Howdy everypony! I hope you didn't think I forgot about the one year anniversary of A Second Chance. To celebrate this special occasion, I'm giving you a second update this week! As with all my double-updates, I'll answer reviews in next week's update. Happy 1st anniversary and thank you all for being so awesome and sticking with me! As always, don't forget to follow/favorite, review and most importantly; enjoy!

I woke up at my usual early time, long before Celestia began to raise the sun. I stretched as best I could, but paused when something struck me as odd; it felt like there were one too many bodies on the bed. I craned my neck and looked around in the dim light from Luna's moon, trying to figure out who else could be in the bed.

It didn't take long for my eyes to come across a pair of cobalt blue ones. I smirked at the 'intruder'. "Hey there pretty lady, you come here often?"

The Princess of the Night smiled at me, though it was hard to see in the poor lighting. "Not nearly often enough my handsome stallion… something I intend to rectify."

Luna shifted off the bed without so much as jostling any of the other sleeping mares. I managed to wiggle my way out as well, though I was nowhere near as stealthy as Luna had been.

Once I was free of the tangle of sleeping bodies, Luna and I made our way to through the castle, not taking any route in particular as far as I could tell. "I do not believe I have mentioned how dashing you look in that armor you discovered. I… I must apologize again for my actions… You were returned safely to us, yet all I could think of was myself." She looked at me with a sad smile. "I honestly did not expect my gift of the star charts to cause you to forgive me as you did… I fully expected to earn that forgiveness over time."

"It wasn't the charts themselves Luna, it was the thought and effort you put into them; even though you made them before our fight, it showed me how much I meant to you. You had a good reason to be mad at me, and it wasn't fair for me to treat you like I did after the knighting ceremony. I realized when you gave me those charts that you loved me just as much as you always have, and that I love you too." She smiled as we walked, and I thought about asking her where we were going, but I decided against it; I was just happy to be sharing her company again.

She sighed heavily. "Whether or not I had a valid reason to be angry with you is irrelevant my love; there is no excuse for striking you as I did."

After a few more twists and turns, we ended up on a fairly large balcony with a telescope resting on its tripod at the far end. I turned to ask what we were doing here, but I didn't get the chance. "I heard from Cadance that you have learned the basics of flying with your new wings. I would like to go on a short flight with you before I must lower my moon…"

I kissed her cheek. "I'd love to go flying with you Luna; to be honest, I was going to see if you wanted to go before we had to leave for Ponyville today."

She gave me a cheeky grin. "It seems we know each other well; come, let us not tarry, I wish to feel the wind rushing beneath my wings and flowing through my mane." I nodded and called my wings, and we took off into the pre-dawn air.

Neither of said anything while we were in the air, just enjoying the freedom and each other's company. During the leisurely flight, Luna's horn lit up and the moon began its descent towards the horizon. We flew for awhile after that, but decided to head back to the palace when our stomachs told us it was time for breakfast.

When we reached the palace, we landed on the same observatory balcony we had taken off from instead of the front gates. My landing, while nowhere near perfect, was quickly improving with every flight.

We made our way to the dining hall, walking side-by-side and chatting as we went. We turned a corner that I recognized and spotted Celestia coming from the other end of the hall. We met in the middle, right at the doors that conveniently led to our destination. "Good morning you two." I could tell something was on her mind since she was giving us one of her 'official' smiles as she opened the doors with her magic; I could only guess it had something to do with her confession. Shall we dine together?" Luna and I looked at each other before looking back to Celestia and nodding.

Breakfast was pleasant enough, though I could still hear the servants whispering. When we finished, we got up from the table and left the dining hall. "You should prepare whatever it is you need before you leave Blake, the train to Ponyville will not wait on you, and I believe the rest of your friends are doing just that as we speak.

Celestia said her goodbyes and headed off to tend to her duties for the day, while Luna came with me back to the rooms. I entered our room to see Twilight and Applejack busily preparing to leave, though Derpy and Scootaloo were soundly sleeping on the big bed, with Derpy wrapping Scoots in her hooves like she was a teddy bear. Twilight noticed us walk in almost immediately. "Blake, there you are! We were wondering where you went; you weren't here when we woke up."

Luna took a small step forward. "That would be my doing, I asked Blake to accompany me on an early morning flight over the city before he left for Ponyville. I apologize if you were worried for his safety, especially considering… recent events."

Applejack beamed at Luna. "Aw shucks Pr- err… Luna, t'weren't nothin'. T' be honest, we were more worried he'd miss tha train than him bein' in trouble; 'specially now that he's got that there fancy armor protectin' 'im."

While they were talking, I moved over to the bed. "Hey there sleepyheads, time to get up, you don't want to miss the train back to Ponyville, do you?" Derpy groaned and rolled over, taking a still-sleeping Scootaloo with her.

