I woke up slowly, enjoying the bed that I was in. Then I decided to get up, smiling at the sight of the new set of clothes Rarity had laid out for me. I put them on after folding my old set and tucking it under my arm. I went downstairs to see Rarity sketching what I assumed were new designs for her dresses. She looked up at me as I walked downstairs and smiled, nodding to a bowl of cereal and fruit on a table nearby. I sat down and ate while she sketched, happily humming to herself. I turned towards the entrance of the boutique when I saw it opening.

In walked Sweetie Belle, a tired but happy smile on her face.

She yawned, "Good morning Sister," She looked over at me, "Good morning Mr. John, how are you?" Again, I had to smile at her proper way of speaking, though living with a pony like Rarity couldn't lead to much else.

"I'm well Sweetie, thanks for askin'," I replied, finishing my food, "Though I'm curious as to who I'm spending the day with today. As far as my mental checklist goes I've yet to meet Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Spike, and Twilight for the day." I cracked my back, "So where were you yesterday Little Belle?" I asked with a smirk.

She seemed to like the nickname, "I was with Scootaloo and Applebloom. We tried hang gliding from the top of the clubhouse, but it didn't end well." She sounded a bit disappointed, then she shrugged, "Did you want to be with someone in particular today?" She asked, causing Rarity to look at me with curiosity as well.

I tapped my chin for a minute, "Well, either Pinkie Pie or Rainbow Dash. Because they could help my with my job. Twilight perhaps, since I want to meet with the Princesses." I said casually.

Rarity's eyes widened, "Why would you want to meet the Princesses? Do you have business with them?" She asked incredulously.

I leaned my head back and looked at the ceiling, "I'm a new being here and I want to meet the "gods" of this land. While I try my best to be a nice guy, beneath this lovely exterior," I gestured to myself, "Lies a lot of mental issues, including a lot of unexpressed emotions and unresolved issues. While these only become apparent at times of extreme emotion, they frighten everyone, including myself." I finished, looking at the ceiling again, "... I want to help you guys, ponies I mean. I figure, the sooner I get in the good graces of Princess Celestia and my favorite Princess Luna, the sooner I can begin helping. It may just start with me fetchin things from here and there, but I soon hope to either get home," I waved my hand absently, "By some miracle of science, magic, and dumb luck. Or perhaps I will serve Equestria. I've always been a romantic at heart with the desire to be a knight..." I trailed off and looked outside, cocking my eyebrow at the rainbow colored blur that passed by.

Rarity was about to say something, then looked at the blur that passed by the front of her boutique, "Ah, there's your guardian for the day." She trotted over to the door, and paused for a second, "Actually," She turned to face me, "I have a gift for you John," She pulled out a roll of what appeared to be needles with gems on the heads, "They say that a wise man will retreat to fight another day, so I made these. The head has a Flash Stone on it, self descriptive really. If you should ever find yourself in trouble and you need to run, just throw one of these on the ground and it will emit a flash of light. Take the chance to run and lick your wounds if you need to." She walked over to me and put her hoof on my shoulder, "We may have just met, but you have a good heart and it would be a shame to lose it because of bad luck."

I couldn't help but smile, "Thanks Rarity," I hugged her around her neck, noting the smell of fresh linens that came from her mane, "I promise, I will do my best to not have to use these." I chuckled softly as she batted my arm with her hoof, then stepped outside.

I felt a breeze blow by my head, then heard the telltale scuffling of Rainbow Dash's hooves as she skidded to a halt. I gave her a small round of sarcastic applause, causing her to pout, then smirk as she trotted over to me.

"Hey there Johnny boy," She noticed the gloves I had on, "Nice, gonna show off to the other ponies?" She sneered playfully.

I turned to Rarity, smirked, then turned back to Rainbow Dash, "These gloves were made for more than decoration, dear Rainbow." I went over to an empty barrel and stood by it, "How far do you think I can make this thing fly?"

