> Cooling Down
>  by The13thDoctor
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> Waking Up
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Chapter I: Waking Up



"WHOAHEY! GET THE FUCK OFF ME!" I shouted as I jolted up my bed, wide awake.

It's one of those crazy dreams I've been having again. The one where I get to be raped by several sex-hungry women that wants me dehydrated of all my juices, damn… This is not what I expected it to be. I looked at the side of my bed and saw that Fluttershy isn't there. (Yeah, I'm living with Fluttershy)

"Strange… Where is Fluttershy?" I asked myself.

Getting up from bed and stretching, I went in the bathroom to wash my face to get rid of those dead skin cells and stuff. Just a normal day, huh?

"No, not exactly." A strange voice just spoke.

'What the… Who are you?'

"I'm the voice inside you head, idiot."

'Not sure if I'm going nuts…'

"You're not going crazy, moron. I'm just a guide."

'Well… Welcome aboard. I guess?'

I got out of the bathroom as fresh as ever and went downstairs… Only to find that there is no one there. LITERALLY, there was no one there. Confused, I tried to search for Fluttershy around the cottage.

"'SHY?! 'Shy, where are you?" I called out. But there was no response.

'Any idea where she is?'

"Oh I don't fucking know, I'm in your head for Christ's sake. How could I know where the fuck she is?"

'Don't you ever have a clean mouth?'

"Shut the hell up."

'Oh, wow. You're a great help.'

It chuckled, "Glad to be of help."

Suddenly, my stomach grumbled. "Damn… Be patient. I'm trying to find her.", it's second growling was a more louder one. Annoyed, I spoke in irritation, "OKAY! Okay, for the love of God. I'll make my own food."

I went to the kitchen and reached for the cupboard. Opening it, all I ever found was a spider and its web.

"Well… Fuck. Let's go buy food…"

My stomach growled once more, now more angrier and painful than before.

"Your stomach's hungry, Ryan. Feed it!"

'Okay, just shut up and be quiet.' I ordered.

Using my ring, I tried summoned my clothes but nothing happened. I inspected my ring to see that it's run out of energy.

"Oh Well… I need to find my battery."

Running upstairs, I went into me and Fluttershy's room to find the battery.

"Come on… Come on… Where is it?! I know I kept it in here somewhere!"

"Hey dipshit, it's lost. We don't know where it is."

'WHAT?! No, it can't be lost! I know I stored it in here somewhere!'

"Come on. It's lost; we can't use the ring until it's fully charged. Look, after we eat, let's try to find the battery. Come on, your stomach's annoying the hell out of me."

"Damn it! Okay, that battery is very important and I can't lose it. Let's go."

After changing clothes, I went outside and gone towards Sugar Cube Corner. As I was walking through the streets of Pony Ville, I can't help but to think about the feeling that something was off. Something was VERY VERY off today and I can't put my finger on it though.

'Are you noticing something wrong in here?'

"Not that I know of. Why?"

'There is something really odd in Pony Ville right now.'

"It's neither the lacking of stallions and the quietness of the town. Since male are fucking outnumbered by female and…"

'Wait… Am I hearing screams and shouts right now? That's odd…'

"Yeah… I have to agree, that's really odd and strange."

'And wait… *sniff*… Why does this town smells like everyone is fucking each other?'

"Sex? Yeah, I smell it too."

I wanted to investigate and know what the hell is going on but, the voice in my head is trying to tell me that I should go home, lock myself in there and sleep.

'Uhhh… Why?'

"I'm not sure about all of this. Something smells fishy and I don't like it."

'But you don't have a nose; neither do you have a body.'

"It's a goddamn expression, fuck face. I have a bad feeling about this."

'No, I'll be stealthy about this. Is that okay?'

"Whatever suits you, boy."

After I finished talking with my brain or rather the voice in my head, I saw Rainbow Dash glance at me. Being the friendly human that I am, I waved to her as I passed by. But what caught my attention, was her strange behavior…

"Hey there, you piece of man-meat… Wanna play?" she coaxed. I suddenly stopped moving.

"…Wait, what?"

'Wait, what did she just say?'

I turned around to see her advancing towards me in a seductive manner. Scared, I backed up each step she made. One by one until my back just hit the closed entrance of Sugar Cube Corner.

"Oh hey, you made it to Sugar Cube Corner. Congrats. Now, what were you saying about being stealthy and shit?"

I ignored him and focused on the more pressing matters, like this one. I tried being reasonable with her,

"R-Rainbow, please stay away from me. Okay, I'll give you anything you want, just let me go." I negotiated.

"HEY! YOU'RE NOT IN THE RIGHT TIME TO NEGOTIATE!"

'And so what the hell am I supposed to do?!'

Rainbow Dash placed a finger to my mouth and shushed, "Oh… I think you already know what I want…"

"I do? Do I?"

To further understand what the fucking hell is going on, I took a closer look on her body language. Her movements were as limber as a snake, her face expression and her eyes were only longing for one familiar, abstract feeling… It was pure lust.

"Wait, did I say anything? I mean, not anything at all. Y-You understand, right?"

Not uttering a word, she advanced towards me more.

"You better jet." My heart skipped a beat, "Alright…"

I quickly dashed away from the now sex-hungry Rainbow Dash. I looked back to see the entitled "Fastest Flyer in Equestria" Pegasus right on my goddamn neck, "Hmmm… Me trying to escape from someone who is very agile and fast? Well… Fu—"

"AH SHIT!"

Rainbow Dash tackled me down on the ground, both of us tumbling across an alley. Struggling, she sat up on me and held both my arms to prevent me from escaping.

She gazed down at me, looking me with those eyes pure of lust, "Don't worry, babe… I'll make you enjoy this as long as you can.", again, my stomach grumbles.

"Dang it…" I mumbled.

"Ohhhh… Looks like someone is very hungry." Dash positioned herself where her crotch is right at my damn face. "Don't worry, I got a meal for you to enjoy."

"Fuck! Think, moron! YOU'RE COMMITED TO FLUTTERSHY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!"

I gulped, "I uhhh… AM hungry! Yes, I am hungry." I answered in a very casual way. Sweating heavily, I coughed, "But I'm going need a bigger meal than what you're going to offer."

"WHAT?! Are you fucking shitting me? That's the best you've got?!"

'Like you can think of any better!'

Dash grew a light smile, "Glad you see it my way, Ryan…" She slowly positioned herself into a more comfortable position, "I won't let you get away that easily…So don't try anything stupid, mmkay?"

Her left hand that was pinning my right arm began to move downwards to my throbbing manhood.

Supposedly, this WAS the chance that I've been waiting for. If only I tried to take it, which I did not.

"Are you going to stay there all day? Fucking imbecile."

'SHUT UP! I'm trying think of something to buy time.'

"Oh, like doing nothing isn't going to help."

I tried to slip out of her grip, but it seemed impossible at this moment. "Hey, Ryan…" She muttered, "Why don't you just relax and let the mare do all the work? You're making this more harder than it is now."

She looked at my shaft, "It's time… Stay put now…"

Rainbow Dash then pulled off my pants and rubbed her moist folds at the tip of my manhood. I grunted in pleasure; Believe me, I haven't had sex for a while with Fluttershy

"SNAP OUT OF IT, DIPSHIT! What the hell are you trying to do? Cheat on Fluttershy?!"

'No! I gotta think of something else'

Thinking thoroughly, I spoke "Can't we just make-out or something? How about foreplay?"

"WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT ARE YOU DOING, MORON?! Are you trying to worsen the condition more than it is right now?"

'Oh, I don't fucking know! Why don't you help me for Christ's sake?!'

As an idiot that I am, Dash nodded and pushed her lips towards mine. Her tongue viciously fighting with mine… Not a smart move I would say.

"Now you realize. Thank the God Almighty…"

Her hand fondled my shaft as mine burrowed inside her shirt and groped her soft and big breasts. Me and Dash moaned at the pleasure we've been giving each other. I then looked into her eyes deeply…

"Okay! Now's your chance!"

'No… I can't… She's my friend.'

"Listen to me! Once you put that dick of yours into her, there's no turning back! Don't you see?! You impregnate her, and you're on your own now. What will Fluttershy and her friends will say? That you're a cheating bastard? YOU THINK YOU CAN HANDLE THAT?!"

Hearing what my head said, I snapped back into my senses. 'You're right. I have to escape before it's too late.'

"Now… DO IT!"

Rainbow Dash separated her lips from mine. Wiping off the attached saliva, she uttered "Are you ready for some awesome time? It'll be 20% cooler…"

I nodded, "Yeah… I am. Wait…"

"What?"

"Ahhh…. Ahhhhhh… AHHHHHHH—!" I tilted my head backwards, signifying that I am going to sneeze.

"PSYCHE!"

"NOW!"

I smashed my head unto hers with great force that she fell unconscious. Seeing the opportunity, she loosened her grip and I pushed her then ran as far away as I can.

Running through the alleys and struggling to pull my pants back up, I had a feeling for desperation. Desperation for answers and fucking away from Dash before she wakes up… Honestly, I don't know what the hell is all that seductive, lusty behavior Dash was expressing a while ago.

Halting into a stop, I tried to catch my breath. Going back to all that happened,

'Why the hell would Dash try to freaking rape me in a goddamn alley? I mean… Yeah, I'm handsome and all but… I have never seen Dash act like that before. Unless…'

Calculating and analyzing all of what I noticed, I have finally come to a conclusion, a conclusion that has yet to be more surprising than Dark's coronation at Night Forge.