I shook Derpy gently, and one of her gorgeous golden eyes cracked open sleepily. "Hmm…? Wha time izzit?" She yawned and rubbed her other eye with a hoof, accidentally releasing Scootaloo, who flopped down on the bed without waking up.

I flipped open my pocketwatch and checked the time. "It's about six-thirty, and our train is leaving in about an hour." She groaned, stretched, and hopped off the bed.

I shook Scootaloo's little, sleeping body and roused her next, the little filly letting out a huge yawn and smiling sleepily up at me. "Morning Papa. Are we gonna be heading home soon?"

I nodded and stroked her back as she stretched. "You betcha kiddo, you and your friends will be back to trying to get your cutie marks in no time. I even have another surprise for you when we get back." She grinned and perked up.

"I love your surprises Papa! I can't wait to see what it is!" She hopped off the bed and trotted off into the bathroom to brush her teeth.

Luna walked over to me as I sat on the edge of the bed. "Twilight and Applejack have agreed to help me convince the others that everything is alright between us. If it is alright with you, I wish to accompany you to the train station and see you off."

I stroked her cheek and kissed her gently. "Of course it's alright Lu-Lu. I'll even help show the others there's no reason to be mad at you too."

She smiled gratefully. "Thank you my love. Unfortunately, there are a few things I must attend to, but I shall meet you at the station before you leave."

She gave me one final kiss and left the room. Twilight walked over while Applejack rummaged around, making sure she had all of what few things she brought. "You're going to have to tell Scootaloo what happened eventually, you know that, right?"

I nodded. "I know. I'll tell her after we get settled in at home, I promise."

We all met at the train station as planned, and the others took Luna's apology fairly well, much better than I had hoped. The train ride back was peaceful, with only quiet conversations around me.

Once we were back in Ponyville, Applejack left to let her family know she was home, while Derpy and Rarity followed to get their sisters. Twilight took Shining Armor and Cadance to the library to get them settled in, while Fluttershy left to take care of her animal friends. That left Pinkie, Rainbow and Scoots.

"Heya Blakie! How about you show us that surprise you had for Scootaloo?"

I looked quizzically at Scoots, who only shrugged and shook her head. "Pinkie, how did you…"

She gave us a creepy, impossibly huge grin. "Silly Blakie, that would be telling. Now come on, show us!"

I groaned, not wanting to break my brain trying to figure Pinkie out. "Ok ok, let's go see the surprise."

I led the trio off in the direction of the new house and listened as they speculated on what they were going to find. Pinkie had the… interesting idea that I had secretly taken all the water out of the hot tub and replaced it with hot chocolate. Dash nearly fell out of the air laughing at her suggestion, but Scootaloo thought the prospect of a hot chocolate tub was awesome.

"Yeah… I don't think I'd want to drink the same thing I'm currently soaking in… especially if I wasn't the only one." I elbowed Dash lightly. "Could you imagine what it'd be like if, say, Applejack went for a dip after a long day in the field."

All three of them grimaced. "Yeah, that'd be pretty nasty…" Dash stuck her tongue out at the thought.

After a few more minutes, we arrived at the house. "But Papa… I already know about this place."

I chuckled and scooped her up. "True. But do you know I had all our stuff brought here while we were in Canterlot because it's ready for us to move in?"

Scoots gasped. "You really mean it?!"

I nodded and set her down. "I do. And I've already talked to Twilight; she's moving in with us."

Scootaloo let out a squeal that I would expect to hear from Sweetie Belle and ran around me. "This is so awesome! I can't wait to live in an actual house with my Papa!"

I scooped her up again with a smirk. "Well, why don't we go inside and check it out?" She grinned from ear to ear as we made our way into the house.

Dash let out a low whistle and Pinkie hopped around the place. "Your house is so pretty now Blakie! I mean, not that it wasn't pretty before, but now it's super pretty! I bet you're going to have all kinds of fun here and all your guests will be so jealous of your house and- Mmph!" The hyperactive mare was cut off by a pale blue hoof shoved in her mouth mid-hop.

"We get it Pinkie, the place is nice." She looked over to me. "This is a pretty awesome place you have here, but where did all this stuff come from?"

I shrugged. "I've been buying and ordering it since I first found out about this place; took me longer than I expected to get everything we needed though." I looked down to Scoots, who was staring around in wonder. "That reminds me; I kind of fibbed to you earlier Scoots."

She looked up to me with a questioning, and almost nervous look. "What do you mean Papa?"

