Author's Note

Ready for another chapter with a strange twist? Prepare yourself for a kinky surprise!

6: Chasing Ghosts

As he adapts to his new situation, True Heart spends several years tracking down trails of other dangerous foes like the three sisters, when he tries to get to know his wife better, asking, "Lilly, my sweet, could you tell me more about your kind?"

Thinking it over while in her sanctum, she answers into his mind, "What do you wish to know, sweetie?"

Making his way through the dark Everfree Forest, he asks, "Is it possible for you to reproduce?"

At hearing those words, she stops twiddling her thumbs and blushes a fierce shade of blue, saying, "O-of course I can't, for it is a blessing from grandfather to be able to create life from nothing like the creatures from both your worlds can. Sorry to burst your bubble of having fanged foals running around biting each other, but there's your answer."

Finding his next question, he asks, "Then why is it that you have an entrance down there in the first place?"

She starts drumming her fingers against her arms as she sits in her swinging lounge chair, making it swing back and forth with her legs, saying, "Well because that is a second mouth we were given to torture criminals..." while hoping the questions stop there about her anatomy.

Ducking under a branch and using his magic to scare off a lurking cockatrice, he then asks, "Okay, then why didn't you use it to torture me when I was down there?"

Her face turns deep blue and shouts into his mind from embarrassment, "You aren't a criminal, and only certain types of criminals would be tortured that way! All female succubi like me have teeth down there!" Her voice then goes deathly quiet as she whispers out loud to him accidentally, "Well...every other female except me...that is."

Wanting to hear her say it again, he asks, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear that very well, you said something about 'all except you' ...what?"

Raising her legs onto the cushion as the chair continues to swing, she places her crossed arms over her knees and buries her face in her arms, then shouts into his mind, "I don't have teeth down there, alright! Now stop asking embarrassing and humiliating questions about my flaws!"

Needing to bring her out of her embarrassment, he sighs and leans against a dark tree, saying to her, "Okay, I am glad to know that for the next time I'm down there."

Lifting her head slightly, she peeks over her arms and asks quietly, "Next time?"

With a smirk, he continues walking through the forest, saying, "Yeah, I said next time because I like your little quirks...the fact that you like to sing prayers in latin and drink holy water, not to mention how being around divine power makes you...excitable."

Snorting in amusement, Lillith lifts her head off her arms and puts her legs back down to resume swinging them back and forth while drumming her fingertips along her arms once more, saying, "Don't be a prude now, darling."

Chuckling, he continues walking and says, "Alright, alright. Yes I like the fact you get horny whenever you are around holy power for some reason."

Groaning from boredom, she jumps out of the chair saying, "UGH, I'm so bored! Can I come out and walk around?"

Letting out a sigh, he says, "Not unless you can master your ability to look, and talk, like one of the three pony races. We can't scare the populace half to death like you did at Manehattan."

Plopping down back in her swinging chair, she swings her legs back and forth with more force, saying, "I couldn't help it, the miserably pompous mare called me a hideous slug creature!"

Chuckling, he then says, "Which is why you need to keep working on your appearance to make it look like you have a soft coat that has a glossy sheen to it. Ponies don't have smooth, shiny skin like you do, so you definitely stand out among ponies."

Rolling her eyes and hopping out of her chair with a defeated groan, Lillith says, "Oh alright...FINE! I can't wait to get out and stretch my legs again, it starts feeling really cramped in here when you don't let me out for some air."

Shaking his head at her attitude, he says, "Once we are a good distance away from the herbalist's hut and that shy animal-loving pony, you can come out and romp around for awhile through the forest, okay?"

Smiling, she resumes manipulating her form so that she can stay out, saying, "Alright, I'll hold you to that!" As she shifts her form into one on four legs with hooves and a single horn, she looks at the mirror to see herself, thinking to herself, 'Okay, so I have the basic unicorn shape down, though I need to work on making my hooves one single piece instead of being cloven. The most annoying thing I need to work on is covering my whole body with fur...' As she works on making her hooves one piece, she asks out of boredom, "So why are we lurking around in this wonderfully creepy forest, anyway?"

Making his way out to where he heard rumors of a haunted castle ruin, True Heart carefully crosses a decrepit bridge badly needing repairs, saying, "I am investigating the ruined castle out here to see if it is really haunted, if so, then I intend to help the spirits find eternal rest. Besides, I would like to see the Summer Sun Celebration that Ponyville puts on this year, but there is also this legend that I would like to prove real or false. If its real, I intend to put the wicked alicorn out of her misery."