"Yeah, fucktard. Welcome to the season of complete hell."

'Ahhh SHIT!'

Damn it! I should have noticed earlier! One week, once a year… Every mare in Pony Ville are in the midst of the so-called "Breeding season" or "Heat", an event that all men has to either fear and escape… or JOIN IN WITH THEM.

"So, now we know…"

'And that explains RD's strange behavior. So that means…'

"Going to the town square will be a…"

'Dumb move, I get it.'

I took a look outside the alley and saw a huge amount of mares out to get whoever male dares to let themselves get exposed to them.

'There are a MASSIVE amount of women out there to get me. Holy shit…'

"So, mister "I'm-going-to-be-stealthy" guy… You got a plan to let us get out of here?"

'Not yet…'

"What do you mean?"

'We'll just have to make up a strategy to get past them unnoticed.'

"Go around the walls carefully; they won't see you since they are facing the other way."

'Finally, you fucking helped for once.'

Slowly and surely, I quietly tip-toed with my back against the wall. Step by step, my heart started to beat faster.

'This is a bad idea, maybe I should go back'

"NO! WAIT!"

*CRASH!*

Before I could turn, my foot bumped into a trash full of bottles, making a really loud noise and grabbing the attention of every single mare in the town square.

Darting their eyes towards me, they slowly advanced towards me.

"Dude… Run."

'What?'

"RUN! RUN FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE!"

I screamed at the top of my lungs and dashed to the left into the alleys. "WOW! SMOOTH FUCKING MOVE, ASSHOLE! NOW WE GOT THE WHOLE HORNY ARMADA UP ON OUR GODDAMN NECK!"

'Shut up for the love of GOD! I got an idea.'

I took a glance on my back to see what I wish I didn't see, "Well, I wish I didn't see them rubbing their damn vajayjay while running."

"Okay… Fuck it. I HAVE SEXUAL TRANSMITTED DISEASES THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO GEEEEEET!"

Nice… save…

The mares suddenly tripped and fell down, gagging and coughing and wheezing. Guess it worked!

"Moving on…"

I saw a library from a far distance. Without thinking, I ran as fast as I can busted through the door and then barricaded it for safety.



This kind of heat is far more worse than what I've been into when I first came into Equestria. This heat season right now is turning women into monstrous beasts that wants to… You get the point…

It's now a thing that we all have to survive and live as long as we can before those hordes of women will kill us all. There's no question what they'll do to us, let alone Fluttershy and the others.

"Whatever we might choose, the only option left is to survive as long as we can and try to figure out how are we going to get everyone back to normal before every male in Equestria will die."

'I'm still trying to think though. And "we"? I thought you're just a guide?'

Taking a deep breath, it spoke. "Look, I may have not told you this but… Somehow, you are suffering from dementia. Remember the orb that you destroyed in Night Forge? You were knocked back and your head hit the wall so hard, that your brain actually suffered brain damage."

'Are you really serious?! So I have like a split personality disorder or something like that?'

"Pretty much."

"DAMN IT! So much for the chance of having a healthy body…"

Suddenly, a voice called out, "Hello?"

I turned around to see Spike going down the stairs, spotting me as if I had saw a horrifying sight.

"Jesus… it's only you, Spike. Thank the Lord Almighty… "

"Hey, Ryan! Are you okay? Can I get you something to drink or eat?"

"Water will be fine, Spike." I replied as I sat down on one of the wooden chairs. Spike went to the kitchen and came back with some water.

I took the glass of water and drank every single drop of it, "Ahhh… Thanks, dude. I feel better now…"

"What brought you here anyway, you look like you were chased by a horde of zombies."

"No…It's happening again..."

"What is it?"

"The week of extreme pain and suffering has come… The heat is already on the road!"

"What?"

"The mating season! This week is already the start of the heat. There is no way we can escape the horde of dangerous, sex-hungry women who are hell-bound to milk us all of our sex juices…"

"I don't get it…"

"Fucking hell…" I sighed and facepalmed.

"What is it anyway?"

"All women out there are now in the needs of sex and pleasure… It's a matter of parasitism, they get whatever from us and we get harmed while they get to be benefitted…If we go out there, they WILL KILL US. I can feel that half of the males in Equestria are dead right now."

"The mares in all of Equestria will kill us all? What do we do?"

"The only thing to do is to get my ring battery and get everything back to normal. But first…"

"…Where's Twilight?" I asked nervously…

The realization must've hit me like a freight train. Spike replied, "Upstairs…"

"Oh no… DID SHE DO SOMETHING TO YOU?!"

"NO! Nothing at all! She WAS acting really strange when she woke up."

"Exactly, that's we need to get out of this hellhole before SHE shows UP!"

"Wait, why don't we just do it? Y'know… just have sex with them?"

I stared at him, utterly shocked at his response, "Are you shitting with me? Or what?!"

"Huh?"

"Think about it, it's either death or life."

Spike pondered about for a moment, and nodded to escape. Just as before we were going away, I noticed a photo album lying on the wooden floor. I stopped walking and picked the album up.

I read the title, "My Dream Husband? Let's have a look, shall we?"

I opened the photo album and I wish—in my entire life—that I shouldn't have opened that DAMNED BOOK….

My jaw dropped. Spike saw my reaction and took a look at the photos; and I can say, he had the same reaction as mine.

"Why… does Twilight have several pictures of me in a FUCKING ALBUM?!"

"My Celestia… "Dream Husband" is too much for you to handle, isn't it?"

"Aheahehaehhaeh… Shut the hell up…"

"Twilight has a long time crush on you? Holy shit, that is soooo weird."

'Shut the fuck up, will you?"

Suddenly, as we were looking at the photos. An oddly familiar voice called out from upstairs and sent up chills up my spine…

"Ryan? Ryan, is that you downstairs?"

Frozen in fear, I cursed under my breath, "Goddamn it! We're too late!"

Spike shivered, "Oh NO!"

"It's TWILIGHT! RUN!"
> Stolen
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Chapter II: Stolen


"OH SHIT!" I cursed. Suddenly, the light that was coming out of the window was blocked and the moment I realize, I was blind as a bat.

“Well, we’re dead… Goodbye, cruel world!”

Twilight’s voice spoke through the darkness in a seductive tone, “Hello, Mr. Wilson…”

The tone left a chill up my spine, “What do you want?” I replied.

“It seems that you have an overdue book… I’d like to speak to you for a moment.”

“Book? I didn’t borrow any book, so you can’t do anything to me.” I clenched my fists.

“Oh… how impolite you are… That’ll be 15 bits. Of course, you’ll have to pay extra… If you want something more special…”

She was trying to confuse me, delaying me from escaping the treehouse. 

“Dude, you got to escape. We’re dead if we don’t try to move!”

‘I’M TRYING TO! Wait… What if I try to knock her out like what I did with RD?’

“It won’t work anymore. She’s smarter than you and you’ll be raped any second now. Dash is stupid, Twily is smart. Know the difference.”

I didn’t have much choice to do here. It’s either live or let die, but I’m not going to die because of some horny mares wanting to milk me dry of my semen. No siree, if there’s something that needs to be solved, it’s this one.

“Don’t make me wait, Ryan… Or else, I have to take matter into my own hands.” She spoke as her breath touches my neck, sending a shiver down my spine.

“If I don’t have money to pay… How EXACTLY am I going to do that?” I asked. 

Twilight’s arm wraps around my body, feeling every part of my flesh as her hands goes lower into my private region.

‘I had enough of this crap.’

“Do it.”

Somehow, the ring shone a faint red color. I began to feel an emotional mixture of rage, fear and determination. It tries to cloud my thoughts and I began to shout, “TWILIGHT! ENOUGH!”

I grabbed whatever it is in front of me and pulled it, revealing it was a curtain and now the light from outside illuminated the whole of the room along with the other curtains by Twilight’s magic. I was relieved.

“I have a feeling that you aren’t going to DO IT with me, are you? Why not? Don’t you like me?

“No and never will except as a friend. You try to consider the condition of the situation right now if you’re in my place and YOU TELL ME HOW BAD IT IS! YOU TELL ME!”

The parade of words that came out of mouth must’ve shut Twilight up, “The reason that I really don’t want to have sex with you are the things that will try to ruin me and kill me if I really DID do it with you. It will vaporize me bit by bit until I’m nothing but a piece of dust on the ground!”

Twilight stood up, figuring all of what I had just said. “Kindly… explain, please?”

“Okay look… When you saw me, what DID you feel?”

Twilight blushed deeply, “When… I saw you… Something stirred up inside me, like a typhoon inside of my guts… My mind went blank and all I wanted to do is to be in bed with you… naked and all that. I just… really want to—“ After that, I walked up towards her and placed my hands over her shoulders.

“Listen to me… You don’t want to do this. We all don’t. If you did have sex with me, you’ll kill the very thing that lives in me… my DIGNITY, my NAME. Twilight, I know that you love me,” I picked up the photo album, “If you DO love me, you have to let me go for now. And if I come back, I’ll be yours forever.” She took the album as I walked away from her and towards the door.

But just as I removed the barricades of the door and opened it, she spoke, “When will you come back to me?” She asked.