I smiled fondly at her and walked over to a nearby closet. "I actually have two surprises for you." I reached in and pulled out a custom made backpack that I had commissioned from Rarity, and had even helped her make. "You and I are going on our very first father/daughter camping trip next weekend." I set the nearly twenty kilogram pack down as Scoots scurried over to me.

"Are you serious?! I love camping!" She grinned up at me. "I can't wait till next weekend Papa!"

Rainbow and Pinkie hung around for a bit and checked out all my new furniture and appliances. After awhile, they decided it was time to head home and left Scoots and I alone in our new house. The sun had already gone down, and our stomachs convinced me it was time to start making dinner. Once we were done eating, Scoots and I went for a quick dip in the hot tub, where I discovered the fiery little filly was a surprisingly good swimmer, and headed to bed shortly after that.

The next morning I woke Scootaloo up early and fixed a quick breakfast for us. After that, I took Scoots to school and dropped her off. Big Mac arrived at the schoolhouse at about the same time we did, and I walked back to Sweet Apple Acres with the big stallion.

When we got there, he pointed me to the west field where Applejack was busy working; I went down and joined her for a long morning of work. When we were finally done bucking apples, we headed back up to the barn with the last load.

Applejack parked the cart while I carried the last bushel down into the new cellar. There were several large barrels along the walls of the cellar, though I couldn't tell if they were filled or not. I headed back up the stairs to see Applejack toss her hat onto a peg on the wall. Her hair swished around when she flipped her head to toss the hat.

She gave me a sly smile, her eyes half-lidded. "See somethin' ya like there pardner?"

I grabbed a towel and wiped the sweat off my forehead as she walked over. "It's you Applejack; I always see something I like."

"Heh heh. Ya sure know how ta flatter a mare lover boy." She hopped up on me and wrapped her hooves around my neck. "If Ah remember right, we were in tha middle o' somethin' last night…" Her voice was thick and sultry, and I felt jolts of electricity running up and down my body.

Her lips met mine in a soft kiss, and her hoof slid up the back of my head as my hand went to her cheek. We kissed lovingly for awhile, my other hand sliding down her back and stopped just above her cutie mark. Her tongue brushed against my lips and I opened my mouth, and we both shivered as our tongues started dancing delicately around between us.

She pulled back, panting. "Ah… Ah love ya Blake. I gotta be honest with ya; Ah been afraid ta take the next step with ya… Ah can't really explain why. But now… Ah ain't afraid no more…"

I kissed her on the lips and rested my forehead against hers. "I understand AJ." She looked up with a smile.

She kissed me again and lightly shoved me, sending me backwards onto a conveniently placed haystack. She landed lightly on top of me and kissed me again while my hands roamed over her fit, sexy body. My fingers brushed her cutie mark and she gasped onto my mouth, but she didn't make a move.

Her hips began sliding up and down mine, my arousal quickly becoming painfully obvious. Applejack pulled back and gave me a sultry, half-lidded smile. "Ah was scared, but Ah been waitin' fer this too…"

My heart started pounding in my chest as Applejack slid her way down my body with painful slowness, never looking away with those sparkling emerald eyes. I felt my breath catch when she reached my waistline, her tongue slowly sliding out and wrapping around my belt, pulling up the tag so she could take it in her teeth.

The beautiful country mare pulled the tag up and undid my belt so easily that if I didn't know better, I'd swear she'd done it before. She smirked and crawled back up to me. "Ah can't wait ta see what y'all been hidin' from me…" Her lustful smile was doing wonders to make sure she wouldn't be disappointed.

She surprised me by standing up and turning around instead of sliding back down me. She leaned down and started undoing my pants, and while I couldn't see what she was doing, I was still getting a view of heaven.

I felt my zipper roll down, and I raised myself up to make things easier for the lusty, beautiful mare. My pants slid down and I felt my rock hard cock spring free from its restraints. I heard Applejack gasp and whisper. "Ah shoulda used a bigger carrot…"

I slapped her on the flank, and she gasped in mixed pleasure and surprise. "You naughty mare… been practicing have we?"

For the first time since I'd known her, she giggled. "What can Ah say? A girl c'n only take so much o' watchin' yer sexy flank workin' in tha field..." Anything I might have been about to say died in my throat when I felt her soft, warm tongue slide up my shaft from base to tip. I vaguely felt her shiver above me. "Mmm… Ah never dreamed a stallion'd taste so good." I glanced up, still dazed as she looked back at me. "Heh heh. Liked that, didja?" She turned back around before I could reply.

"H-holy crap!" I groaned and nearly went cross-eyed as the first several centimeters of my throbbing member disappeared into the steamy tunnel of her mouth.

She held me there for a moment, and I felt her tongue dancing around my iron-hard shaft before she pulled almost completely off of me. Before I could register what she was doing, she plunged back down, taking just a bit more in.