As she manages to shift her left forehoof into a single piece successfully, Lillith asks, "So how long are we going to be here this time?"

Shrugging his shoulders, he uses a spell to repair the bridge, saying, "Who knows, it could be a few months, or even a few years as far as I know. I wasn't able to get a good understanding of the exact time this mare was defeated."

Starting to work on the other three, she then says, "If you're going to buy a house...at least buy one on the outskirts of town with a basement so I can walk around at least and practice my form, or at least purchase a tent so that we can stay out of the weather!"

Satisfied with the results of his spell, he heads for the castle ruin, saying, "Alright dear, I will keep that in mind if I should find myself considering making this place my home. I will have to ask around for where I can find a tent as I haven't seen any sold anywhere, if I can't find one around here, I might get some fabric and make my own."

Stopping her practice in its tracks, she says, "I have seen what you call a tent and I will not be cooped up in an itty bitty thing like that that!"

Pushing open one of the doors, he walks into the castle interior to hear a gentle breeze blowing through the broken windows. Looking up at the ceiling, he sees blue skies above and says, "This castle is really falling apart, must have been one heck of a battle that took place here."

As he heads further into the room, he spots a statue containing six stone orbs and wonders what it was supposed to symbolize when a ghostly voice breezes just behind his head, saying faintly, "You should not be here...leave."

Turning to look behind him as his fur stands on end, saying, "I am not leaving without answers first."

A different voice passes just by his left ear, asking in a faint whisper, "Ask your questions."

Lillith ignores the conversation and focuses on making herself sprout tiny hairs all over her body, only partially succeeding as her flanks no longer shine. She is about to try again when she hears that the four spirits trapped here are unable to move on due to unfinished business they refuse to divulge to a stallion as it is deemed 'improper'. Finding that of some interest to her, she abandons her practicing and reaches out to one of the four spirits trapped here and asks them through telepathy, asking, 'Forgive me for having been listening in on your conversation, but as I am a female myself...would you be able to tell me what your unfinished business is sweetie?'

Hearing the strange feminine voice speaking to her mind, the youngest of the spirits rests on a broken pillar in the room and looks around for whoever is doing the talking. Able to choose who sees her ghostly form, she remains invisible and looks at the stallion's body to see a purple aura leaking out from within him and asks with the same abilty, 'Since I can only tell that you are powerful and female, I shall share with you the reason we can't move on...we four have wanted to be with a stallion, but no colt ever found us attractive enough.'

Finding herself feeling sympathetic to them, she sighs sadly and sincerely says to her through telepathy, 'Oh you poor dears, that is a real shame that you weren't able to the loving touch of a male. How would you like the chance to finally be able to move on?'

Still invisible, she cocks her head curiously and asks, 'But how can you possibly do that, you are female just like me? You aren't properly...equipped.'

Giggling across her telepathy, Lillith says, 'Well, you see...I am from somewhere else entirely sweetie, and since I have unique skills...I could find a way to release you all from your ethereal shackles. Would you like that?'

A glimmer of hope appears in her mind as she thinks it over, then says, 'I would like that, but how would you accomplish such a thing?'

A mischievous grin crosses her face as she says, 'Unfortunately, that will just have to be a surprise. Do you want to be set free tonight or be trapped here forever?'

The spirit's thoughts battle within her mind for a long few seconds until she sighs and says, 'I want to be at peace...'

Lillith smiles and then shifts in place anxiously, saying, 'In order for this to work, though, you are going to have to make a deal with me. What do you say?'

Considering it for a couple minutes, she eventually sighs and replies, 'What sort of deal is it, can you tell me the details?'

Smiling at her curiosity, she answers honesty, saying, 'Of course, it won't involve your soul in any way, so no need to worry about that. The only things I shall ask from you is the magic you use to affect the world around you for one, and being able to actually see you during the act. That is all, I swear on my honor that this is the whole truth. Do we have a deal?'

The spirit thinks it through a while longer than before, but hesitantly sighs and says, 'Alright, I accept your deal. What must I do now?'

With her willing to accept the deal, she grins deviously in delight, saying, 'Nothing at first until you know it is me, and you will know because the stallion's voice will change and I will call you little one. Then you can come over to let yourself be seen so I can give you your deserved eternal rest.'

