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// Spa Day Sins 
// Story: Big News 
// by not the real VAV 
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	“What are you doing today?” Mac asked as he picked up a pancake. He waited for a response as he gobbled down the chocolate chip pancake. It tasted pretty good with chocolate chip. Something Mac had actually never had before. His family preferred apple pancakes. 
“Today’s the day I go to the spa with Rarity. Sorry, sweetie, we can have our fun later.” She said, taking a prim sip of her drink. Fluttershy finished the pancake on her plate and stood up to walk to the sink. 
“What time do you leave?” Big Mac asked, finished off his pancakes as well.
“Usually 10:30. Why? Do you want to come along?” Fluttershy teased with a big smile. 
Mac blushed and shook his head. “No Ah certainly don’t. Just wanna know how long Ah got with you.” Mac placed his plate into the sink and reached into a drawer to grab a rag. 
“Mmm…how sweet. I won’t be gone for long, I promise. I’ll just-,” Fluttershy stopped what she was doing and looked at Mac with surprise. 
“What’s wrong?” He asked concerned. 
“…I may have to cancel…” 
Mac loved Fluttershy that was for sure. And he wanted to spend every moment with her. But he knew how much she loved going to the spa with Miss Rarity. Mac knew he couldn’t take Fluttershy and keep him all to himself, she had friends and she wanted to spend time with them. 
“Why is that sugarcube?” 
“Certain perfumes tend to bother pregnant mares’ senses. It may seem like they’re allergic.” 
Mac smiled as he gave her a quick peck on the nose. This confused Fluttershy. 
“What?” 
“You sounded like Miss Twilight there, Shy.” 
Fluttershy blushed. 
“You’ll just have to play it by year. But we better hurry. Mah time with you is almost over,” he raised a hoof at the clock. 



“I didn’t do it on purpose dad! I swear!” 
Mac’s expression hardened slightly. What was his son talking about? Didn’t do what on purpose? 
“Sun Crest?” He asked sternly. 
The Pegasus colt looked up slightly. He had a nervous expression, his mouth into a pout, his eyebrows raised apologetically. 
The sight made Macintosh sigh as he felt a bit guilt with his tone. His expression softened.
“Ah’m sorry Sun Crest. Don’t be scared. Ah just wanna know what happened and what went wrong.” He lifted Sun Crest’s head with his large hoof, staring into his eyes. This seemed to comfort the little colt as his expression changed slightly. 
“Well…Autumn and I were playing inside the house. Mom said she wanted us to come down for dinner. Before we did…I…might have started to rough house,” he said, his head lowered in shame. “and I’m really sorry! I-I accidently…knocked off…a few things on…your shelf.” 
Mac lowered himself down to get eye level with Sun. “Sun Crest?” 
Small teal eyes met Mac’s. 
“What did you knock off?” 
The eyes went back to look at the ground. He heard a small mumble from his son. 
“What was that?” Mac asked. 
“…your…” he mumbled once again.
“Sun Crest, it’s alright. Just let me know what fell on the floor.” Mac made sure to reword his sentence, trying to make it look like the blame wasn’t on him. 
“…your box…” 
Mac pulled back in surprise. Did he mean…that box? 
“Sun Crest?” He raised his son’s head. “Was it the one with the flowers and apples? The one with the words written on the sides?” 
Sun Crest solemnly nodded. 
Mac frowned, his ears flopping down. Sun Crest looked up at his dad and grew concerned. 
“I’m really sorry dad! I really didn’t mean it! I swear!” He hugged his arm tightly, hoping he’d understand how sincere he truly was. 
“Ah’m not mad, Sun,” he rubbed his son’s head but his smile didn’t return. “Just a little…sad.”
He stood and began to walk his son back to their house. 
“Why?” 
“That box just had some sentimental items. Some things from my past.” 
Now Sun Crest looked guiltier, feeling pretty bad about breaking something important to his dad. 
“It’s fine Sun Crest. Really. Now why don’t you go help set the table?” Sun Crest nodded and cantered inside. Big Mac walked inside and headed upstairs. He opened his bedroom door to find the box’s remains placed on the bureau.
A few things were scattered about. Three urn, two pictures, a locket, a pin, and a newspaper article. Mac gently picked the items up to look at them. The pictures were in black and white and were dated from a long time ago. One was of two earth ponies together and the other was a young earth pony stallion. Mac recognized them as his parents and his grandpa. 
Big Mac opened the heart shaped locket to find it blank. The last time he checked there was a picture of a certain yellow mare. Now it was empty. Mac looked on the wood floor. Did it fall out-
“Looking for this?” 
Mac looked up to see Fluttershy holding a picture with a smile. She looked smug but embarrassed at the same time. 
Mac tried to snatch the photo out of her grab but she raised her hoof high. 
“Are there other photos I should now about?” Fluttershy asked, finally handing over the photo of herself. It happened to be a picture of her when the Flim Flam Fiasco took place. She was joking but her husband’s response shocked her.
Mac blushed and rubbed the back of his neck.
Fluttershy eyes went wide. 
“Is that a yes?!” 
Guilty! 
Mac nodded in shame. 
He trudged off to the closet and retrieved a hidden box. “Had that always been there?” he heard Fluttershy asked. 
“Eeyup.” Mac said as he opened the box. Fluttershy came over to look from behind his shoulder. Her face glowed red as her mouth dropped. Mac blushed and looked at the floor as he pushed the magazines over to his wife’s hooves. 
They were the magazines of her as a model when she worked for Photo Finish. Old memories came back and Fluttershy flinched. 
“D-d-did you have these…before we started dating?” She asked, looking a tomato.
Mac lowered his head and nodded. “E…e-eeyup…” 
“Why did you keep them from me?” 
“Well…Ah knew you didn’t like being a model…and um…well…Ah kept those pictures for a reason…” he said, ashamed of himself.  
Fluttershy handed him back the magazines and took the locket. She slipped the picture back inside when she felt two hooves grab her backside...as in flank.
“Mac? What are you-EEP!” 


