//------------------------------// // Dog Days: Love Sick // Story: Equestrian Eeveelution. // by Symphonicdysonince //------------------------------// [Abes] I woke up feeling dizzy and in a cold sweat. Leaning against the wall to steady myself, I crawled my way into a standing position. Taking a moment to let the nausea pass, I carefully opened the closet door. I immediately regretted that decision as the morning sun speared through the window and into my eyes. Wincing in pain, I tried waiting for my eyes to adjust. Sadly, my patience gave out first. Stepping carefully through the room, I kept my eyes squinted shut. This caused me to walk face first into the door. "Can't you do things that don't hurt us?" I glared at the door, before using my telekinesis to turn the handle. I barely managed to open it when a lance of pain hit my brain. Ow, fuck. The hell is wrong with me? I was most of the way down the stairs when another thought hit me. Great Arceus, I hope I'm not in heat! "Relax, you're not in heat. You can actually think straight, for one thing." Good to know. I paused at the base of the stairs. Um, question? How would I know what being in heat is like? "Hey, we saw how Leo was acting." I continued on to the basement stairs. "All I did was put two and two and two together." And your total was...? "Three twos." Be more helpful! I mentally snapped as I finally reached the basement. I slunk my way to a random tunnel, popping up near the market. I managed to take a few steps before I was blindsided by the amount of hearts. I quickly staggered into a bush and dry heaved for a bit. Right, I thought with a groan, avoiding the market today. I staggered from the bush, beelining to the park. Once there, I stopped to rest on one of the benches. I took a moment to look around the area, watching as couples went about their dates for the day. Each one I saw gave me a twinge of indigestion. I heard the bench creak as more weight was added to it. I looked over to see that Lulu had made herself at home. "Fancy seeing you out and about." She leaned towards me. "And on today of all days." "What day is it?" I groaned out. "Why, Hearts and Hooves Day, darling." Lulu winked at me "You got your eye on some one special?" "No." I grunted out as I fought back another wave of nausea. Lulu expression shifted from coy to concerned. "You don't look very well. What's wrong?" "Dunno." I sighed. "Woke up like this. I'mma take a walk to Joy's and see Conner about this." I slid off the bench and took a couple of staggered steps before I felt something wet press against me. "Here, darling, let me help." Lulu offered. With her keeping me steady, we made good time to Fluttershy's. Strangely, the further we got from town, the better I felt, to the point where I could cross the bridge without using Lulu for support. "Hey, Conner," I called, "Ya in?" Lulu squinted at the door. "It looks like there's a note..." Grumbling under my breath, I pulled the piece of parchment from where it had been taped. "Sorry, gone to town, will be gone for the day. Please come back tomorrow, if that's okay with you. Sorry." I read aloud. I carefully placed the note back on the door. "Ya know what? Fine." I turned to address the water type. "I'm going to spend some time in the woods. I won't be back until this evening. I won't be going very far in, maybe hang around the memorial." I stormed off, growling to myself. Stupid dark typing. Stupid pony holidays making me sick. "Hearth's Warming didn't." I paused in my march. Huh, so it didn't. Weird. [Villhiem] I waited while the Crusaders set up their circles. They had to wait for Runic to arrive before they could summon anything. Silver sat beside me, the hood of her grey hoodie pulled up. "So," Silver spoke up, "what's the plan, again?" "Well, we really wanted to make this Hearts and Hooves Day special." Sweetie began. Scootaloo continued while triple checking the circles. "And Runic mentioned these summons called Lovecus, so we got permission to summon a few to populate the fountain." "We jus' need to wait fer Runic to get here." Apple Bloom checked over the recipe again. "He wants to summon one as well." Silver and I shared a look. "So, how do you expect things to go wrong this time?" The grey filly asked. "We summon in some sort of shark." The Crusaders chorused. Movement caught my eye. Looking over, I could see Lulu leading Abes away. Poor guy doesn't look too good. Maybe I should check up on him. "Eh, I think he's going to Fluttershy's. He'll be fine." if you say so... I tuned back into the Crusaders' conversion. Apple Bloom chuckled. "Could ya imagine if we just tried to make two ponies day special instead of this?" Scootaloo snorted. "Knowing our luck, we'd end up poisoning somepony." Silver gave a week chuckle. "And who would your unlucky victims be?" "Well, maybe Cheerilee. She's done a lot for us all over the months." Sweetie paused in thought. "I don't think she has a special somepony, yet. As for who we'd pair her with..." Sweetie stepped around the circles to tap Apple Bloom on the shoulder. "Do you know if Big Mac has somepony special?" "And that's where we end this." The farm filly insisted. "End what?" Runic asked, walking around the fountain. <> I sighed as the girls giggled. "Right, right." The stallion waved a hoof. He looked at the current set up. "Ah, good. I see you've set a circle up for me already. My thanks." He held up his bag. "Shall we?" While the summoners chanted, I watched Silver. I could see that she was interested in what the fillies were doing, but I don't think she has the interest to start learning herself. I saw her flinch at the flash that accompanies a successful summon. With whispered instructions, the summoners let their pink, heart-shaped summons hop into the fountain. As a group, we all stepped back to see if the Crusaders' -plus grown stallion's- work would pay off. We didn't have to wait long before the first couple approached the fountain. As soon as they got close, the four Luvdiscs began to jump and splash. Soon enough, the fountain became a hot spot for lovers. We all stayed to watch over the summons well into the evening. I could feel something bubbling up inside me. Can you see what's happening... I began to sing in my head, enjoying the atmosphere.