Nodding her head, she remains on the pillar, saying, 'Alright, let me tell the other three about your deal so they can see it for themselves.'

Ready to do her part, she uses her demonic skills and runs her powers along her husband's body as if caressing it with her own hands, slowly getting a firm hold on his spirit so that she can swap places with him.

Noticing the sensation of being caressed all over, True Heart cocks an eyebrow and looks around curiously to see no one beside him and then asks his wife through the telepathic link between them, 'Dear, just what are you up to?'

Giggling and answering him, she says, 'Oh nothing much, but didn't you know?' Using her powers to swap places with him, she tosses him into a prison cell made of black obsidian bars inside her sanctuary at the base of his skull and neck, saying, 'Sometimes, a demon just wants to have fun...'

Now in control of his body, she giggles sultrily and looks around, saying, "You can come out now...little one. Your eternal rest awaits."

Noticing the change instantly as the stallion's once green eyes become yellow, the spirit floats down to just in front of the stallion's body and lets the other female see her.

A young mare whose back is no higher than the middle point of her husband's shoulders stands before her, her body a ghostly, transparent silver with a smoky mane to match. Seeing that she is almost literally skin and bones, she frowns lightly and says, "Oh you poor dear, how cruelly you were treated by being locked up and left to starve to death." Reaching forward and lowering her mouth toward the smaller mare's, asking, "What is your name, little one?"

Leaning forward to kiss the stallion's body, the younger spirit says, "Star Trail, what's yours?"

Giggling, she tells her a half-truth, saying, "You can just call me Vale Lily, Star Trail. Now let's seal the deal with a kiss."

Furious at being locked out of his own body, True Heart shouts from his cell and bangs his front and back hooves against the bars to try to break them, shouting, "WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE, I WON'T LET YOU OUT FOR HALF A YEAR!"

Not concerned at all, her lips meet Star's and angles her head to deepen the kiss, watching with delight as the mare's ghostly tail rises up. Feeling the blood in her husband's body starting to shift, she curls her tongue around the young mare's while maneuvering his body to being behind hers.

As he watches helplessly as his member slips out and stiffens, his wife moves her mouth to the young mare's entrance and devours it hungrily.

Star's eyes become half lidded as she widens her stance eagerly, breathing heavily, asking in a ghostly, young voice, "I really enjoy what you are doing with your tongue, Vale, but could you mount me already and keep kissing me?"

Taking her head from the mare's tasty entrance, Lillith steps over either side of Star's body and lines the member's tip up with her entrance and thrusts forward. The tight sensation causes her yellow eyes to roll backward as she returns her mouth to Star's, continuing to pull back and thrust forward as far as she can.

The other three spirits watch on in shock as a half hour passes when they see electrical sparks race throughout Star's body, then lets out a ghostly wail of pleasure when a cloudy white liquid floods into the young mare's body. Biting their ghostly lower lips, they gasp as the young mare's body begins to fall to the floor limply, letting out a breath, saying, "Thank youuu..." before coalescing into a shimmering orb smaller than a hoof and rising up to meet them, saying with Star's voice, "I'll be waiting for you all by the moon to pay back the one who imprisoned us, so don't make me wait too long, because I want to explore what lies ahead for us!"

As they watch her soar up into the sky and disappear, they all practically rush towards the female controlling the stallion's body, saying, "WE'LL ACCEPT THAT DEAL TOO!"

After watching one of the spirits move on, he finds himself unable to stay mad at his wife and says, "You know, dear, I am proud of how kind you are being towards these poor soul's plight. However, it would have been nice to hear about it before you possessed me and swapped places."

Happy about being praised by her husband, she giggles as she mounts another eager mare's spirit, burying the member into the mare fully while hungrily making out with another, with the mare she's mounting eating out the third mare.

Stuck in his cell as he watches his wife use his body to flood the next spirit with his seed, he huffs in annoyance and wishes he was part of it, saying, "It's no fair that you get to have all the fun."

Sensing his lust, she sees another orb rise into the sky, saying to her husband, 'Careful, dear, for you are dangerously close to falling victim to one of the seven deadly sins...lust. However, I can't say I can...oh so tight...blame you as this feels really good. It's no wonder why that tan mare with the weird grayscale mane and tail couldn't walk after you filled her three times, should she worry about bringing a foal into the world?'