I turned around and smiled, “Don’t get your hopes up. Maybe either Caramel or Flash Sentry will knock on your door carrying a bunch of flowers and chocolates and confessing their love to you. But I doubt that I will also do that… It’s better if we’re friends for now, right?”

“Yeah… I guess so. Thanks, Ryan. I won’t forget what you said.” She walked up to me and gave me a sweet kiss on the lips and gave me a light smile.

“Anytime. Spike? You ready?” I called out to the teen dragon sitting whilst sleeping.

“Wha…? Huh? Oh, yeah! I’m ready.” He said as he walked towards me.

I looked at Twilight, “I’ll be bringing Spike with me, he’ll prove useful if not, for safety purposes.”

Twilight nodded. We then went out of the tree house and cautiously hid away from the horny mares that will not hesitate to attack us.

“Brilliant work right there, Ryan. You outsmarted the smart, great job.”

‘Yeah, it’s something I learned from an old friend in Night Forge.’

“I honestly couldn't fucking pull that up. Are you Chuck Norris?!”

‘No. Anyway, let’s move on’



With Spike as a new companion, we agreed to set off to SCC to get food supplies if ever we get hungry in search of my battery. But I can’t help but to comprehend the sentimentality that the two us aren't the only ones surviving the horde. If we did get lucky, we try to get as many survivors as we can.

“Uhhh… Spike? Have you seen Ray, Michael and Razor? I haven’t seen them after I woke up.” I asked quietly.

“They didn’t tell you? They went off to Canterlot. I don’t know why, but they said it’s something urgent.”

“I hope they’re safe, because if they don’t know what’s going on outside right now… You know what? Let’s just go…”I continued to walk, shaking off the thoughts that came into my head.

After a couple of minutes of stealth moves, we finally reached Sugar Cube Corner. “Finally, we’re here… Keep a low profile, we may not know if Pinkie’s in there or not. Remember, we need food. Gather as much cupcakes or sweets as you can, then we’ll leave, alright?”

“Yeah, but can’t we say hi to Pinkie if she’s there?”

“What? Are you trying to kill us both? OH SURE, let’s say ‘hi’ to her. Then we’ll get her pregnant with 10,000 humanoid pony kids.”

Spike took the sarcasm and pouted. I then slowly opened the doors and held them as soon as we’re in.

“You’re still hungry and you haven’t eaten anything. Ulcer much?”

‘Shut the fuck up will ya’!”

I looked at a clock that shone from the light outside, It was getting late.

“Spike, move it. Sun’s going down, and I don’t know how dangerous mares will be either later or tomorrow. It gets more lethal if they don’t go intercourse right now. Go get the food, I’ll hold the door.”

“Alright…” he nervously gulped and went into the darkness. That moment, I can’t see him anymore.

“Are you sure it's a smart idea to send Lil’ Spike on an adventure where mares want to have rough sex with him?”

‘Don’t make it sound wrong.’

“What? Spike getting raped by either Pinkie or Mrs. Cake isn’t bad enough for ya’?”

‘Well, we don’t have much cho—OH SHIT! I FORGOT ABOUT MRS. CAKE!’

“Well, there you go, idiot. I’m going to give you the medal of total “DIPSHITNESS”, congratulations.”

Suddenly, a loud voice screamed for help. “AHH! HELP ME! Get off me!”

“HEY! Get your goddamn ass and save Spike before he gets raped! He’s still young for the love of God!”

“FUCK!” I cursed. “SPIKE! HOLD ON! I’LL SAVE YA’, BUDDY!”

Out of nowhere, a couple of what seemed to be female voices giggled upstairs from the sound of my voice.

“Oh! Did you hear that?” a seemingly familiar voice called, “We have another sexy guy to toy with! HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!”

“Great… Pinkie and Cake are here. What now? You’re gonna politely ask them to give Spike back?”

Pondering on the situation, I heard several footsteps coming rumbling down the stairways. My cover had been blown. The doors slammed shut behind me, and then I had too many, too little things to be taken care of.

‘I got an idea.’

I hid behind the counter and shouted, “SPIKE! We’ll meet back at the town hall! I heard that they have a whole bunch of survivors there!”

Misdirecting them may or may not be a smart thing to do, but I pray to God it must be. Or I’ll wake up in afterlife praying to let the world burn forever.

The mares reached the ground floor; the anxiety is getting worse than ever. I looked everywhere if ever Plan A won’t work, and noticed a lead pipe lying on the wooden floor. I took the pipe and clenched it tightly.

‘I’m not fond of hurting women, but if my life is on the line, I wouldn’t even hesitate to bash their skulls with this...’

“Well, what are you waiting for? We gots Plan B now.”

I tried calming down; I took a glance on the window. The sun went down with practiced bravado. Twilight crawled across the sky, laden with foreboding. I didn't like the way the show started, but they had given me the best seat in the house, front row center.





Meanwhile…

Goddamn it… This is not what I signed up for. I should be at home drinking a cup of coffee while reading the newspaper. And WHY DIDN”T WE INVITE RYAN?!

“Hey Razor! Can you help up a bit here?!” Michael called out to me while barricading the doors to the Princesses’ bedroom.

“Uhhh… Yeah.” I said as I carried the table and placed it near the door.

“I can’t believe that this heat is more worse than last year. All of the stallions and colts are probably dead right now. Why didn’t we come here with Ryan?” I asked confused.

“I don’t know! He said that he didn’t want to come! He was in his bed with his eyes closed!” Ray replied.

“Yo, Ryan. Shining Armor needs us about sealing the Princesses up for the upcoming heat. Wanna come?”

“Uhhnnnn… No… get away from me…”

“They said it’s pretty urgent. You need to come with us” Michael persuaded but didn’t work.

“I guess he doesn’t want to come with us. Let’s just go.” I spoke.

“WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! YOU TRIED TO TALK TO HIM WHILE HE SLEPT???!!” Shining Armor shouted.

“Well, how are we supposed to know if he’s sleeping or not? His eyes are half closed for Christ’s sake!”

“You guys are freaking dumb! Ray, grab whatever it is that can help us in your bag!” Shining ordered.

Ray went to his bag and opened it, only to find Ryan’s things inside of them.

“Uhhhh… Guys? I think I brought the wrong bag.”

I grabbed Ray’s collar in anger, “ARE YOU SHITTING ME?! YOU BROUGHT THE WRONG BAG?!”

“Uhhh-huh. And there’s nothing that can help us in here!”

“AAAAAHHH GREAT! NOW, WE’RE DEAD FOR SURE!”

But Ray didn’t give up, he was determined to seal the princesses no matter what. Even though he knows that they will meet a terrible fate in the end.





Back to Ryan,

Assuming that everything is clear, I slowly walk to where the light switch is located.

“Isn't this a little bit risky considering that you didn't try to double check if everything is clear or not?”

‘A teeny weeny bit of riskiness.’

As soon as I was reaching for the lights, someone snuck up behind me and tackled me, getting me off guard.

“I smelled you here, you sexy animal… Thought you can escape me, eh?” a familiar voice called. I opened my eyes to see Roseluck in lingerie.

“Roseluck? Ah! GET OFF ME!”

“Now, why would I try to do that?”

“Quick! The pipe! Grab it!”

I quickly took the pipe and tried to defend myself. “I’m sorry about this, Rose…” I whispered.

I forcefully punched her in the face, losing her grip. I clenched the pipe tightly and swung it to her head.

She fell in a loud thud; I finally turned on the lights so that I can see well. Catching my breath, I whispered “I didn't want to do this, but you left me no choice. I’m sorry about this…”

“You had no choice. Let’s face it, you’re facing Death here. It’s your life or their needs…”

“AHHHH!!! RYAN!”

I shook off the feeling of guilt and quickly went upstairs to find Spike before his virginity gets to be taken forcefully. “SPIKE! SPIKE! HOLD ON, BUDDY! I’M COMING!”

Heat was a bad monster, turning female ponies into freaking zombie demons from outer space… I do not look forward to this.

As I got to the second floor, I called out to Spike once more, “Spike! Where are you, buddy?!”

“I’m in Pinkie’s quar—MMPH!!” Spike’s voice suddenly was cut off and all I heard was muffled sounds. I never know where Pinkie’s room is, 

“Just go through all the FUCKING DOORS!”

I did what the voice said and rummaged through all of the doors that I could possibly think Pinkie is in. I stopped at a pink colorful door, ‘Do you think this is Pinkie’s room by any chance’

“Why don’t you see for yourself?”

I swiftly opened the door and… in all my life, I wanted to erase what I had just seen. Think about it, these two lunatics— when I mean lunatics I mean The Cakes—going hardcore in their bed, screaming and shouting and sex juices all over the fucking room. The Cakes shouted, as well as me too…

“AHHHHHHH!!!!! MY EYES! MY EYES!!!!!! IT BURNS SO MUUUCH!!!!”

“CLOSE THE GODDAMN DOOR, DIPSHIT! MY EYYYYEEEESS!!!!”

I swiftly closed the door, still screaming. “AHHHHH!!!! WHY GOD WHYYYY??!! Gah! That’s going to haunt me forever…”

“Well… at least we have one room left.”

‘There’s no mistaking it. This IS Pinkie’s room…’

Spike’s screams pierced through the door, right into my ears. I suddenly heard an eerily familiar voice, “Oh no! I got frosting inside my hole! Hurry, I need your ‘shovel’ to dig it aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall out!”