“Darling! How are you?” Rarity greeted as she walked through the door. 
They exchanged a hug as they met. 
“I’m good. Um…Rarity?” She asked as Rarity began to sign in. Aloe and Lotus said something to each other before approaching Rarity. 
“The usual please!” 
Rarity turned to Fluttershy. “Yes Fluttershy?” 
“Do you think any of the scents will bother me? I know they usually-,” 
“Already got that covered darling! Made sure they have rid the spa of any type of specific scents like candles and salts.” Rarity said with a smile. 
“Oh but that seems a lot to do. They must have charged you. I couldn’t let you do that.” Fluttershy said, knowing Lotus and Aloe would have to remove all of the listed from the premises which would cost them customers and money. 	
“We wouldn’t want you to feel sick now would we?” Rarity asked as they began to walk down the hall. 
“Well…no…but-,” 
“No buts! I have got it covered.” Rarity turned and used a white hoof to cover Fluttershy’s mouth. 


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Fluttershy ran and ran to get away from the timberwolves. Their howls were piercing, their wooden paws hammering the dark trail. 
The mare traveled at her fastest speeds. They couldn’t catch her. They wouldn’t catch her. She’d do anything to make sure her unborn foals would be okay. 
But the wolves had other plans. They growled as they nipped at her heels. 
Fluttershy knew she couldn’t fly away; her wings wouldn’t be able to carry her pregnant body. 
Fluttershy tried to make a quick turn into a bush when she twisted her ankle and fell. She slid across the ground, scratching her sides.
The mare tried to get to her hooves when she was tackled. 
The alpha wolf had her pinned down, disgusting saliva dripping from his mouth onto her neck. 
“HELP!” Fluttershy yelled. 
The alpha sniffed around her face, making her squirm. 
“HEL-,” she was cut off by his paw stepping on her throat. 
Big Macintosh jumped through the bush. The timberwolves looked to him and growled. 
“Get out of here!” He slammed his hoof down.
Though the wolves weren’t intimidated, instead started to move closer to him. “Mac!” Fluttershy gurgled. The alpha glanced to the red stallion. With a smug grin he attacked. 
“NO! SHY!”

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“NO! SHY!” Mac screamed. 
He jumped up in bed in a cold sweat. He was breathing heavy, terrified for his life…or their lives. 
Mac looked to his right. Fluttershy was alive and well. She rubbed her eyes and looked to her startled husband. 
“Are…,” yawn “…you okay?” She asked, looking for a clock. 3:47 in the morning.
“Sorry…Ah didn’t mean to wake ya but…” Before Fluttershy could respond, Mac tackled her. 
He kissed her all over her face and belly, hugging her waist tightly. Fluttershy’s limbs sprawled out, her body being held so firmly she was stiff. 
As his face rubbed against her coat she felt her belly becoming wet. 
She looked down curiously. Fluttershy became slightly shocked by what she saw. 
Mac was crying! 
“Mac?”
He looked up, sniffling. His eyes were, indeed, red and tears were streaming down his cheeks. 
Fluttershy wiped his face. She had never seen her husband so shaken up. “What happened? Are you okay?” Fluttershy asked.
Mac was glad he had Fluttershy. She would never judge him. She knew if a muscular stallion such as himself was crying, something was wrong. 
“N-nightmare…you-you and the foals…” he whimpered. 
Fluttershy rubbed his back, trying to relax him. “What about the foals and I, Mac?” 
He griped into her impregnated belly.
“You…you all…you all died!”
“Shh…shh…it’s alright. It’s alright.” She rubbed his cheek, kissing his forehead. She tried to be as comforting as possible. 
“B-but Ah lost you! And the foals!” he wailed. 
Fluttershy felt tears stinging at her eyes. She had never seen Mac so scared and so sad before. She laid several kissed on top of his head, nuzzling his mane. 
“No. No you didn’t Mac. I’m alive. So are the foals. Listen to them.” She gestured to her belly which Mac was using, gently, as a pillow. 
His ear twitched as he quieted down. 
“Hey! Hey! Ah hear somethin’!" 
Fluttershy giggled as his ear twitched continually, starting to tickle. His saddened expression was quickly replaced as he acted like a kid on Christmas Day. 
“See. We’re all fine.” Mac rose back up to his original position. Fluttershy kissed him on the nose before settling down with the pillow. Mac dragged the blankets up to them. He leaned over to her ear and whispered, “Well…just to be safe.” 
Mac placed a protective hoof on her belly, making sure nothing would hurt her again. In dreams or reality.