Watching as the fourth spirit appears on her back under the second mare, his eyebrow rises as he sees his wife shift between thrusting into the bottom mare and top mare, saying, "No, she took precautions and drank Moon Tea, which is the same thing for mares as Sun Tea is for stallions." He then asks curiously, "It's possible to do that with two mares like that?"

While passionately making out with the mare on top as she slams his hips into the bottom mare's, she laughs through her connection to him, saying, 'Of course it is possible, it is even possible to seed them both by dividing shots between them. However, a mare willing to take part in that is required, though I think that might be rare these days'

Feeling his body getting close, she smirks as she decides to let him have some fun too after having already sealed the last two deals with a kiss to each mare. Running her power along his spirit once again, she giggles across the connection and then abruptly swaps places again to wait to receive the rest of the magic from the last two mares. Eagerly making her way to her love seat, she dismisses the empty cell and makes herself comfortable in her swinging sofa, lying on the cushions completely naked with her clawed feet resting on the armrest and summoning a cigarette between her fingers.

His senses overwhelm him as he pauses to process it all as he feels a cold tongue swirl around his tongue and suck it into something wet and chilly, hearing a pleading ghostly voice, beg, "Please don't stop..."

Realizing he is in control again, he smiles and gets into the kiss while thrusting away into the bottom mare and attempts to switch to the top mare and start kissing the bottom mare.

Shuddering in delight at being kissed again, the bottom mare moans into the stallion's mouth, not yet realizing that the stallion is back in control. Pulling back with his lip between her teeth, she lets it go and says in a husky voice, "My name's Swift Dart, I never knew there could ever be a more caring soul. Thank you for doing this for us."

Letting out a gentle chuckle, he smiles and keeps thrusting, saying, "I'm glad that my wife was so thoughtful in offering to help you four find peace, my name's True Heart and it is a pleasure to finally get to see you." He then pulls out and goes to thrust his member into the pegasus below him, but slides between the two mares instead, causing them both to shudder and convulse, spraying ghostly fluids all over his groin as he attempts to find Swift Dart's entrance.

Taking some time to see straight again, she sees the stallion's green eyes and realizes that the stallion is back in control. Embarrassed about her appearance, she begins to turn invisible when she feels his larger member penetrate her entrance again. Her eyes cross from the pleasure, causing her to shudder again from a second orgasm and remain visible.

When the top mare keeps playing with the stallion's ear, she kisses his cheek and whispers, "My name is Green Step, and I love how you fill me completely. Make me shudder like that again and gush all over you." As he resumes kissing her, she looks into his eyes to see that the stallion is back in control and tries to go invisible.

Annoyed with the two spirits trying to vanish on him, he has to alternate thrusts between them, saying, "I'm not disgusted by your frail-looking appearance at all, if anything, I am upset that one could be so cruel as to treat you like that. So please stop trying to hide from me, I promise that if I ever find the one responsible for your current state...I will make them suffer."

Blushing at his words, Swift slowly wraps her wings around his back, saying, "T-Thank you." then asks nervously, "Y-You really don't find our starved, ghostly forms disgusting, even though you can see and count every bone in our bodies?"

Switching back to her, he buries himself deep and says, "If I found you disgusting, would I keep thrusting and making out with the both of you?"

Smiling as she feels him release inside her, she takes his mouth eagerly and screams out through her nose when her body attempt to bend backwards on itself when searing heat fills her.

After shooting twice inside Swift, he pulls out and buries himself into Green to give her the same amount while hearing an ear-splitting wail fill the quiet night's sky while small electrical zaps race along his member and renewing his vigor.

Taking another puff as she pleasures herself watching him continue to fill the two mares, he soon goes for a second round until both mares lie in a heap on the ground, panting heavily with dopey grins on their faces as his seed remains trapped within them and swirls throughout their bodies.

Too exhausted to even move when she feels his member finally leave her body, Swift weakly cries out, saying, "AHH...Let me catch my breath for a moment!"

Green snickers at hearing that and bursts out laughing, saying, "Well that might be a bit difficult to do since we're both dead!"

Unable to avoid the humor in that, he chuckles and asks, "Do all ghosts have such a morbid sense of humor, or is it just you two?"