She went over to the barrel and tapped it with a hoof, "Seems solid, a runt like you probably couldn't make it more than a few feet, if you were lucky." I nodded, pacing around the barrel, pondering it. I was fairly good with angles, so I took a minute to predict my crazy plan. Once I had a more solid idea, solid as gelatin, I got ready. It would be awkward to do it all with back hand strikes, but not impossible.

I took a few steps away, faced the barrel, and took a deep breath. After a moment of concentration, I ran towards the barrel, swinging low and up at a high angle. The barrel flew upwards a good fifteen feet in a near straight line, if only slightly forward. It went forward enough to allow me the one step I needed to twist my whole body, gaining the power from my foot, up my leg, through my torso, then into the hardest, fastest straight punch I could throw. The barrel shot forward like a bullet, surprising me probably as much as it surprised Rainbow Dash. Hell, I think Rarity raised her eyebrows a bit. It flew a good 50 yards before it shattered against a tree, earning me a few disgruntled looks from ponies who were walking nearby. It probably would have gone farther were it not for the oaken obstruction.

Rainbow Dash gaped at me, then the gloves, then at the barrel, "That. Was. AWESOME!" She punched the air, then zoomed towards me, "You gotta tell me how you did that!" She squealed. I could hear the cogs in her head turning as she thought of ways to apply my little trick to one of her stunts. I looked over at Rarity and mouthed a quick thank you before I walked off with Rainbow Dash who was gawking at my gloves.

I held my hand up, flexing my fingers, "Shield Stones. They repel force once it exceeds a certain point, that's what I was told anyway. I figured, the faster and harder it comes towards the stones, the faster and harder it should fly away, right?" I shrugged, "It worked better than I had hoped. Rarity added them to my gloves when I told her about the job I had in mind." I explained my courier business to Rainbow Dash, who seemed mildly impressed with my choice.

"I gotta say, you're tougher than you look," She was hovering beside me and jabbed my shoulder with her hoof, "I gotta ask you somethin' though."

"Okay, shoot." I replied as we strolled down a Ponyville road.

"Why aren't you freaking out more?" She flew in front of me to look m in the eye, causing me to halt my steps, "I mean, you just got moved from your home to another world, but here you are, casually throwin barrels and talking about getting a job." She turned and flicked me with her tail, "It's kinda weird if you ask me."

I sputtered a bit as her prismatic tail hit my mouth, "Bleh," I pulled a hair off my lip, "Ugh, anyway, for a normal person, you would be right. However, not being totally normal, I don't react the same way as others do. When faced with a stressful situation such as this," I gestured to the general area around us, "Normal people would panic and probably make a mess of their pants. I'm odd in the fact that, when in stressful situations, my body and mind become calm. Useful trait sometimes, though it can be difficult at others." I shrugged, "I figure, why freak out? Its not gonna help at all, so I may as well get used to it." I looked around, "So, what did you want to do today?" I asked her, seeing that we were still walking with no obvious goal in mind.

She flew around a bit, hooves behind her head, "Hmmm," She hummed a bit, "I got nothin." She shrugged, "What do you want to do?" She asked, looked at me.

I scratched the back of my head, "Ummmm," I was at a loss, "I dunno. I mean, unless you could set up a meeting with the Princesses or Vinyl Scratch, then I really have nothing else I want to do." I clapped softly, "Oh, or if you could help me find a client for the day so I could start getting known." I looked over at Rainbow Dash who was staring at the sky.

"Well, I can't take you to see the Princesses, and Vinyl is out on tour, so I guess we can just go into town and see what people need." She sighed, sounding bored. We turned back around and started heading back to the center of town.

We walked/hovered in silence for a minute, "I'm sorry for what I said earlier Rainbow Dash," I said, "Y'know, the sexuality thing."

She stopped flying and began walking beside me, "It's no problem. Its kinda true anyway."
"Hmmm," I replied, "Wait what?" I paused as her words made sense in my brain.

"Yeah, I like colts and mares," She looked up at me, eyebrow raised in challenge, "That a problem?"

I shook my head, "Hey, do what you do, its not my business." I shrugged, "I'm not a guy to judge a pony based on her preferences."

