The Start of It
Author's Note: Now, I have seen a lot of Queen Chrysalis shipping stories, so I figured it was about time for a Princess Cadance story. Anyone who knows Italian should get what the title says.
EDIT - 4/26/12: After hearing a few readers complain about how shallow and overly descriptive the story was being5, I decided to go back and fix it up. It may not be 5 stars, but it should at least be more of an improvement. If you are reading this for the first time after the date that has been posted for this edit, no need to worry about this then.
A familiar lavender unicorn mare bolted upright from her bed, her violet eyes wide, her striped mane more of a mess than usual, and her breath set at an almost perverted pant. It felt as though her lower body was bathed in hot coals and a cold sweat ran across her entire body.
'On no... it can't be that time already!'
Lifting up the bed sheets and peering at her the spot between her legs confirmed her worst fears.
She was in heat.
The unicorn, known as Twilight Sparkle, student to Princess Celestia and Bearer of the Element of Magic, quickly rolled herself out of her bed and used her magic to gently lift up the basket that was at the end of her bed. In this basket was a sleeping baby dragon known as Spike, Twilight's assistant. Taking care not to tip the basket, Twilight immediately ran from her room and down the steps to the second floor of the library.
After passing the second floor, making sure to hastily grab a quill, inkwell, and some parchment without even stopping, she ran down the next flight of steps, amazed that she still hadn't tripped herself yet from the urgent situation she was in.
Jumping down the last five steps and landing on all four hooves, Twilight then ran to the front door of the library and threw it open with her magic. She ran through the doorway and out of the library, her now current path taking her to a large carousel shaped building.
Since the sun had just recently risen a few minutes ago, Twilight figured the Carousel Boutique would still be closed, but Rarity, fashionista of Ponyville, would likely be just waking up.
Twilight, her nethers starting to twitch and moisten from the heat, gently placed the basket on the doorstep in front of the boutique, Spike still somehow managing to stay asleep. The unicorn gave a small smile at her assistant's snores and then lightly pecked his forehead, laying the note she had written on her way there on Spike's blanket covered stomach. She gave a few loud raps with her hoof on the boutique's door before running at full speed back to the library, the inappropriate images and thoughts now starting to appear in her head.
A white unicorn mare with a coiffed purple mane and matching tail, which were a mess from just waking up, opened the door, mumbling about 'who would be awake at this hour' and 'needing my beauty sleep'.
"Yes, anyone here?"
She looked around the doorway until her eyes landed on the sleeping dragon.
'Hmm, now why would Spike be sleeping on my doorstep?'
She used her magic to lift up the note that was on left with Spike.
'I sure hope Twilight wasn't sleep levitating again.'
She began to read the note.
Dear Rarity,
I hate to leave you with this task without first consulting you, but can you please take care of Spike for the next week? An urgent situation has come up and I can't have anyone around me for the 7 days or so. I beg that you accept. I'm still at the library, but PLEASE don't try to contact me or try to enter the library. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I did something to you or the others.
So please, PLEASE, just stay away from me.
Sincerely,
Twilight Sparkle
It was when Rarity finished reading the note that Spike began to stir. Sitting up and rubbing the sleep away from his eyes, Spike looked around before resting his eyes on Rarity. He gained a small, goofy smile.
"Heh, I must still be dreaming. And the Rarity in this dream looks as perfect as the real Rarity when I'm awake."
Rarity couldn't help but giggle and bat her eyes at the clueless dragon.
"That's so sweet of you to say darling, but I'm afraid that this isn't a dream."
Spike's eyes suddenly widened as realization struck home. He blushed and began to try to stammer out an explanation, but Rarity only giggled and picked him and his basket up with her magic and brought him inside.
"It's okay, Spikey. It's nice to get a compliment from someone who really means it."
Spike shyly looked at the floor as he was set down on his feet, but quickly looked up when he realized something.
"Hey, wait...why was I sleeping outside of the boutique?"
He then groaned and put a hand to his face.
"Don't tell me Twilight was sleep levitating again."
Rarity placed his basket bed on the floor near the door for the moment and turned to face him.
"No, she wasn't, but something is up. She only left behind a note."
The unicorn gave the note to Spike. It took only took half a minute before Spike was now scrambling around the shop, looking for something. He stopped at the calender, looked back at the note, then back at the calender.
He then began to grow pale.
Rarity walked over to the frozen dragon.
"Spike, is something wrong? Twilight's not in trouble or anything, is she?"
Spike looked at Rarity, his pupils barely visible slits.
"Uh....yes...and no."
Rarity tilted her head.
"What ever do you mean?"
Spike gulped and looked around the boutique before looking down at the floor.
"I'm....I'm not sure if I should tell you this. I don't think Twilight would like it if I did."
Rarity began to worry.
"Oh my, is she hurt? Does she have some sort of medical condition? Please tell me what's wrong with her Spike."
He sighed, running a claw across the topmost green spine on his head.
"Okay...but please don't tell Twilight I told you this. You see, Twilight's currently going through her..."
Rarity leaned in.
"...She's going through her heat cycle."
Rarity only stared for a minute, the air filled with an eerie silence, before she started chuckling and shaking her head.
"Oh, is that all? That doesn't seem so bad. I mean, every mare goes into heat. She doesn't have to act as though she has some sort contagious disease."