Wishing she could move her limbs, Swift lets out a half laugh as she feels her body beginning to shift, saying, "I think it is hard to say, but we immensely enjoyed our brief time with you. However, our bodies are starting to evolve, so, thank you both for setting us free." then kisses his cheek affectionately before her body shifts into an orb and lazily floats up in a slow, twirling dance.

Craning her neck up to look at him, Green says, "Yes, you have made us the happiest mares we have ever been before in life, thank you for a memorable first time for us all."

As Green kisses him on the opposite cheek, True Heart watches her join Swift in the swirling dance as the sun rises into the sky, saying, "You call four hours of intimacy brief?"

His comment causes the two orbs to giggle and continue to twirl through the sky, saying in unison, "YES!"

When they eventually vanish from view, he yawns and says, "Alright, lets make our way into town as it seems we may be here awhile dear."

Remaining naked on her sofa with a blissful smile on her face, she starts to absorb the last bits of magic she got from those final two mares, asking, "We going to be living in a tent or a house?"

Shaking his head, he makes his way back out of the ruined castle, saying, "I have no idea, but we will see once we get to town. I'll try to talk to the ponies and see how much a spot of land with a house costs."

It takes the two spirits a little while to reach the other two as they huff in annoyance saying, "Would you two stop dawdling and take your positions already?!

Giggling, Green floats towards a spot around the moon and says, "Hey, that stallion was back in control shortly after you two moved on, and his member got even bigger if you would like to know! You try to go three rounds with a stallion with a member capable of leaving a mare unable to walk for a while. Be thankful we were able to join you up here when we did, we're still feeling aftereffects after being with him."

Star then heads over to her spot, asking, "Do you think we can pay another visit to that stallion someday?"

Rolling her eyes, she answers, "Of course we can, but that is only if we are still ghosts, and if we still remember him."

THIS IS THE END OF THE CLOP PART OF THE STORY, ENJOY THE REST OF IT!

It takes most of the morning to reach Ponyville as True Heart approaches an arched bridge built out of brick and flat stones mortared together on top of sections of rock at least six inches thick resting on long wooden beams soaked and shaped to form the arch as they dried. With everything resting on four wooden posts with golden decorations at the joining seams, he finds it a curious way to build something like that.

Reaching the other side of the bridge, he sees older-styled buildings with thatched roofs along with a few differently styled buildings. Realizing that this must have been founded by earth ponies, he smiles and says, "I think I might like this town for a change, reminds me of home."

Without warning a voice says, "Hi, I haven't seen you before, what's your name?"

Turning to see who said that, True Heart sees a light pink mare with a very curly hot pink mane and tail, having a pair of light blue eyes, saying, "Hello, my name is True Heart, what is yours?"

As she looks the stallion over in the blink of an eye, she says, "My name's Pinkie Pie, so what brings you to Ponyville?"

Turning his body to face her, he then says, "I've come to help out whoever may need help in town, along with seeing the Summer Sun Celebration that is going on."

Pinkie Pie wonders if she met this pony before when she hangs her head and answers, "Oh, well I'm sorry to inform you, but Ponyville hasn't been selected to host it in several decades." She brightens up immediately and lifts her head while smiling brightly, saying, "However, you never know when we will get chosen to host it! Maybe next year we will get chosen, or the year after that, it's as unpredictable as me! Hehe!" Realizing she hasn't seen or met this pony before, she jumps up in the air gasping and saying, "I KNEW I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ANYWHERE BEFORE!"

Watching in confusion as the pink mare almost vanishes before him, True Heart blinks twice, saying, "Well, that was certainly weird." He then continues walking further into town and sees a market set up down the road a ways as various ponies give him curious glances before continuing on their way, eventually arriving at the market to see a stall selling apples and heads for it as the current customer collects her apples and goes on her merry way. Seeing a light orange mare with a blonde mane and tail with green eyes a shade darker than his and wearing a western hat called a stetson, he makes his way to the counter, saying, "Greetings, miss, how much are you selling apples for today?"

The mare smiles warmly and says, "Well howdy, pardner. Apples are a bit every day at this stand while cider is double for whenever cider season comes around, although it is several months away from now. If ya want a cup of cider, ya should get in line as soon as ya can, cause we only have so much cider going around, being short-handed and all."

Nodding his head, he pulls out his sack of bits and sets twelve down, saying, "I'll take a dozen please. I will keep that in mind as I might stick around for a time until I decide to head somewhere else."

