New Land, New Customs, New Life....New Love?

We entered Sugarcube Corner and as soon as I stepped in, I felt like I had ended up in a party store. There were streamers hanging from shelves, and baloons all over. There was confetti on tables, and snacks, and drinks. There was a turntable in a corner, playing random party songs, and there were plates, napkins, cake, games, and my favorite part. My friends and I guess I'd call them my herd mates.

"So what do you think, Is it too much? You don't like it do you?" Pinkie said, her hair deflating a bit.

"No! No, I-I love it. It's great Pinkie, It's awesome, so uh, when do we dig into the cake?" I asked, kind of hungry after all the sex.

"Right now silly, you can have as much cake as you want! IT'S YOUR PARTY!!!!" she yelled jumping up into the air, and flinging her hooves in all directions. To be honest, I didn't understand how all the citizens of Ponyville could possibly handle her. Which reminded me, I had to ask Twi about that. I walked over to her and tapped her shoulder.

"Hey Twi?"

"Yeah Alan?" she said.

"Where are all the other ponies?" I asked.

"Oh, well since most of the residents of Ponyville are mares they have to stay in there homes until their cycle of estrus is up. And to answer the next question, I used a spell on me and Fluttershy and Pinkie I don't even know if she goes through estrus. But we are protected, however, Applejack, Dash, Rarity, Celestia, and Luna, Didn't think they needed to protect themselves...until they met you of course. You kind of slowed down their estrus cycle a bit." she explained.

When she said Celestia, I heard a bit of, was it anger? Or possibly envy?

It didn't matter, I must have been hearing things. I bee lined for the cake and grabbed slices for me, Rarity, AJ, and Dash. I walked over to them and handed them their cake.

"Oh thank you Darling, but I must watch my figure." Rarity said.

"Rarity, come on, you look beautiful." I replied.

She blushed at the comment.

"Yeah Rares, your just fine." Dash commented.

"Rarity, ya need ta live a little."

"Come on, I'll even share it with you, feed you and you feed me, hoof and arm intertwined. How about it?" I asked.

"Oh that sounds so romantic." She said, almost swooning.

I grabbed a fork and wrapped my arm around her hoof holding the cake in the other hand as I took a bite from the cake and held it for her to eat. She leaned forward and took a bite as she handed me my bite. I smiled as I chewed, enjoying not only the delicious flavor of the cake, but just being with these three mares. It made me really happy.

While we finished our cake, I came up with an Idea. Dates.

"Hey girls?"

"Yeah?"
"Yes?"
"Huh?"

"I was thinking, me may have skipped a few steps in our herding. We haven't been on any dates. So I was thinking..."

"...That you'd take..."
"...Each of us on..."
"...A date to get to know us better. I think that's a great Idea!" Rarity finished.

"You really think so?" I asked.

"Well of course Darling, but It all depends on what you have planned."

"Well that brings me to my next question. What do each of you love? Other than me." I said, chuckling inside at my comment.

"Well I love Canterlot, and fashion and one day being a world famous fashionista." Rarity said.

"Well I for one, want to be a Wonderbolt!"

"Ah prefer to just stick to mah farm, it's what makes me happiest. Besides you of course." AJ said blushing as she looked at me.

When each of them said what they loved, It gave me ideas. With Rarity, I could tell just by the way she spoke, she would want something fancy, and Dash, all I'd have to do is get her to meet with these Wonderbolts, and AJ's, well hers would be easiest, and probably the first. Hers might just be a simple picnic in the night. Underneath a full moon and a beautiful star filled sky.

I could see it all in my head, and It was all going to be perfect.

"Sweet, then I will take you out tonight first AJ. Sorry Dash, and Sorry Rarity, but don't worry, you both will get your dates." I said, hoping I hadn't upset them.

"Oh no worries Darling, I'm fine with it, being part of a herd means allowing our stallion to take time for each of us."

"And Plus, I'm not really the date type." Dash added.

Once we finished talking, we all went and enjoyed my party.

* * *

Once the party was over, I headed out and back to the Library with Twilight, I let AJ know I'd be over an hour before dark. As I walked with Twilight, I asked her to have spike send a letter to Luna, specifying that I wanted a full moon and a beautiful star filled night for my date. As soon as we got back, Twilight wrote out the letter and had spike send it to Luna.

"Hey Twi?"

"Hm?" she said, her face once again in a book.

"Wheres the shower?" I asked.

"Up the stairs, through the bedroom, door on the left." she said nonchalantly.

"Thanks."

"Mhm."

As I walked up the stairs, I realized, it seemed as if Twi was ignoring me, or was mad at me for something. I Just wasn't sure what. I got to the bedroom and turned left, entering the bathroom. The shower was kind of small, but It would have to do.
I got undressed and hopped in. I looked turned on the shower, allowing warm water to flow over me. It felt nice to just stand there in the heat and relax. After a bit, I grabbed some soap and began to clean myself. It smelled like lavender, which didn't really surprise me, considering Twi always smelled like lavender.

Once I was done washing, I stood there a bit and rinsed off. I got out, grabbed a towel and dried myself off. Rarity had given me my new clothing while we where at the party, so I had something nice to wear instead of my old dirty casual clothes. Once I was dressed, I was ready to go. It wasn't quite dark yet, so we would have time to watch a sunset first. I decided to forgo the picnic, considering the party had lasted so long, and we had eaten so much, neither of us would be very hungry.

I opened the door and headed out to Sweet Apple Acres.