“Pffft… Shovel… PPFFFFTTHAHAHAHAHA!!!”

There’s no doubt that this is Pinkamena Diane Pie’s room alright. Overwhelmed by a sense of déjà vu, I forcedly kicked the door down. Then I walked straight in, playing it Bogart, like I'd done a hundred times before. I flicked the lights on, and then I froze in horror and disgust.

Spike as all the way naked, tied up to a table with his dragonhood rising up as if it was his morning wood. Pinkie on the other hand was above Spike, her wet vagina positioned on his raging shaft. So much for being subtle.

I threw my lead pipe straight to Pinkie, but she dodged it. Then I dashed towards her.

“GET OFF HIM!” I shouted. I swiftly grabbed her by the stomach and forcefully pulled her away from Spike making me fall on my back with her on top, crushing me. “SPIKE! HURRY UP AND GET OUT OF HERE!”

“Alright!” he said as he tried to untie the rope from his hands. Meanwhile, Pinkie’s struggling from my grasp made it hard to keep her intact. What I find weird is her moist folds are completely touching my nether regions, which made it incredibly hard and uncomfy but at the same time, pleasurable.

"CONCENTRATE, FUCKFACE! HOLD HER UNTIL SPIKE GETS OUT!”

“GODDAMN IT SPIKE! I CAN’T HOLD HER MUCH LONGER!”

“Almost… there…” He then used his fire breath to cut the remaining of the ropes. “Okay! I got out!” He then picked up his clothes and went outside. Pinkie’s still struggling and my grip is starting to loosen. Suddenly, she struggled even harder.

“I had enough of this… I’m taking control!”

The voice inside my head unexpectedly took control of my body, and then I can’t feel myself in control anymore.

"Alrighty then…” He then let go of Pinkie but she tripped on my legs. Grabbing hold of her shoulders, he pinned her on the wall.

"What the fuck are you trying to do?!”

"You’ll see...”

Giving me a wide smile, he leaned towards Pinkie and gave her a kiss. Out of nowhere, she begins to take hold of my hand and rub it to her vagina.

“AHHH!!! WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE??!!”

Pinkie calmed down finally, and then her body was like jelly. “Oh… Now I see where you’re going with this.”

After a couple of seconds, he had enough of it and switched places.

"Now it’s your turn to move, asshole. *pant* *pant* I did my part…"

‘I fucking hate you, asshole. How are you even able to do that?’

“Split personality, moron! NOW FOCUS ON THE MATTER AT HAND, DIPSHIT!”

I then vigorously pushed her to the side and dashed through the door, ignoring the wet sex liquid that is on my hands right now. I glanced back to see Pinkie active again and ‘power launched’ straight to me. Providentially, I made it out and closed the door shut to avoid Pinkie getting out.

“Damn… I taste like Pinkie…”

Suddenly, I heard crying on the other side of the door. Curious, I peeked through the keyhole of the door, observing what was inside. And I was right, I saw Pinkie crying on the other side of the door. It was then that she realized that what she did was wrong, her feelings for me was nothing but an illusionary delusion. The trick in my situation was that there was no trick, no matter what the movies tell you. No rules, no secret mantra, no road map. It wasn't about how smart or how good you were. It was chaos and luck, and anyone who thought different was a fool. All you could do was to hang on madly, as long and hard as you could.

I felt like a devil with a cold heart, colder than snow, colder than the devil’s heart.

“Y’know, there are some thing that we all feel guilty about. We feel a strong remorse, and we all try to go back and fix what we do.”

‘I do feel guilty… And I do feel sorry for her.’

“Then what’re you waiting for? Apologize to her.”

I then rushed downstairs and went to the bathroom, first washing off the juices from Pinkie’s member. I then noticed a toothbrush on its holder, it’s an electric one. Feeling a strong remorse from earlier, I quickly grabbed the toothbrush and went to her room.

I felt the rise of that old familiar feeling. I hated it. I welcomed it. I knocked on Pinkie’s door and tried to call her. 

“Pinkie? Pinkie, I’m sorry about earlier. Look, there are things that we, ourselves do not want to be in. Out there, the world is a dangerous place for us as of this moment. From the moment we stepped out from our house, we see the fires of hell beneath us. The devil and their demons are out there to get us, they will kill us. And Death is just there to take our souls away. Did you ever think that you yourself and the other mares will be the cause of our death? I have not come this far to die yet, Pinkie.”

Her sobs became quieter and quieter and then stopped, “Only the universe knows what will happen to you guys if we did die. There are things in life that you cannot choose, how you feel.”

Continuing, “I love you as a friend, Pinkie. We all do… Here,” I placed the toothbrush down in front of her door, “I left you something that will soothe your needs.”

I left the scene and went downstairs. Realizing that I haven’t eaten anything from the start of everything, I grabbed several large cupcakes and ate them furiously, finally solving my hunger issue. The rest of the cupcakes were placed in a bag that Spike carried along. After the first objective was completed, we headed outside to carry on the second objective, find a place to sleep.

“Spike, let’s head to the Everfree Forest. We’ll stay there for the night.”

“What?! Are you kidding me? It’s deadly in there! I can’t do that!”

“SHUSH! That’s the point; it’s so deadly to the point where these women don’t stand a chance to get us. The mares still have minds, they fear, they hesitate, they make decisions, only to have one objective to have in mind… to claim their prizes from us. We die or we live…”

“I can’t… I just… I… Alright, fine!” Spike agreed. We then walked to the direction of the forest. Suddenly, Spike belched a scroll. I picked it up and read it, but it was a messy handwriting.

“Ryan! It’s me, Ray…

We need your help…

And I don’t know how much we can last longer…

Your battery, we brought it by accident… You need to get here before all is doomed!”

And the rest were unreadable at this point. The word was out, I finally have a clue where my battery is located, CANTERLOT.

“Beyond shadow of any doubt, I have the destination where we’ll be going. For now, we get to rest in the forest. Then we head out to Canterlot to finish this one and for all…” We continued to walk.

The trouble with wanting something is the fear of losing it, or never getting it. The thought makes you weak. When the darkness fell, Pony Ville became something else, any old Sinatra song notwithstanding. Bad things happened in the night, on the streets of that other city. Canterlot. The night groaned with cold. The garden lights flickered nervously. In their light, the good cement ground was dead white before the darkness ate it up.

I’m not fond of what’s happening right now. And Death was just around the corner, preparing to take our souls.
> Tiptoe
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter III: Tiptoe


As we were walking down the streets avoiding some of the horde, Spike stuffed several cupcakes to his mouth. “Mmmph… Ffwhy arh fwee goinghhh to the Eferfree foressht anhhywhey?” he asked me with his mouth full, leaving a trail of bread crumbs on the ground. Honestly, I’m also having second thoughts of staying on the forest. Who knows, maybe Zecora will try to chop down the tree and find us then RAPE US.

“We need to rest. If by any chance we come across a safe house, that’s where we’ll stay. If not, we’ll head off to the forest. We don’t want anyone to rape us in our sleep, now do we?”

Spike shook his head in disapproval. In these kind of situations, I would’ve choose either a hospital, a store, or any other house or structure that can hold up several amounts of sex-hungry mares. But now, I got many things to take care of. That being said, I need to find my ring’s battery.

“Spike, how’re you holding up?” I asked.

“Unnnggghhh…My stomach hurts…” He grunted as he clutched his stomach in pain from the massive amount of cupcakes he had eaten.

“You gonna do something about that, or what?”

‘Ugh… Alright…’

We stopped walking, “Hey Spike. Here, let me carry you.” I offered as he still clutching his stomach in pain.

“What? I’m not going to do that! I’m already a full-grown dragon!” 

Spike was still the same teenage dragon, but mostly was trying to think he IS a full-grown dragon. “Like hell, you aren’t. Come on…”

I carried him up with two hands, “Now, that wasn’t so bad now, was it?

Spike ignored my response as I chuckled back in response. In a distance, I saw a familiar structure glistening by the sun’s golden ray of light as it descended into the horizon. The apple from the trees shone along with it. And I had a pretty good guess what location that is.

“Sweet Apple Acres! Fantastic, we can sneak in the barn unnoticed and sleep there for tonight.”

‘I don’t know about that. I mean, Applejack will get us. That’s for sure… Well, we can leave the cupcakes for a while though. We’ll get apples as our secondary ammunition for food.’

“Food isn’t some kind of weapon, moron. You think it can fire bullets out of seeds? IT’S SUPPLY, IDIOT.”

‘Fucking—Whatever, dude. Have it your way.’

Sweet Apple Acres’ farm was a maze of heavy and dense trees, shining red apples shining from the slowly descending sun. On a sunset like this you couldn't help but think of the dark army of hungry women, sleeping with countless of men, sex juices everywhere. No minotaur lurked in this labyrinth, but somewhere out there, on the rustling sounds of the trees, all of the mares of Equestria are the predators and we are the prey, they are hunters and we are no more but the hunted.

Suddenly, I hear a faint shout from a distance. “THERE THEY ARE! GET ‘EM!” The mares must’ve caught up to us. How the hell did they even catch up to us? The word was out; our cover and location were blown sky high into the mares' brains. Something wicked this way comes…

“Shit! Head for the barn, we’ll stay there until we lose them.”