Picking out the dozen apples, she picks them up by the stems and sets them in a bag, saying, "Oh, so yer new in town? Have ya found a place to stay already, or are ya looking?"

Liking the mare's warm nature, True Heart says, "Yeah, this is the first time I have been to this quaint little town, and I have not located a place to stay yet, but I am looking. If it is just a spot of land with no dwelling, I shall take it upon myself to build a dwelling of my own. Would you know where I might be able to start my search?"

Putting the last apple in the bag, she picks it up and sets it on the countertop, saying, "Here's yer apples pardner, thanks for yer business. The mayor's gonna be yer best bet as she handles the property listings while receiving only a small portion to put towards the town, ya can find Mayor Mare in her office at Town Hall which is the largest building in town and just so happens to be in the center of Ponyville. In fact, ya can see the top of the building's reddish brown pointed top from here."

Turning to look for the pointed top she mentioned, he sees it and says, "Ah, I see it now, thanks miss. I hope you have a great day." He then uses his magic to lift the bag off the stand.

Before missing her chance to introduce herself, she opens the doors underneath and pulls out a basket then uses her hoof to slide the bits into it. Returning the basket to its shelf and closing the doors, she makes her way around the cart stall, saying, "Forgive me for not introducing myself earlier, my name's Applejack." She then holds her hoof out to shake his and asks, "What's yers, pardner?"

Setting the bag of apples down, he takes her hoof with his and says, "My name is True Heart, miss Applejack, it is nice to meet you."

Smiling widely, she then shakes his hoof vigorously. Taking him by surprise for a moment until he matches her when she catches a glint of humor in his eyes, then suddenly feels herself yanked forward and into a light embrace when she feels a peck on her cheek. Realizing he just kissed her, she hops away with a blush on her face and looks everywhere but the stallion's face, asking with a stammer, "Uhm-uh...W-Wha-What did ya do that fer?"

Smirking, he chuckles and says, "That was for trying to dislocate my arm with your excessive strength, but don't worry, I would never steal the lips of a mare younger than I or flirt with them unless they express interest towards me. However, I don't kiss every mare that shows interest, only a certain few that draw my eye."

Able to find the humor in that reason, she chuckles and smiles lightly, saying, "It's a pleasure to meet ya, sorry fer using too much of my strength, I appreciate ya being straight with me.

When a few mares snicker at having seen the previous exchange, True Heart picks his bag up and makes his way to where Town Hall is at, saying, "I'll see you around sometime, miss Applejack."

Making her way back behind the stall, she pauses to look over at him, thinking to herself with a confused look on her face, 'He can't be that' much older than me...is he perhaps around my brother's age?' She then watches as other mares that saw the exchange gather around her stall and start to pepper her with questions.

As he puts the apples into his saddlebags, he continues heading around a cluster of buildings until he spots the large circular light yellow structure with pillars all around the lower and upper floor. Seeing peaked windows spaced several feet apart on the roof with shorter peaked windows above them, there are tall arched windows a couple feet apart from each other all around the second floor with a few large square windows spread around the sides with a couple small ones above the double door.

Heading towards the double doors, he knocks before opening the door and calling inside, "Hello, is there anypony in here?"

Walking out through her office door, a cream coated mare with a whitish gray mane and tail with blue eyes and a pair of slim, narrow glasses with gold frames steps out, saying, "Come on in, the Town Hall is always open during the day! How can I help you?"

True Heart walks in and closes the door behind him, saying, "I'm new in town and I heard from Applejack that you handle sales of land and homes, so I was wondering what properties you have available."

Smiling brightly at a potential new resident, she introduces herself, saying, "Oh how delightful! My name is Mayor Mare. Are you interested in properties with houses already on them or planning on building your own?"

Introducing himself, he says, "I am True Heart, it is a pleasure to meet you. Let's see what you have that already has a dwelling on it. If nothing sparks my interest or is out of my price range, we can see what is available for land."

Mayor Mare nods her head and says, "Alright, please follow me into my office so I can show you the listings I have." When inside her office, she heads to a cabinet and opens a drawer before pulling a folder out. Setting the folder on her desk, she says, "Please take a seat and I will show you the listings a few at a time. Now, is your price range above five thousand bits or below?" As he enters her office, she walks around to the door and nudges it closed a little hard after having received a card from Pinkie Pie.