Rainbow Dash smiled and punched my side, "Good answer." She said, "So, what do you like?"

I cocked my eyebrow, then smirked, "Sorry to burst your bubble, but I only like girls." I replied.

"Hey, its your choice John, I can respect that." She replied, holding a hoof up. I tapped my knuckles against it, trying not to squeal with delight as I bro-hoofed her.

I looked and saw a panicked looking pony pacing around outside of SugarCube Corner, "Isn't that Mrs. Cake?" I asked, nodding towards the distressed looking mare, "She looks upset, lets find out whats wrong, yeah?"I put my hands in my pockets and walked over to the distressed blue pony with Rainbow Dash following close behind me.

I waved and smiled, "Morning Mrs. Cake, what seems to be the problem?" I asked with concern.

"Well-" She paused, "I'm sorry, do I know you?" She seemed surprised and a bit worried that I knew her name.

I shrugged, "Its a long story, but I'm a good guy," I jerked my thumb towards Rainbow Dash, "She can vouch for me." Mrs. Cake looked over at Rainbow Dash who nodded and smiled.

"Well, alright." She said, relaxing a bit, "The thing is, I have a delivery that needs to be done, but Mr. Cake isn't feeling well and I'm busy in the bakery."
"What about Pinkie Pie?" I asked, "Seems like something she would be happy to do."

"Normally yes, but she's at the market picking up supplies and won;t be back for another few hours." Mrs. Cake began to pace fretfully, "And by then the cake won't be nearly as good as it could be. I've never disappointed a customer yet, and I didn't plan on it, but as it is I may have to mark my perfect record." She looked upset.

"How about I do it?" I suggested casually, "I mean, it would help you out and get me my good deed for the day," I winked and smiled, "What do you say?"

She pondered it for a second, then nodded, "Alright, wait here for a moment." She said, then went inside, quickly returning with a couple white boxes tied up with string, "Here's the order," She said once she had given then boxes to me, "Make sure it doesn't move around too much or it'll ruin the frosting."

I nodded, then held out my left hand, "Alright, can you just focus hard on the place I need to go? I'm still kinda new to Ponyville, so this should help out." I said, explaining myself.

"Oh, a Locator Stone?" Mrs. Cake seemed impressed, "Alright," She nodded, then focused with her forehead on the gem, "There, that should do it. I think we may be out if it's range though," She pointed with a hoof, "Just head that way until you can get your bearing, okay dear? Once you get the payment, head back here and we'll see what happens from there." She smiled at me and went back inside.

I looked over at Rainbow Dash, who looked rather bored, "Ready to go?" I asked.

"Finally!" She replied, rolling her eyes, "Let's go already." She trotted off, probably being considerate to my lack of flight, in the direction Mrs. Cake had indicated. I jogged up beside her, glancing at the back of my left hand every few seconds.

"Hey John," Rainbow Dash said after a couple minutes of silent walking, "Are ponies like me not common in your world?" She asked.

While I got the gist of what she meant, I decided to joke around a bit, "You mean with blue fur, a rainbow mane and the ability to fly? Yeah, its hard to find those where I'm from." I laughed as I dodged one of her punches.

"You know what I mean." She said, pouting.

I chuckled a bit more, "Yeah, I know," I sighed happily, noting the green line on the stone, "Well, bi-sexuality isn't uncommon where I'm from," I began, following the path the line indicated, "However, it isn't widely accepted due to various reasons." I sighed, not happily this time, "Frankly I fail to see the problem. If it makes someone happy, what does it matter if they're both girls or boys?" I shrugged, "It's a shame really. The good side is that people are becoming more accepting of it, some places even allow those kinds of couples to get married now." I looked over at Rainbow Dash, "Why do you ask?"

She shrugged, "I was curious. You almost made it sound like a bad thing back at the library, so I thought your kind didn't have it." She followed me now, since she couldn't see the stone on the back of my hand, "I don't get why others wouldn't like it though. Here in Ponyville you could chuck a rock and probably hit a pair of mares who're together."