‘Good idea.’ I then ran towards the barn while carrying Spike in hope of losing the mares on our tail. I took a glance at Spike, and it seemed that he was about to throw up all of the cupcakes he had previously eaten a while ago.

‘Damn, Spike… How many cupcakes have you eaten?’

I turned to the right and jumped over the fence of Sweet Apple Acres. Putting Spike down in order to catch my breath, I looked over a distance to see a muscular being just across from us holding what seemed to be a… shotgun?

“How the hell did Big Mac even get a 12-gauge Winchester lever action Model 1887 shotgun in a fucking world where there’s magic and stuff?”

‘There were things that fell from Earth when Dark opened the portal in Night Forge a year ago. And how did YOU get so intelligent about guns?’

“Did you ever consider that I’m in your fucking head?”

‘Fair point…’

I quickly grabbed Spike and hid behind the wall of the barn. “What’s going on?” Spike asked. “Shhhh… Keep your head down and be quiet. Or else… We could get shot.”

“WHA—MMMPH!” I quickly shut Spike’s mouth. “SHHHH! Do you want us to get killed or what? Big Mac won’t hesitate to shoot us…”

“Now, climb up the barn and hide… I’ll try to check if the mares are all gone for now.”

Spike nodded and used the nearby pipe to climb the barn to the roof. I then went back into the dense trees and hide as I try to investigate. I came near to the mares; they still haven’t left the scene. But there was something they said that caught my full attention.

“C’mon, girls, the crumbs continue this way.”

‘Wait… CRUMBS??!!’

“GODDAMN IT SPIKE!! He left fucking trails of cupcake crumbs?!”

‘Damn it, Spike… Now it’s my job to protect you, AGAIN…’

I hurried back to the barn, hoping to find some food to eat. Big Mac lifted his shotgun in the air and sent out a warning shot to scare the horde away. With them both out of the way for now, supposedly trying to hide by climbing through the roof would verily expose me to them. Either die being shot at or die raped. Without my ring, I’d be no match for Big Mac and the horde at the same time. I would have to play hide and seek with them.

“The orchard! Get there fast!”

I sneakily tiptoed to the orchard and scoured the area. All of a sudden, what I saw was something extraordinary… God have mercy on my soul.

‘HOLY SHIT FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!’

“Grab some! Then we’ll get back to Spike.”

I quickly climbed up a tree and grabbed some apples and sat on a branch while eating an apple. Savoring the taste of the sweet apple to the core, minutes had passed and I noticed that the gunshots from Big Mac’s shotgun were replaced with nothing but peace and quiet. 

I slid of the tree’s trunks down, walking towards the barn. The sun already descended in the horizon, its golden light shined no more; the moon rose and shone a beautiful white light in a distance. 

I held the pipe that led to the roof of the barn and started climbing it. My body was starting to get sore because of the prolonged climbing, and then suddenly; I almost slipped.

“AGH! Shit!”

“Hey! Would you mind?! That hurt!”

‘Sorry! It’s kinda dark…’

I continued to climb, ignoring the soreness of my muscles. Then finally reaching the top… 

From there, I saw Spike sleeping on the roof. Guess, he got tired waiting for me.

I had taken on the role of the mythic detective: Bogart as Marlowe, or as Sam Spade going after the Maltese Falcon. To unravel all the mysteries, following a path of clues to that final revelation, even if it would take me down to the cold, cavernous depths of a grave. Sometimes, something good comes out of it. Something you know you wouldn't deserve in a million years.

I lay down on the cold, metallic roof under the beautiful moonlight; stars sown on the skies, sparkling so bright. I wish that my friends were here to see this, but my friends I knew were no more. They were either dead, or one of them… but I can’t stop thinking about her... FLUTTERSHY.

I closed my eyes, letting out a drop of tear from my eyes as I drifted to a deep sleep.



Canterlot Castle, 10 PM
Razor Volt Fury

“AGHHCKK!!” I shouted in pain as I was knocked back on a nearby wall by an unknown force.

I didn’t sign up for this shit…

“Oh… I’m so sorry… Did I hurt you?” A motherly but seductive voice called out. I opened my eyes and glanced everywhere. And I can’t help but to think that…

…All hopes seemed to have lost… The gilding on the mask had cracked to reveal the rot underneath.

Ray and Michael died fighting Luna… I don’t think I can last much longer. The knockback paralyzed me from the waist down, my legs where snapped in two; the moment I opened my eyes, a familiar figure walked towards me… A sun for a cutie mark, “Agh… Celestia… You don’t want to do this!” I gave my whole effort to speak.

She approached me slowly and pressed her foot down on my broken leg, “AGGGHHHCCKK!!!! CELESTIA…Please stop!”

She placed a finger on my mouth, “Shush… I’ll take care of you, Razor… Isn’t that right, Luna?”

The dark blue alicorn approached her sister, her hands were covered in blood. “Indeed it is… Sister.” She replied…

Before they could do something to me, I asked one small request, “Wait… I just have to write my last will before I die…”

“Hmph… Stalling motherbucker…” She cursed at me. She used her magic to lift a paper and a feather with ink to me. I took the feather and dipped the tip with ink…

“Ryan…

Help us…

Ray and Michael are dead, and I will come along with them soon enough…

The cause of all this madness is with Celestia and Luna… They awoke and lost control of themselves.

To anyone or male who can read this, I tell you this… The mares on your home are not what you used to know anymore. Get them out of your homes and lock yourselves up… What is about to happen, is much more worse than the zombie apocalypse.

Ryan…

GET HERE AND STOP ALL OF THIS!”

I rolled up the scroll and placed the ink down. “You finished?” Celestia asked.

I looked at Shining Armor, he was still alive… Thank God. An idea popped into my head.

“Hey… *cough* Shining! You still okay, buddy?”

“Yeah… I’m still good.”

Celestia placed pressure on my leg and caused me extreme pain. “Don’t count on your little servant in shining armor… He won’t do anything.”

I coughed up blood; I was getting more weaker every second. “GURKKKHH…. No… Not anything…”

I held up the scroll and swiftly threw it to Shining, “QUICK! SEND IT TO RYAN!”

Shining caught the scroll and used all of his magic to send the scroll to Ryan. Thankfully, it did. I hope that he can get the message. Celestia broke my foot even more, the next thing I knew, and I can’t feel it anymore.

“You know what… I’m not going to kill you yet… We’ll toy you for a bit.”

Celestia let out an evil giggle. I hope Ryan gets the message, may the Lord have mercy on our souls…



Sweet Apple Acres, 5 AM
Ryan Wilson

“GAH!” I woke up in a jolt, it was raining. The cold sensation of the rain falling on my skin must’ve wakened me up. Then I realized that I was drenched in rainfall.

“It’s raining. Great… This is a great way to start a day.”

‘Not altogether it wasn’t.’

I looked at Spike and noticed a scroll nearby him. It must’ve been from Razor and the others. With no way to deal with the mares, I kept my eyes on the road, off the rear-view mirror and the road-kill behind me. I chased bigger mysteries, what caused this heat.

I grabbed the wet scroll, carefully opening it to avoid ripping due to being wet. And I cannot believe my eyes to what I just read.

‘My friends are… dead?’

“I have a solid clue that Celestia and Luna killed them… We have to move right now. This is becoming worse ever second.”

I gritted my teeth in anger, ‘I had enough of this… ‘

“THIS NEEDS TO END! *KRAKOOM!*” I shouted as the thunder clapped and the lightning struck.

I tried to wake up Spike but he is unable to, but he IS breathing. I carried him up; the cold rain starts to freeze me up. Scanning down the edge of the barn, I saw nothing but a wooden crate.

“Based on my calculations, you have about 50/50 percent chance of breaking a bone from that fall. 50 percent that you’re an idiot because you jumped down and 50 percent is luck. You try.”

‘To hell with it…’

Jumping down on a crate is not much of a good impact absorber. It was an impressive rainfall show, but I decided to leave early anyway. It was only a one-story fall. Lucky me…

“We could just go with Plan B.”

‘No, I’m not going to drop him off the edge here.’

“It’s your choice, bro. I’m not going to choose a decision.”

‘Why don’t you take over?’

“Fuck no, I’m too lazy.”

“Well… GERONIMO!”

It seems that I had no choice; I held Spike tightly and jumped down with my back facing the ground. Bracing myself for the impact, I crashed into the wooden crate which was full of apples.

“Agh… *cough* *cough*… That hurt a bit.”

“Pussy…”

“Hey, you try jumping off the building and crashing into a wooden crate.”

“I AM YOU. I also felt that, shit for brains. And since when did you talk to me using your voice?”

“No one is here, that’s why I am talking to you using my voice.”

“To avoid people saying that you’re a crazy demented person who speaks to himself?”

“Yeah…”

I placed down Spike a while and cleaned myself, cracked a couple of fingers and carried Spike again. Sneaking into the barn, I gently placed Spike down again. 

I explored the barn for a bit. Thinking, going outside will be a bit risky. Considering the rain was hindering clearance of paths. Rain fell like a super typhoon crossing over the land of Equestria, but that was outside. Things would soon get better inside the barn.

“Seems like the pegasi forgot about the weather. For once in a while, I needed to see the rain once more.”

I shivered in the cold temperature. Now, getting clothes are one of the objectives that I’m obliged to do. I ransacked through the wheelbarrows and the hays in search of clothes. After a quick search, all I got was a blanket. 

