgot about her, not going to lie.

“Fruit’s studies in Portal Magic are literally twenty years ahead of ours,” she whispered.

“Get used to it,” Fruit chuckled. “I am technically from a timeline further long in the future than this one.” He turned to the portal again. “I’m going to go spend some time with my wife. Who knows? Maybe my tale will be told to everyone.” He shrugged. “Meh, time will only tell.” He and I shared one more brohoof. “Stay good, Source. Your family’s gonna need ya, and I went through all this effort to getcha your family. My Mom and Dad disowned me,” Fruit heaved. “Take care, y’all.” With that, Fruit was gone.

I figured he’d be back eventually, but his Chrysalis, or his Chryssy as he calls her, probably missed him just as much as he missed her. That fucker still owed me ten bits from when I outdrank him at a bar once, so he better come back eventually.

“So, how’re we gonna move everypony across Canterlot? I think only Dan’s figured out how to walk properly out of my whole family. Me included; I still forget which leg is which.”

Katie rolled off of my back, landing on her hooves, but nearly toppled over. Luckily, she caught herself so I wouldn’t feel the need to baby her; she’s an adorable filly, how could I not baby her if she falls over? I am going to baby her anyway. “So where are we staying?” She asked, sitting like a cat. Mmm, I am going to have to beat so many nobles over the head; they will want Katie. I find Katie adorable, but what makes her adorable is probably what nobles will find 'sexy'. They will lose their limbs if they come after her with marriage proposals while she's still fourteen. She hummed. So far it hasn’t really kicked in for anyone here that Celly’s a princess and I’m a Prince. Me and Celly sat side by side, like cats.

I pulled out a scroll from nowhere, lifted it up, and wrote a message to Lulu; she should be awake right now. I just requested that she send a chariot to the Mage Tower.

“Kodi, where are we stayin?” Ma asked.

“So, remember how Celly can raise the Sun?” I asked.

“...Yes.”

“Notice something different about her? Besides the stature, or that she has wings and a horn, an alicorn as she’s called.” I asked.

“Oh yeah, she’s wearing a necklace, a crown and horseshoes…” Ma slowly drew out that last word. “And you have wings and a horn too,” she added. “Kodi,” she said. Everyone was drawing to the same conclusion that Ma was vocalizing. “Kodi, you married a princess, didn’t you?” She asked.

“Yeah. In fact, High Princess. Think of it like a Queen, but not really. That title is shared by her and her sister, Luna.”

“Yer basically a FECKIN’ KING?!” Ma asked. “AND YOU CHOSE NOT TO PUT TOO MUCH ATTENTION ON THAT?!”

“I said y’all wouldn’t have to work a day in your lives if you didn’t want to,” I said. I started smirking, shit eating grin and all.

“What. The. Fuck. Son?” Ma asked. “Well, I suppose that answers where we’ll be staying for a while.”

The door to the Portal Studying Room slammed open and a night guard, a bat pony that I specifically requested be sent to get us, walked in. “Your highness,” he said, addressing me. “Your requested chariots have arrived, though when we all get to the rooftop, Princess Celestia-”

“Will have to lower the Sun, I know,” Celly nodded. “I shall do that before we leave. I know that you Thestrals are good at seeing in the night, but do you request that I fly ahead with a light spell?”

“Your highness,” the bat pony raised a hoof. “We’ll be fine without the light. Canterlot is so well-lit at night that we won’t even need it,” he added.

“Wait, hold it,” Daniel said, getting in the way of us. “No way your wife can control the Sun-”

When we reached the roof, where the Mage Tower’s chariot bay was, Celly walked forward, sparkling and all that, in the sunlight as it started to set.

Dan sat on his rear and threw his hooves forward. “See? The sun’s setting on its own-”

“Ah, Luna, it is good that you decided to accompany us tonight,” I said.

Luna had just teleported in and scared the shit out of Dan. It was kinda funny. It was something I hinted at, and Lulu, being the prankster she is, jumped on the opportunity, it seems. Dan was laying on the ground, coughing and sputtering. Ma was laughing at him.

“You guys… can teleport?” Katie asked.

“We all can,” I corrected. “You’d need to learn how to use your horn first,” I tapped my own. “I’ve already taught three kids how to. It shouldn’t be hard to teach y’all if you want.” I walked over and propped Dan up on my shoulder. “C’mon, bro, sit up. Show’s about to start.”

Celly and Lulu started slowly flying into the air, like they were both having a Summer Sun Celebration and Winter Moon Celebration respectively. They knew exactly what they were doing. Celly looked hot, just daintly flying around as her Sun slowly drifted past the west horizon. It was quite the sight, so much so that I only noticed that Button was here when I picked up his magical signature, and something nuzzling by my foreleg. Both my wife and surrogate sister started flying, circling each other as their respective celestial bodies lowered and raised respectively.

Everyone’s brains were broken. Ma was fine though, just a little shocked.

“Dad, is this the rest of your family?” Button asked.

“Yeah.”

“Didn’t you tell them that Mom can do this?” He asked.

“I did. They didn’t believe me.”

I chuckled. Dan was just sitting there, coughing up another fit after watching the sight before his eyes. A small smile plastered itself on my face. “Psst Button, wanna meet your grandma?” I asked, gesturing towards Ma, who was mostly amazed about the show rather than shocked. In fact, she had a small smile on her face.

“Well, I’d never thought I’d see something like that in my life.” Ma’s gaze fell on Luna. “That mare right there, downright gorgeous,” she chuckled. She then noticed me approaching her with a colt riding on my snout.

“Hey Ma, you wanted to meet your grandson, right?” I asked. My voice was muffled by Button’s belly that was hanging right in front of my mouth.

“Oh. My. God.” Ma squealed. “He is adorable! Give him here. Give’em, dammit! Kodi, I am an excited grandma and I demand that you-” I handed over Button. Button’s cheek was squished against Ma’s for an hour straight. “Oh my god! Source, why didn’t you tell that colts were so adorable?!” I started chuckling at Button’s confused expression.

Life’s going good now. Life’s good now.

Whoever the fuck threatens my family is gonna fucking explode.

Author's Note

and so, Source's family! the next few chapters will feature them heavily as I establish each one of them as characters, and help show insight on how Source is with each and every one of them. If some parts look wildly different from each other in terms of writing style, it's because this chapter's been burning in my brain so much that I, while on break or during a slow period, worked on this chapter on my phone.

also, some chapters may just be Source and one of his siblings, or him and all of his siblings in Ponyville, or just him and his Ma. There will be Code Family Pony Piles in the future.

Fun trivia:

Dan/Daniel is named after RT Game.
Katie is named after Dathi De Nogla's sister.
Dave is named after Dathi De Nogla
Source's Mom is named 'Maeve' though her name will hardly, actually be used given who narrates most of the time.