I rubbed the back of my neck with my free hand, "Well, its complicated," I said, unsure of how to word it, "See, way back in the past of my people, a book of guidelines was written, and one of the guidelines said that people of similar gender shouldn't be together," I know some of you guys are probably complaining, saying I'm not giving her the whole story, understand that I'm trying to give her the bare bones of it all, since ponies don't really have religion that we know of, "A lot of my kind followed these rules and guidelines, some more fanatically than others. In the current time, there are many who think same-sex couples should be allowed to be together."

"Allowed?" Rainbow Dash sounded confused, "What, are there laws against it?"

"Not exactly," I replied, "Legally, they can live together, sleep together, eat together, the whole nine yards. However, according to these laws, in most places, they can't get married. This stems from people who think that same sex couples are morally wrong." I shrugged, "Again, I think that, if it makes them happy, why outlaw it?" (Please note that these morals do not extend towards drugs. Drugs are bad.)

"Huh, you come from a weird place John." Rainbow Dash said.

"You have no idea."

"How much farther is this place we need to go anyway?" She asked, seemingly bored again.

"Not much fur- Oh wait here it is." I said, coming upon a small house, "Neat." The line on my Stone was pulsating rapidly. I went up and knocked on the door while Rainbow Dash took to the skies, probably to stretch her wings out since I'd kept her grounded for a while. The door opened, revealing a colt with light brown fur and a dark brown mane, and a hourglass cutie mark. I cocked my eyebrow at the most outstanding feature, which was a small red bowtie around his neck.

I held up the boxes, "Delivery from SugarCube Corner." I said with a smile.

"Lovely, give me a second to get the payment I owe you." He replied, turning back inside. I could hear him searching, mumbling to himself, "Lessee, rupees, pounds, neptunian credit..." I raised my eyebrow higher, "Ah, bits, here they are." He came back to the door with a small sack that he casually tossed to me, "That should cover it." It was then that he seemed to notice my unusual appearance, "Oh, what are you doing here?"

I tucked the bag into my pocket, "Dunno, I just woke up here." I put the Locator Stone up to my forehead and focused on SugarCube Corner, "Why do ask?" I said, my eyebrow now threatening to vanish into my hairline.

"Oh! No reason, just a curious pony who like to stick his nose into things," He replied, "You seem rather calm for all this."

"You seem rather calm for meeting a human." I quickly replied.

"Touche. Well, I'll be off, best of luck." He said abruptly, ducking into his house. I stared at the door for a bit, then shrugged and turned around. I heard a sort of screeching noise and faced the house again, seeing nothing different. What bothered me was the nagging idea that something was there, but now it wasn't. I rubbed my head, confused. Was it blue? I tried to think of it when another blue object flew down in front of me, one with rainbow hair.

"You done now?" Rainbow Dash asked, "Great, lets get back to the Corner and get this over with."

I looked up at the cloud she was probably messing with, "What do they feel like? Clouds I mean." I asked, genuinely curious.

"Huh?" She looked up at the cloud, "Umm, soft I guess?" She scoffed, "I dunno, wanna feel for yourself?" Without waiting for my explanation of my lack of magic she went off and brought the cloud down in a rainbow colored blur. I sighed and shrugged, may as well let her see that I couldn't do it. Knowing Rainbow Dash, she would've probably tried to make me walk on a cloud, just see for herself that I couldn't.

I took off a glove and held my hand up. I brought it up to the cloud, fully expecting to have it pass through and get damp. What I was not prepared for was resistance.

My eyes became very wide, and I took off my other glove, proceeding to poke and lean against the cloud. It was like a fluffy wad of memory foam, though my mind was still filled with the thought of 'Holy flying ass crackers I'm touching a cloud.'

I had a thought, which usually does not end well, and tried climbing on top of the cloud. It worked, much to my delight. I sat down and bounced a bit, my smile nearly splitting my face in half.

"This. Is. So. COOL!" I said, rolling around on the Wad of Fluff and Wonder ™.

Rainbow Dash was laughing, "Having fun?" She asked between snorts.