“Huh… This can do for a while.”

I removed my all of my clothing except my boxers and wrapped the blanket around my waist. “Still tired?”

“Yeah…”

“I’m sure you can get everything back to normal. With that ring of yours, this “HEAT” can be considered as something of a threat to all of Equestria. Especially, males.”

“Celestia and Luna have the answers and the cause. Being reasonable with them won’t do…”

“But beating the shit out of them will. Even if it hurts you more than it hurts them, it’s still for the good of pony kind.”

I then noticed a book beside me. Picking it up, I read the contents of the story.

The paperback was entitled “The Whored: The Age of Sex and Murder”. The blurb on the back mentioned the fatality of the heat and the mares, the adventure of one man struggling a much more worse kind of heat, when sex-hungry mares were rampant and all pony kind lost. I could see how someone impressionable might get it into their head that we were at the end of time and pony kind. I was also beginning to see what the writer and his/her intentions were all about.

“This seemed very similar to our situation right now. But they made a different ending of it, and it seemed unfinished.”

“Whoever wrote it must’ve predicted the future before the heat even began. Or just drunk and wrote this on sheer boredom.”

I read couple of chapters of it and somehow it was very similar to what happened to me the past day… but then I got bored of it and went back to sleep.

Sweet Apple Acres, 10 AM

Awaking from a long slumber, I stood up and grasped my head.

“Ugh… My head hurts…”

“Probably lack of sleep and stress. Sleep it off a while, it’ll go away.”

I scanned my surroundings and noticed the rain was gone, the sun shone once more. Seems like the pegasi had the weather already taken care of. I then looked to me left and saw Spike tied up in a post.

“No wait… Is Spike tied up on that wooden post?”

“What the… How is he tied up?”

“It wasn’t me who tied Spike up… Unless…”

“That’s BS, Applejack’s over there at the bench. She was tied up and… Oh no…”

I looked to the bench and saw that Applejack was missing, there were ropes lying on the ground.

“HOW THE FUCK DIDN’T WE NOTICED HER FIVE FUCKING GODDAMN HOURS AGO?!”

“Shit… We need to get Spike out of here and run!”

Suddenly, a familiar voice with a certain southern accent spoke in a seductive manner. “Ah wouldn’t mind ya’ staying here, sugar cube…”

I let out a deep sigh, “FU—“ I shouted as Applejack smashed my head with a wooden plank. Making me lose consciousness.

Ten minutes later…

On spur of moment, my face was lapping with huge amounts of cold and freezing water. I reacted to the cold sensation and woke up as if I was Neo waking up from the Matrix in some kind of egg…

“GAH! *pant* *pant*… What the hell?”

“Wakey wakey, Sleeping Beauty. We ain’t got much time left so we better do this on the double.”

I looked up to Applejack and saw her wearing little clothes, an orange and white checkered shirt exposing her breasts and her private region wet and dripping. It was not and maybe a good sight for me. 

I convulsed my arms and legs and knew that I was tied up and my clothes decided to run off without me, lucky me. If you think nothing can get to you, you're lying to yourself. At best you're temporarily dead. A lightning bolt could re-animate you without a warning.

“We… FUCK!... her… ass!”

‘WHAT?! What did you say?’

“My… dick!... be hard!”

‘Dude, what the fuck are you saying?!!’

“WE HAVE TO GET OUT, YOU FUCK! Thoughts of you slapping her fucking ass is NOT ON THE FUCKING OPTIONS! My God, think of some way to get out, you fucking dick! It’s going to be hard! UNDERSTAND?”

‘Okay! Jesus Christ, you almost gave me a heart attack.’

I struggled once more, “Ha! Sorry to tie ya’ up, sugar cube. Not if I haven’t heard what you did to Dashie. Ah heard that she is pretty mad and she’s ready to give ya’ a nice spanking.” She spoke, kneeling down with her breasts right up my face.

“I have principles, Ryan. You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us… ‘Coz if you do anything funny, y’all gonna get it. You do know that ya’ can’t win this one, right?”

“No… But I can make damn sure none of you do either.” I replied as she ignored me, looking at my member closely. You'd find that Lady Luck was really a hooker, and you were fresh out of cash.

There was no glory in this. I hadn't asked for this crap. Trouble had come to me, in big dark swarms. The good and the just, they were like gold dust in this city. I had no illusions. I was not one of them. I wasn’t just A hero. Just me and the ring, and the mare. My options had decreased to a singular course. Fear was rusty needles poking at my brain. Cold and scaly, it slithered down my chest.

No such luck. No luck at all…
> Of Monsters and Mares
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter IV: Of Monsters and Mares


“Applejack… let me go.” I said calmy. Something was about to go down.

“Awww… Wouldn’t ya’ stick around wit’ me fer a while?” She grinned seductively. I tried to break free from the ropes that are tied in my hands into a post, but it was impossible.

“You can’t break free, sugarcube. You’re stuck here with me. And get ready uhhhh… Because… *gulp* You’re in some serious bucking!” She gulped, sounding unsure and nervous of what she had just said. She walked towards me and cut the ropes from the posts but my arms and legs are still tied up.

“Applejack…” I tried to sit upright and look at her, “You haven’t done this before, now have you?”

She ridiculed, “Of course, I have! Why would I haven’t? Y’know, there was this one time at this barn…” She pattered and pattered on and on, the ropes were almost loose. I can smell the fresh hint of freedom at hand.

“an’ the next thing y’know—“ And then what happened next was pure out of anger.

“APPLEJACK!” I shouted. The sudden yell had shut her up; this may be a good time to do my thing. Whether it will OR WILL not work on some farmer who spent her time farming the entirety of her life on harvesting apples.

That being said, I tried my best at being calm as possible.

I cleared my throat and started talking, “You do know that I don’t give a single horse shit about what you’re talking about, right? No offense on the horse shit.”

I continued, “You think that I believe you? Seriously? Do you think that I’m some kind of dumb human who sits around all day and actually gives a rat’s ass about everything that comes out of YOUR GODDAMN LYING MOUTH?! For the title of “The Element of Honesty”, I don’t fucking think that you deserve shit.”

This was the only way to keep her busy, as of now. But I couldn’t bring myself to be pissed at Applejack longer. Guess I had a soft spot for a pretty face, but when somebody decides to play baseball using a wooden plank with your head, you tend to get sore. When Applejack was talking about something a while ago, I found a sharp glass lying on the hay and started cutting the ropes.

“Look… I’m sorry. I’m sorry about everything I’ve said a while ago… But can you think about what you are doing? Did you ever consider that I ever like this what you’re doing? I don’t.”

“For once in your life, there’s got to be that someone who ignited that spark in your heart. There’s got to be that special some pony of yours that you just want to be with forever. If you do this to me, you will betray that some pony. You will break his heart… Did you think that being in love is really easy? No, because there are things in life that you can’t choose: That’s how you feel. I know you; we’ve been friends for a year now. And I know you well enough to know that you don’t want to do this because… You’re afraid. You’re afraid to break that some pony’s heart and it’s your loss if something happens to him. If you think us males have strong hearts, who knows our hearts can easily break if you play with it.”

“We’re not that what you think we are. You think we’re cruel, you think we’re sick and disgusting but we’re not. We’re just caught in temptation. Right now, we’re fighting for our lives. You kill me now, what would happen to everyone? To Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie and Dash? To Fluttershy? Even every pony of Equestria? You don’t want to milk me dry and kill me. RAY, MICHAEL AND RAZOR ALREADY DIED. And I’m supposed to be next! But I have not come this far to die this early. If I’m gone, don’t blame just yourself. Blame every single mare.”

Upon hearing those words, Applejack suddenly fell down to her knees, gush of tears fell down from her face. With the rope tied to my hand, it snapped because of the glass and I untied the rest of the ropes.

Standing up, I walked towards her and comforted her, “You good?” I asked.

“Yeah… *sniff* And you’re right… I don’t know how you do it, but you’re right…”

“Sometimes, you can speak the most powerful words. You know that right?”

‘I’ve seen things, I’ve experience things and I learn from them. That’s what makes me wise.’

I stood up and continued, “Celestia and Luna are the ones who caused this entire ruckus in this hellhole. I need to find out what else I can find about what’s happening and put a stop to it. Right now, all of the mares already killed half of the entire male population and I won’t be part of those who died. I am NOT GOING TO sleep with the soil; I am not going to let them destroy everyone. I am going to finish this fight once and for all. And I need you to help me and Spike reach the train station before all of us including you are doomed, are you willing to help us?”

AJ looked deep into my eyes. Taking a deep breath, she spoke, “Darn tootin’, sugar cube. So what do you want me to do?”

I gave her a playful smile, “First, I need you to pack up some apples for our food supply. Then get Big Mac, I need to talk to him about something.”

“Gotcha’, sugar cube! I’ll be right on it!” She gave me a sweet smile and suddenly hugged me. I could feel her bare breasts push up against my chests, turning my cheeks into tomato red color.

“And… Thanks… For saying those things, I really didn’t want to break my special someone’s  heart…”

“Who is he?”

“A hero like you…”

“Very clever… Look, hurry up and—“ 

“WHAT THE—?! What’s going on here?!” We separated from each other’s embraces when we heard Spike’s voice. Looks like Spike’s awake from his peaceful slumber.