Heading to the seat across from her desk, he takes a seat, saying, "Unfortunately, it is a fair bit below that at about 1500 bits."

Pushing her glasses further up her nose, she says, "Okay then, let's go over what I have in this folder." She then flips the cover open and looks over the listings one by one, taking her sweet time on purpose to buy time for Pinkie Pie to set everything up, scrunching her nose and sighing with a huff, saying, "I should really redo these listings so that the details and price are all in the same place..."

True Heart watches her look over the listings closely, sliding them aside and turning them over after commenting about its price being too high. Not letting the lack of success get to him, he chuckles and says, "Property must be pretty good this year, but if there is nothing available, it doesn't bother me at all to have to build my own."

Smiling at hearing that, Mayor Mare says, "Well it is true that prices are certainly doing very well, I wish that I was having a better time at finding one for you." Several minutes pass by when she finds one and slides it over for him to look at, asking, "Here is one, it is a one bed and bath with a combined kitchen and dining room with a small living room for 1500." Wanting to be caring, she asks, "I don't mean to be nosy, but will you have enough to cover living expenses if you purchase this home?"

Wincing at not having thought of that, he hisses briefly before saying, "Uh...I forgot to take that into account, so no. Taking living expenses into account, I would have to find a place within the price range of 1200 bits."

Furrowing her brows at the new price, she takes back the listing she showed him earlier and turns it over. Once she reaches the last listing, she slides the stack back into the folder with a sigh, saying, "I'm sorry that I couldn't find a place with a house on it already, it appears you will have to build one for yourself."

He watches her return to the cabinet with the folder between her lips and put it back, then pulls out another one and sets it down, asking, "What does land go for these days?"

Returning to her desk and setting the folder down, she opens it and says, "Oh you have caught a slight break with that, land usually sells for 400 bits per acre. However, since I am currently trying to increase our population, the land is only 250 per acre." She then pulls out a series of papers indicating different locations around the town, saying, "There are a few empty lots in town I would like to see developed, but you can also purchase a specific number of acres outside of town limits if you would prefer a little privacy."

True heart looks over the listings in town, but they are too small for his liking. So he moves them aside to see the paper listing the township and a few nearby properties, seeing a place south and slightly west of Ponyville having hundreds of acres called Sweet Apple Acres with a place a few miles east of it called Fluttershy's Cottage having only 3 acres. Seeing the town on one side of the stream, then Fluttershy's and Sweet Apple Acres being on the other, he asks, How many acres are between Fluttershy's, Sweet Apple Acres, and the Everfree Forest?"

Looking at the map details, Mayor Mare says, "About 400 to 600 acres. How much are you interested in and where would you like it placed on the map?"

Thinking it over, he says, "I would like to get 5 acres between the stream and the road heading to Sweet Apple Acres, just a mile or so to the left of the road heading south from Ponyville."

Quickly calculating the cost, she raises her eyebrow, asking, "Are you sure about that, dear? The cost adds up to 1,250. Can you survive on what will remain of your bits after this purchase?"

As he does the math over what he spent on bare necessities the past few years, he nods his head, saying, "I can if I cut back on 3 meals a day and eat the grass on the property line, besides, I need to either purchase a tent to call home for now or offer labor in exchange for renting someone's spare room. To be honest, I could afford it if it was a couple-hundred bits more, but I might not be able to afford a tent." He then digs out his bit bag and starts to count out the bits in groups of 50 and sets them on the table.

Glad to know that he has options to fall back on, Mayor Mare starts counting the bits out, double-checking her count before calling out the final number of each group. It takes a little while to reach the amount agreed upon for 5 acres, but as the count is checked for a third time, she nods her head and pulls out an empty chest to put the coins into, saying, "Thank you for your purchase, just let me put the coins in here so we can begin working on filling out the details on the deed to your new land."

Just then he hears a faint murmur and looks around, asking, "What's that noise?"

Knowing that it is the ponies hiding in wait whispering excitedly about a new resident, she stamps her hind hoof on the floor to silence them, saying with a chuckle "Oh, that is just a pesky fly I have been trying to get rid of, they say news travels like the buzzing wings of a fly."

Letting out a chuckle of his own, he says, "Oh I know the feeling after being in Canterlot most my life."

Once she finishes sliding the last few bits into the chest, she closes it and sets it on the floor, saying, "Alright, now lets start filling out the deed's details."