"YES." I replied with gusto, freezing as another thought came to mind, "Oh sweet Goddess," I looked at Rainbow Dash very seriously, "You. You should totally push this could to SugarCube Corner as fast as you can because that would be super freaking awesome."

Rainbow Dash, looked surprised, then smiled with conviction, "Alright bud, but you better hold on tight." She said, getting behind the cloud.

I squeed, then essentially latched myself to the cloud with my hands and feet, after I had made sure the payment and my gloves were safely tucked in my some of my many pockets. What I had expected was something akin to a rollercoaster, fast, hard, but bearable. What I got was a rollercoaster on a cocktail of meth, speed, and a paint palette. I could feel my face stretching as we sped towards the Corner. Well, I assumed it was the corner, we were going so fast I was just doing my best not to pass out. While it was probably a couple of seconds, it felt like minutes or hours as we sped on. All of a sudden we stopped, rather, the cloud and Rainbow Dash stopped. I flopped over and laid on the ground, trying to catch my breath,

Rainbow Dash hovered over me, a concerned look on her face, "Hey, you alright?" she prodded me with her hoof, "D'you need a doctor or something?"

I laughed out loud for a second, "Hot damn!" I sat up and shook y my head, happy to feel the blood rushing to my limbs, "That was fun!" I stood up, wobbled a bit, then found my footing, "Whew, alright, let's find Mrs. Cake, then we can address the fact that my face is drier than a desert during a drought." I wobbled my way into SugarCube Corner.

Mrs. Cake was busy baking some sort of sugary confection, flour scattered all over her person, pony...Whatever, she had patches of flour on her.

She looked up at me when I entered, "Well, that was quick!" She seemed pleased, "Was there any trouble?" She walked around the counter and up towards me.

I shook my head, "Nah, everything was fine. I got back via the Rainbow Express." I jerked my thumb towards Rainbow Dash, "So it was a quick delivery."

Mrs. Cake smiled, "Oh good, and the payment?" I chuckled, not blaming her for being business minded.

I pulled the bag out and handed it to her, "Dunno if its the right amount, but I get the feeling it should be." I said.

Mrs. Cake spilled the bag on the counter and quickly counted the bits, "Hmm, yes, its all here. It seems he even left a tip!" She grabbed five bits and handed(hoofded?) them to me, "Here, for helping me out."

I smiled and happily took them, "Thanks very much Mrs. Cake," I said, pocketing them, "Let me know if you need any help, I'd be more than happy to assist." I turned and headed outside, hearing Mrs. Cake happily humming to herself. I jingled the bits together in my pocket, smiling. My first legitimate pay from a job, small as it was.

Rainbow Dash nudged my shoulder with a smirk, "Heeeyyyy, big man getting his pay," She laughed, "Feelin' tough now, aren't ya?" I laughed along with her, then stretched, smiling to myself.

"So," I began, "What do you want to do now?" I asked her, meandering about.

She sighed, "Bluh, I dunno." She shrugged and hovered upside down, "I didn't really plan anything anyway." She rolled over and looked at me, "Well, you could time me. I need to practice some tricks to impress the Wonderbolts." Her eyes glittered a bit, as they always did when she talked about the Wonderbolts. I shrugged and agreed, following her to an empty field. She told me to time her for speed and give her a score for style for each trick she did. I nodded and sat down, ready to time and score her fairly. She did her things and I timed and scored her, giving her my reasons and opinions on how she could do better. I think she took it well, despite the pouting and insisting I didn't know what I was talking about, but I mark that as her pride. This took up a few hours, by which time she had worked up a healthy sweat, I could tell from the smell. Fun note for anyone reading this, pony sweat isn't unpleasant, it's more like an earthy sort of scent. Anyway, we headed back into town and stopped by, what appeared to be, a pizzeria. To my delight, it was exactly that, though it only had vegan toppings. She ordered some sort of foot-long sub while I settled on two slices of onion and banana pepper pizza.