“You said that I shouldn’t go down with the mares! Why should you?” Spike’s voice loudened.

“DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE’RE DOING EACH OTHER?! Way to go ruin the mood.”

“I don’t care! Just get me out of here!”

“Okay! Jesus Christ, calm down. There… You’re free. You happy?” I asked in annoyance.”

“Took you long enough, come on! Let’s get out of here!”

Before I reach the door, I realized something, “Uhhh… Jackie? Where are my clothes?”

Applejack’s face turned into a cherry red color, “Uhhh… Uhh…. They u-u-under the wheel barrow!” She stuttered.

I ran into the wheel barrow and grabbed my clothes and put them on. “We’ll be hiding in the dense trees of the orchard, just near the entrance of the acres. We’ll be waiting for you there.”

“You got it, Ryan.”

“Come on, Spike. We’re burning daylight here.” I grabbed the teenage dragon’s arm and pushed the door to the outside of the barn, letting the bright daylight shine upon our faces.

“Finally, the rain calmed down. Guess the weather ponies cleared the skies.”

‘Why did they let it rain anyway? It should be daylight forever since it’s the heat.’

“Maybe the male pegasi made it rain to cool down the horde of sex hungry mares.”

‘Possible…’

We left the barn and headed to the dense trees of the orchard. With Big Mac and the horde nowhere to be seen, the coast is clear as a glass of water. So we (Stupidly) walked out in the open. We arrived at the dense trees of the orchards and hid there.

“Did no one see us walking in the open?” Spike asked.

“Thankfully, no. Let’s just hide here and wait for Applejack and the food.” I said quietly.

Out of nowhere, we heard a crackling noise. Me and Spike looked at each other and exchanged glances. “What was that? Sounds like a—“

“SPIKE! GET DOWN!”

We ducked quickly and suddenly, the tree from behind us exploded. Damn that was close.

“What the—“

I quickly covered Spike’s mouth, “Shhhh… Big Mac’s right there. Stay here for a sec… I need to check on him…”

I was about to get up when suddenly, Big Mac appeared and aimed the shotgun at us.

“WHOAWHOAWHOAWHOA! MAC, IT’S US! RYAN AND SPIKE! DON’T SHOOT US, DUDE! Lower the gun!”

With his limited vocabulary, he spoke in his usual masculine voice, “Nope.”

“Mac! Calm down, it’s us. Ryan Wilson and Spike the Dragon. We are both against the same thing. The HEAT. We’re here to get some food, okay?! We mean you no harm, AT ALL. We just need to get some food and be on our way. Unless you wanna join us to stop all of this. Now, lower the gun and take some deep breaths. Alright? You good?”

Big Mac lowered the gun and finally calm down, “Eeyup.” He spoke.

“Good. Great timing also. I needed to talk to you…”



20 minutes later of story so far…

“That’s how we got from there to here. Now, we need you to cooperate with us… Understand? Do you still have my baton? I remember you borrowing it a week ago. We need something to defend ourselves.”

“Wait, you’re not going to KILL them, are you?!” Spike asked in shock.

“Heavens, no! What, you think I’m some stone-cold killer who kills women? Fuck no!”

“Alright!”

“Mac, do you still have it?” I asked.

“Eeyup.”

“Fantastic.”

After that, we saw Applejack running towards us with the food. “Here you go. I couldn’t find Big Mac, so—Oh wait, he’s here.”

“He found us and we aaaaaalmost got shot in the head with his 12-gauge monster of a shotgun.” I said to her with a hint of anger and annoyance in the end.

“Hehe… Sorry about that… He tends to get paranoid in the season of heat.”

“Yeah, okay. Thanks for helping us out, I appreciate it.”

“You’re welcome, sugar cube.” Applejack thanked me.

“Eeyup!” Big Mac followed. Reaching through his pocket, he pulled out my baton and gave it to me.

“You’ll need it.” Big Mac surprisingly said a full sentence.

“Thanks. By the way, do you have any clothes that me and Spike could borrow from you? It’ll be helpful.”

“Yeah, I’ll get you some. I’ll just need to—“

Before Applejack could finish her sentence, a group of the horde found us. “There they are! After them!”

“Shit! Thanks for helping us anyway!” I stood up quickly.

“Wait! What about the clothes?” Applejack asked back.

“Bring it at the boutique! We’ll meet you there!” I said as we ran away from them and settled our destination towards Carousel Boutique.

We hid inside near the acres for a while to lose the group of mares that found us for minutes. Spike, who is really exhausted from all the running, asked me.

“How come *pant* *pant* you never get tired from all the running?”

“I work out. I go to the gym ever weekend and work out.”

“Makes sense.”

“Shush, idiot! You hear that?”

The voice that I hear became louder and louder as it gets nearer.

“Applebloom! Have you seen the apples we collected earlier? Ah have seen to lost them while we’re planting these seeds!”

My guts felt like it’s been stabbed by some demonic asshole. Me and Spike exchanged shocked and horrifying glances. We panicked and ran but I smashed into a tree and the next thing I knew I was knocked out cold again.



10 minutes later…

“*SPLASH!* GAH! *pant* What the fucking hell?” I opened my eyes to see Granny Smith and Applebloom in front of me.

“Wake up, slowpoke. Spike saw you crash into a tree. He was kind enough to, bring yer in to us.”

“Damn… Agh… My head hurts… That was painful…”

“Heya Mr. Wilson! Are you okay now?” Applebloom asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine… Wait, why did both of you save us instead of raping us? It’s already mating season, isn’t it? I asked.

“Boy, Ah’ve hit menopause years ago. And Applebloom ‘ere isn’t even at the right age to attend the heat. So, ya’ better calm down cus’ you ain’t got nothing to fear.”

“Thank fucking God. I thought me and Spike were done for. Speaking of Spike, where is he?” I asked.

“Lookie here!” Spike grabbed my attention as I looked up to see him on top of the tree hanging on the branch.

“Oooookay…”

I almost thought the two of them would rape us. The thought of Granny Smith’s wrinkly and saggy body jumping on my—

“OH GOD! Good Lord Almighty, Ryan! You don’t need to fucking tell it with details! Holy shit! That is so fucking disgusting!”

‘Bleuagh! Eeeeww… Not happening.’

But the thought of Applebloom’s young and beautiful body, with her tight opening around my—

“WILL YOU FUCKING STOP?! CHRIST! You’re goddamn sick! Twisted! A goddamn pervert, for Christ’s sake! Stop it! What the hell, dude?!”

‘Alright… Back to the matter at hand.’

“Umm… Mr. Ryan, what’s rape?”

“Oh swell! You had to say that ONE FUCKING WORD!”

‘Agh, damn it!’

“Well? Tell us what’s rape then?” Granny Smith coaxed me to explain staring me with a dead-eye.

“It’s uhhh… when you make love but your partner or you don’t want it. Or just simply making love without consent.” I would’ve told her something that wouldn’t require a really long explanation but… This is the best I’ve got.

“Oh… Thanks, mister!” She smiled and ran away to Big Mac. I glanced at Granny Smith when suddenly her hand swiftly swung towards into my face and suddenly slapped me in the face, leaving a red mark on my left cheek.

“AGH! Damn! That stings as hell! Guess I do deserve that. FUCK! That hurt!” I said as I rub my cheek.

“Hey, sonny. You look excited down there,” I looked down on my pants to see an erection; those thoughts must’ve excited my member… This is embarrassing. “If you want to do it with me, you could’ve just asked. After all, I’ve been without mating ever since—“

“Let me stop you there. Hmmm… What was that word that I’m looking for? Oh yeah! NOOOOO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

“ALRIGHT! You don’t need to shout that loud!”

“You have to get out now. I don’t want to think that Big Mac’s hormones wouldn’t hold it and rapes both Jackie and Bloom. Heheheh—“

“HOLY SHIT! WILL YOU KEEP THAT TO YOUR SELF! Jesus…”

“Uhhh… Ryan? Nobody’s talking here, just so you know that.” Spike scoffed. 

I realized that I said my thoughts out loud. There was no time to waste; I had to get out now before the others find us. When entertainment turns into a surreal reflection of your life, you're a lucky man if you can laugh at the joke. Luck and I weren't on speaking terms, or maybe the place was just too damn lame to be funny.

“We need to go. Spike, get down now and let’s get moving.”

“Oh Ryan, I forgot to tell yer about the horde. Some from what I hear, they could hear every slight sound and their sense of smell are more powerful than a dog’s. Their abilities even surpass those of Applejack and Big Mac’s combined. So you better watch out for them.”

“The heat must’ve turned their abilities into superhuman or rather superpony abilities. Great… Our chances to go to Canterlot decreased greatly. This isn’t a good day to die hard…”

“It really isn’t, sonny. This heat is worse than before, if your reasons to go on Canterlot can stop this. Then go for it.”

“Wait, how do you know all this?”

“Applejack.”

“Makes sense. We have to go now, we’re wasting time.”

“Hold on sonny, your clothes looks messy and ripped. You need something to wear.”

“We’ve already covered that. Big Mac should be on the way to bring the clothes for Spike to the boutique.”

“What about you?” Spike asked.

“I know someone who made me clothes that proved useful for me. Twilight and Celestia worked on it but it’ll do.”

“Hold it… Aaaaaaaaand...”