I snapped out of the pleasure overload a second later and came to a decision. Not wanting her to do all the work, I grabbed her flanks and kneaded her cutie marks, causing her knees to go weak and the strong country mare to collapse onto me. She moaned in pleasure around me, and I shuddered at the burst of pleasure.

When my prize was in reach, I went to work, licking a long, slow line up her dripping snatch, starting at her stiff little clit and ending just shy of her tight pucker. My taste buds exploded with her flavor, and I savored the taste of her femininity, the sweat from the field, and spiced apple cider as they came together to form a veritable love potion that made my cock twitch in her mouth as it seemed to grow even harder.

She pulled my cock out of her mouth with a soft *pop*. "Th-that felt amazin' Blake…" I didn't stop to answer; I just kept licking her sweet little cunny, savoring the fresh burst of flavor every so often as I worked.

I felt her lay her head on my thigh, too overwhelmed by pleasure to focus on me, not that I really minded. She eventually remembered that she was supposed to be doing something too, and took my spit-slicked shaft in her wrist joint and began slowly stroking up and down.

"Bla… Bla-!" She tried to cry out as her orgasm crashed over her, but her entire body seized, and my face was coated in her nectar as she came hard from my tongue sweeping over and prodding as deep inside her sweet little pussy as it would go.

Her head fell back down onto my thigh as she came down off the rolling orgasm, and her arched back unwound. She lay there panting for a moment before lifting her head back up. "Ah… That was… Ah can't…"

She shakily got up and turned back around. "Ah… Ah hope y'all 're ready fer more lover colt…" She kissed me and I tasted my own salty flavor on her lips. "Ah wanna feel this" She grabbed my cock. "in here." I shivered as the head of my cock slipped across the folds of her tight marehood.

She let go of me and I shivered as she started rotating her hips, lining us up. I reached up and kissed her with all my passion. "I love you Applejack, no matter what." She smiled and kissed me back, and I could feel myself being engulfed by the fiery folds of her pussy.

She stopped after only a few centimeters. "G-God… You're so tight AJ…"

She grinned as I felt her trying to loosen herself up. "Ah think it's just cause yer so big…" more of my aching shaft disappeared into her tight little tunnel.

She pulled back up and I felt myself leaving the inviting warmth of her most sacred spot. I wasn't left wanting for that warmth for long however, as she rocked her hips back down and took even more of me into her.

I put my hands on her flanks and we worked into a rhythm, each time she would come down, a little bit more of me would slide into her. We both gasped together as our groins touched, my head pressing lightly against her cervix. We sat there like that for a moment as she got used to being so completely filled.

Without warning, she rocked her hips up and started fucking me, going faster and faster and faster. The country mare nearly worked herself into a frenzy, pounding down on me like a jackhammer. "O-oh-Oahhh!" She slammed down on me one last time and came hard, her pussy squeezing me harder and harder as her whole body shook and spasmed.

I wrapped my arms around the beautiful mare even as she was still cumming and picked her up, bouncing her up and down on my thick rod, prolonging her orgasm as I carried her over to the wall.

I kissed her fiercely and slammed her against the wall, pistoning in and out of her as fast as her insanely tight cunny would allow. It felt like only seconds before another orgasm rocked her muscular frame, her hind legs wrapping around my waist and squeezing so hard it felt like she might cut me in half; but I didn't care, I was too caught up in the moment, in my love for this mare to care about anything but showing her my love.

Yet another orgasm crashed into her, even as she came down from the last, and I felt a rush of fluids coat my dick and run down my balls. She suddenly broke away from our kiss and threw her head back. "OH CELESTIA! AH LOVE YA BLAKE MARSHALL!"

Her cry, along with all the other sensations overwhelming me, was too much and I went crashing over the edge into my own orgasm, my balls clenching as they emptied themselves into the beautiful mare. "Oh Blake… Ah… Ah c'n feel it! Ah c'n feel ya fillin' me up…" She pressed her lips to mine in another passionate kiss as I turned around and we both slumped to the ground, exhausted.

I rested my head against the wall of the barn as I tried to catch my breath. "That… was…"

"There ain't… no words… fer it…" She rested her chin on my shoulder and we rested there, basking in the afterglow.

We sat there until the light filtering through the seam of the barn door started to fade. Applejack finally managed to stand up, my softened member sliding out of her, causing us both to shiver. "Ah think we oughta get cleaned up b'fore somepony walks in."

I nodded and quickly got dressed. We both headed for my house, which I hoped would soon be our house, to shower and have some dinner. Fortunately, our destination wasn't far from Sweet Apple Acres and they were both on the edge of town, so we didn't see anypony on the trip. Until we walked in the door.

"Well well, I assume you two had fun…"