Rarity laughed lightly until she saw the serious look Spike was giving her.
"...Wait...does she-"
"No, no she doesn't get sick or anything during her cycle."
He sighed.
"She just...acts different."
"Oh? Well, every mare 'acts different' when they are in heat, Spike."
Spike waved a hand while shaking his head.
"Nononono, I mean...she acts 'different'."
Rarity just stood there, confused by what he was saying
"...I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean Spike."
The dragon groaned before looking Rarity straight into her eyes.
"...Do you understand what I mean when I say 'anything that moves'?"
Rarity blushed lightly and brought a hoof to her mouth.
"Oh my, no wonder she's isolating herself in the library."
As Rarity mulled this entire situation over, she realized something that she overlooked.
"Wait, how do you know these things Spike? Aren't you a little young to know about a mare's heat cycle and where babies come from? ...Unless..."
Rarity gasped.
"She didn't-"
"NO! No. She hasn't done anything to me in her past cycles. After her first heat cycle, she always made sure that I was far away from before it really started to take affect. Once it was over, I had to get briefed by Twilight and Princess Celestia on what had happened to Twilight and why she acted the way she did. It took me about a day to stop fainting and another two days to stop avoiding Twilight. I accept this whole thing now."
Rarity smiled at Spike.
"It's nice to see you being mature about this Spike. It's sad that most stallions and colts would take advantage of her situation instead of helping her."
Spike smiled bashfully, but then his expression quickly soured.
"Yeah, most of them WOULD take advantage of her. I can't count how many times a guy would walk up to her and try to. Just because Twilight wasn't use to these feelings and was a little naive, they think that they will get a quick lay from her.
Rarity gasped, appalled by what she just heard. Whether it was what Spike had just said, or what was just said from SPIKE that bothered her, she didn't know. Spike continued, not stopping because of Rarity's gasp.
"It's a good thing Princess Celestia began to watch Twilight like a hawk during the cycles. Anyone who got close would be immediately taken away by the guards. It's a good thing the veteran guards were so well trained. And once Shining Armor got high into the ranks of the Royal Guard, he took it upon HIMSELF to stand guard over the castle's library, which is where Twilight would hide during her heat. Only the previous captain knew why he would ask to take that position, and he kept it discreet from the other guards, just so that none of the recruits would get any funny ideas."
Rarity smiled at that as she began to make her way towards the kitchen to make some breakfast, Spike following behind her.
"Such a noble stallion, protecting his own sister from danger. It's almost too bad that Princess Cadance married him. Though, I don't think Twilight would've liked the idea of me being with her brother."
Spike, even though he heard what Rarity said, only chuckled. He knew that she was saying the marrying part in order to be funny. They both separated when they got into the kitchen, with Spike heading for the table and Rarity digging out some ingredients from the cupboards.
"Yeah, you should've been around when he saw one of the few troublesome castle attendants making his way into the library. The attendant left with only a few teeth left and a broken hoof. Even though Shining got in trouble for it, he didn't get demoted, just suspended. Celestia took his place at the library for the rest of the week. The attendant was fired, though. Good riddance if you ask me. There were rumors that he was a 'player', as he apparently called himself, and he had been flirting with all of the mares that worked at the castle."
Rarity nodded with a small smile as she began to make some pancake batter. She then frowned as she looked over at Spike, who was now sitting at the table with an arm propping his head up.
"I must say, I didn't know Twilight has been having such a hard time when it came to her heat. I sure hope the poor dear will be alright, especially since unicorns have the most trouble with their heat cycles."
Spike nodded.
"Yeah yeah, unicorns usually have cycles that are longer and more intense, right?"
Rarity took out a frying pan and placed it on the stove. She quickly lit the burner beneath the pan and used her magic to heat the pan up faster until it was hot enough to start cooking. Rarity poured the batter into the frying and nodded at Spike, now being able to answer his question.
"Correct, and we can't use our magic because our horns become too sensitive."
Rarity flipped the cooking pancake batter over with a spatula she pulled out from a drawer beside her. She was starting to wonder how she got into this situtation, where she's cooking breakfast for herself and Spike and having a conversation with him about Twilight's heat, heat cycles in general, and speaking as though it was a common topic for them to converse with.
At least Sweetie Belle was currently staying with their parents for the next month. Rarity wouldn't want the curious filly to hear about this particular topic.
After she had cooked a few more pancakes, she turned off the stove and pulled out two plates for her and Spike. She set them both down and sat at the table.
"So Spike....what are we supposed to do now?"
Spike just shrugged as he began to eat.
"I guess we just let it run it's course. All we gotta do is make sure she doesn't leave the library for awhile."
Rarity nodded as she pulled some fruit out of the fridge with her magic.
"...I guess that would be the best course of action."
She bit down into an apple, chewed, then swallowed. She suddenly had an afterthought.
'...I sure hope she put up a soundproofing spell. No doubt that the entire town will hear her when her heat starts to make her...'lower region' throb painfully.'
Rarity blushed lightly.
'That would be quite embarrassing.'
Author's Note: ...So yeah, I hate to do this, but I think it would be easier for me to make this a chapter story, instead of a simple one chapter one-shot. I just wanted to add a little depth to the story so that it isn't just a shallow clopfic.
Sorry to those that thought it would be just that: a simple clopfic.
I'll make sure to update this as soon as possible, since this story is now my primary objective.