After happily eating for a few minutes I looked at Rainbow Dash, "Hey, do you know a place that sells peanuts?" I asked. While I was getting a lot of good nutrients on my newly vegan diet, I was concerned about my protein intake and, since they didn't eat meat, I figured some sort of nut and, if I was lucky, tofu would have to do as a substitute.

Rainbow Dash made a face, "Bleh, why would you want those things? They're gross." She took a big chomp of her sub.

I shrugged, "I need nutrients in them that a regular pony diet doesn't provide." I replied throught a mouthful of pizza.

She groaned, "Fiiine, I'm sure we can find a vendor selling some. No pony buys them, so you should be able to grab them cheap." She scarfed down the last of her sub and burped loudly. I did the same with my last bit of pizza, then we stood up and left, exchanging a small brohoof at the complaints of a pony inside.

After a half an hour of searching we found a pony who had a fair sized bag of peanuts on sale. He said that they were fresh, but no pony wanted them, so he was willing to sell me the bag for three bits. I happily met his price and left with my sack of legumes, taking a handful out, then putting the bag over my shoulder. As I munched on a few of them I pondered the sleeping arrangements for tonight. Since I could interact with clouds, a fact that still amazed and excited me, that meant I was probably heading with Rainbow back to her place.

I figured I would voice my queries, "Yo, Rainbow," I said to the pegasus zipping around overhead, "Where am I sleepin' tonight?"

She slowed her flight and hovered next to me, "At my place I guess, since you aren't going to fall through the floor." She looked at the setting sun, "Huh, wait here for a bit, I'll grab a puff of cloud, then I'll take you there." She said, dashing off (hey look I made a pun). I shrugged and leaned back against a tree, tapping the Spark Stones on my wrists together every few seconds to keep myself entertained, careful not to set anything aflame. The little gems spat out a good number of sparks, enough to light a small area around me. I thought about how I could perhaps color the sparks for fun when Rainbow Dash showed up with a cloud big enough for me to sit on. I hopped on and laid flat out on my stomach in order to hold on tightly and reduce drag. Rainbow Dash didn't bolt off this time, but we were still going at a good clip, causing my eyes to water a bit as we ascended. I was glad for the thick material that Rarity used for my hoodie, as the air got colder the farther up we went. I shivered a bit and zipped it up, hoping the cold wouldn't keep me up tonight. It wasn't long until we came up to a large cloud with a series of rounded buildings on top of it. Dash slowed down a bit and put me down in front of what seemed like a cloud apartment complex.

"Alright, home sweet home." She said, opening the "door," "C'mon, I'll show you where my places is." She went inside and I followed, mildly panicking at the thought of falling through the fluffy mass I was now walking on top of. After a few steps I was able to calm down enough to quickly walk up to Rainbow Dash who was smirking at my awkwardness. She led me up a few flights to the fourth floor (do cloud buildings technically have floors?) and opened up a door, revealing her apartment.

I whistled softly, "Nice setup." I said, and it was. I was surprised to see fairly normal furniture arranged tastefully around a living room. The kitchen was furnished nicely, a small bowl of fruit sitting contentedly on a table in the corner.

"Yeah, gotta thank Rarity for that," She replied, walking past me, "She knows a few people in Canterlot that can enchant furniture and stuff so it can stay on top of clouds, so she called in a few favors for me." She hopped up on the couch and sighed happily, "Well, its not much, but I hope you like it." She said, smiling.

I smirked, "Its great, though I gotta say, the building itself leaves a bit to be desired in terms of color."

She giggled, "Yeah, well, clouds only do two colors sadly: White and gray. So you gotta live with what you get." She shrugged and yawned.

I nodded and looked around, not surprised to see the various bits of Wonderbolt Memorabilia, "So, outside of work, the others, and practice, what do you do for fun Dash?" I asked, still feeling up to another hour or two of activity.

Rainbow Dash tapped her chin, "Not much really. Work and practice usually drains me dry, let alone the adventures I have with the others." She shrugged, "Sorry John, I can't think off anything to do. Heck, I only really ever use my apartment for sleeping and breakfast, so I didn't really add much for entertainment."

I plopped down next to her on the couch and put my hands behind my head, "Oh well," I sighed dramatically, "How about you ask me questions?" I said, looking at her and raising an eyebrow.

"Why?" She replied.

"I dunno, I like answering questions." I said, poking the cloud wall behind me.

"Hmmm, alright." She pondered for a second, then smiled devilishly, "You gotta girl waitin for ya back home? Eh?" She poked my shoulder playfully.

I chuckled, "I wish, but no," I replied, "I've got a lot of friends who are girls, but no girlfriend."

She tilted her head, "Whats the difference?"

I groaned inwardly, scolding myself for not rewording that statement, "I'm friends with mares, no marefriend." I stated, fixing my earlier phrasing.

"Ooohh, sounds rough." She said symapthetically.

"Meh, not really." I said, shrugging, "It's been so long that I've sort of gotten used to it." I chuckled softly, "It doesn't help that I can never tell when a girl is flirting with me, so I end up getting friend-zoned each time." I held my hands up, "Oh well."

"I have to say, that sucks." Rainbow Dash replied.

"Meh." I started scratching behind her ears, "I'll live." She looked like she was going to say something, but quickly grew quiet as I continued my scratchings. I know ponies aren't like dogs or cats, but they still seemed to enjoy getting scratched, but so did I, so that might be a universal thing. I smiled as Rainbow Dash closed her eyes and sighed leaning into my hand slightly. I had an idea and figured I'd try it out, since my last couple of ideas had gone well enough.

"Hey Dash, lay out flat, would you?" I asked, standing up. She looked at me with a raised eyebrow, but listened and stretched out on the couch.

"What are you doing?" She asked, seeing me stretching out my hands and fingers.

"Massage." I replied, "My mom did physical therapy for a few years and taught me how to do it." I placed my hands on her back and began kneading firmly, "Just let me know where you want me to work." I said. Again, Rainbow Dash looked like she was about to reply, but was quickly silenced by my hands kneading her muscles. I hummed softly as I worked out the kinks in her shoulders, enjoying myself. I moved downwards, feeling the tense muscles between her wings and pushing down hard to work the knot out. If ponies could purr, I'm sure Dash would be doing it, as her wings moved slightly to make room for me to do my work. This went of for a good hour as I kneaded out her whole back, not bothering to do her legs. Normally I would have, however Dash usually flew, leaving her legs unused, and only then for short walks or cloud kicking, so they didn't require any special attention.

I looked outside and saw that it was rather dark and figured it to be a good time to finish, "Alright, get up," I said, slapping her flank, "You're done for now." I stood up and stretched, happy to see another day pass without incident.

"Hmmm," Rainbow Dash stepped off the couch and stretched, "Well John, if you ever got into the spa business, you could send Aloe and Lotus running." She said, smiling at me, eyes half lidded in relaxation.

"Hmm, nah," I laughed softly, "They'd probably try to hire me first." I yawned and cracked my back, "So, I'm kipping on the couch?" I asked, pointing at it with my thumb.

She shook her head, "Nah, you and I are sharing my bed." She giggled at my surprised face, "Relax, it's big enough for the two of us and then some, so c'mon." She waved me towards another room she was walking in to.

Now, for those of you expecting some sort of raunchy sex scene, too bad. For those of you now accusing me of being gay because I was sharing a bed with a girl and not having sex with her, I would like to point out two things. One: She's a pony and that would be wrong on so many levels. Two: Sometimes it's just nice to share a bed with someone, and if you haven't done it I strongly recommend you do so.

I took off my shoes and hoodie, putting them in a neat pile next to her bed, which was more of a large futon, and laid down under the sheets she had. I'm more a fan of firm beds, but I was laying on top of a cloud, literally.

"G'night John, I'll see you when you get up. Or when I get up, either way." She yawned and gave me a quick hug and closed her eyes.

"Night Dash, thanks." I replied, smiling tiredly. I noticed her mane smelled like Fruit Roll-Ups as I settled myself on the cloud bed. Today wasn't as busy as the others, but it was still nice. I closed my eyes and went to sleep with a contented smile on my face.