“WE’RE GOING TO RARITY’S?!” Spike shouted with joy.

“And there it is… Rarity made me an active camouflage suit back after Dark’s assault. Twilight and Celestia helped in making it. I can use that to hide from them.”

“What about me?!” Spike asked.

“The camo is conductible. Both of us can be invisible at the same time, we just have to have skin contact and the camo can transfer to both of us.”

“Fantastic plan. Let’s get going.”

“Granny Smith, thanks for everything. We’ll be going, see ya’!”

“Goodbye, Sonny! Take care!”

Both of us soon departed from the Acres and we went to the direction of the boutique. I glanced over Spike and he’s trying to hold his excitement and joy. I have a really bad feeling about this…I guarantee it. I can’t help to know the feeling of being tricked…





We stopped on an alleyway. I leaned forward and peeked at the surroundings. “There’s the boutique. We just have to sneak in around the corner and enter the front door.” 

“Why the front door, though?”

“They’ll expect us to sneak around the boutique and enter the back door or the windows. Since we’re smart enough to do that, they’ll greatly expect that. The front door is they least expect.” I explained as we advanced.

As we stopped on another nearby alley, I noticed a familiar face walking on the other side of the alleyway. With her big bust size, pink hair and lingerie, there’s no mistaking it from what I see.

“Is that Fluttershy?”

I took a closer look at her, she was covered in dirt and her former pink smooth and luscious hair was almost unrecognizable to me. By the looks of her behavior, she looked undomesticated. Highly savage.

What has the heat done to her?

“Oh Angeeeeeel! Come here, you cute bunny! Mommy’s not done with you yet!” She hissed. Her voice sounds even different from before, I could barely recognize her anymore.

“We need to be careful here. They can kill us, right? We have to advance now.”

“Fluttershy! Come on, let’s go! We found someone with a strong scent not far from here!” The familiar voice called. No mistake, the voice comes from Vinyl.

“Eh? What about Angel Bunny?”

“Come on! Wouldn’t it be worth to try a real man for a change? Come on, the girls say he’s near!”

Fluttershy nodded and followed Vinyl. My heart couldn’t bear to see her like this, I don’t want to recall those events that happened to me…

“You mean that event?”

‘Yeah… THAT EVENT…”

“Fluttershy! NO WAIT!”

I see myself lying on the ground, a hole in my chest. Blood gushing out with the accusing stare in my eyes. Still… I don’t want to recall the time she almost killed me…

“*SKLOORP!* AGHHCCKKK…”

‘Let’s just go…’

We were about to head to the boutique when suddenly, a man in his mid-20’s or 30’s fell down to the ground in front of us. We recognized the man as Doctor Whooves.

“Whooves? Shit! Whooves!” I whispered loudly. I ran to him and checked to see if he was okay.

“Whooves, wake up. Stay with me, dude!” I called. His eyes open and looked at me.

“Help… me…” He spoke in great effort, then he lost consciousness.

“What is he doing here? Leave him! We have better things to do!” Spike insisted.

“We gotta find someplace safe for him. I can’t just let him stay here and get raped by those women. You saw Fluttershy, she looked ferocious.”

“Ugh… Fine. Let’s just go!”

I carried the Doctor and placed him on my shoulders. I had a bomb ticking in my head. No amount of painkillers would disable it. You come to, amidst the wreckage of your own making. Do you stay there, eyes squeezed shut, afraid to move, hoping to be raped to death? Or do you crawl out, help your loved ones, make sure the fire doesn't spread, try to fix it?

The answer is already obvious…

Suddenly, I felt something latch on my left leg. I look down to see Angel Bunny shaking and scared. What ave you done to him, Fluttershy?

The “now-afraid-and-no-longer-a-prick” Angel Bunny escaped from FS. Feeling a sense of compassion, I took him and placed him inside my shirt pocket. 

“Don’t worry, little buddy… You’re safe. Spike, let’s get moving!”

“Look! There’s three of them right there! AFTER THEM!”

Everything had started out as black and white. Somewhere down the road, the line went blurry. The colors started to run, got smudged and gray. Everything was above my suspicion. It felt like a goodbye…
> The Hero, The Doctor and The Traitor
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter V: The Hero, The Doctor and The Traitor


“Look! There’s the three of them! After—“

“Oh no, you don’t…” I whispered. I grabbed the mare by the hip and covered her mouth before she actually called for backup… I retreated back and hid inside the dumpster, but before we actually hide in the dumpster, the mare bit my hand and escaped my grip. I grabbed my baton in the split-second and hit the mare in the head. Then she fell down in a thud.

“Not on my goddamn watch, bitch… This time, I won’t hesitate to beat all of you down unconscious…” I hissed at the mare. Her hair was almost recognizable to me, it was Derpy. Oh shit… Now I feel bad for hitting her since the Doctor is here.

I checked her pulse, “Thank God, she still breathing… I thought I hit her hard in the head… Come on, let’s go before any other mares find us.”

“Yeah… Sure th—“

“Derpy! Where are you?!” Another mare called out. Luckily, we escaped before we got spotted.

We stopped in the roof of a building. I placed down the Doctor on the ground and let him rest for a bit while. I looked at Spike to see that he was irritated and impatient. 

“He’s totally eager to fuck Rarity, isn’t he?”

‘It’s not like that. I made a promise to Twilight that I’ll protect Spike from those lusty mares, even though it’s from her.’

“Hey, Ryan… Before you go, can you promise me something?” I stopped at the front of the door.

“Keep Spike safe from being raped, will you? Even though I lose control and try to take his virginity…”

I looked at her and gave her a sweet smile, “Sure thing, I’ll do it. You can count on me.”

“Thank you, Ryan…”

“You’re welcome…”

“Very well… Oh shit, Doc’s waking up.”

I looked to see that the Doctor is waking up, thank God. When the Doc opened his eyes, he thought we were mares and tried to escape, “Doc! Doc, it’s us. Ryan and Spike, calm down!”

“Ryan? Spike? Are you the human that saved us from the nightmare unicorn?” 

“Yeah, it’s me. Calm down and tell us what happened to you. We just saw you walking towards us and you fell down unconscious. Not to mention a scared bunny in my shirt pocket…” I asked.

“Uhh… It all happened so fast… I just came back from Gallopfrey and then…it happened…”

I arrived back in my home. I was tired and exhausted from the adventure then I was thirsty, so I went in the kitchen to grab a glass of water. But then I saw her just standing there, wearing lingerie.

“Derpy? Derpy, what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be delivering mails today?” I asked.

She wasn’t answering, but when she did, it was something I have to take to my grave.

“Doctor… Please, make me feel good.” She said seductively. I was verily confused at the moment she said those words.

“What? What are you saying?” I asked once more. But then she giggled and laughed hysterically, her current behavior made me frightened of her as she walked towards me.

“Derpy? Derpy, stay away from me! AGH!” I lost balance and suddenly she pinned me down on the floor.

She gave me a seductive yet frightening look, “Please, doctor… I need it… Hihihi…” She giggled.

I was shivering in fear; the only way to escape was…THE SCREWDRIVER! 

I quickly grabbed the screwdriver in my pocket when suddenly it let out a flash, stunning Derpy as I escaped from her grip.

I went outside of my house, only to find out going outside was a HUGE mistake to do. A horde of mares greeted in front of me and I have nowhere to go. I was really confused at the time, I knew it’s mating season already but this wasn’t any normal mating season. It was monstrous! It was horrifying.

“I tried my best to escape from them, and so I did. But I was almost completely destroyed, and then that’s where you found me.”

“That’s pretty fucked up…” I said.

“How about you? What happened to you guys?” he asked.

“A bunch of close calls. Turns out they still have a mind, a conscience, something to fear and something to listen. Words may or may not be the best weapon, but it helped. Right now, we needed to grab a suit which Rarity made for me. An invisibility cloak, which is conductible so both me and Spike can be invisible. But right now, the boutique is roamed by those mares and I can’t get past them somehow…”

“Wait, I have to give something to you that’ll help.” He reached towards his left pocket and gave me a potion of some sort. I took it from his hand and took a closer look at it; it’s encased in a golden bottle with an hourglass as its cap. 

“What is it?” I asked.

“It’s a time vigor. I made it when I was still in Gallopfrey, you’ll be able to manipulate time. But its abilities are limited; you can only use them after 2 minutes. After that, time will go back to normal. Then, it has to recharge in 30 seconds so you can use it again.”

“Time manipulation powers? Oh sweet, this is going to be kickin’!”

“Thanks Doc, I’ll use it wisely.” I said. I opened the bottle and drank every single drop of it. It tasted sweet as honey going down…

“Well, that tasted— AGH!”
I suddenly felt weak and hot, like I was having a fever. My vision turned really blurry and I was starting to get dizzy. I feel to my knees and saw that time was slowing down, and going fast alternately. It was weird yet disturbing.

Everything went back to normal after that after effect. I shook my head and said, “Holy shit…That’s fucking weird. So, what can I do with these abilities?” I asked Hooves.

Hooves stood up and cleaned himself as he cleared his throat, “As far as I can tell, you have the ability to initiate zero state. You have the ability to stop time while remaining outside of the effect. Some of those abilities are Time Rush, you can rush through time and becoming just a blur to everyone. You can use it to confuse or strike your enemies without them seeing you. Come on, try it.”

I took what Hooves said and focused on my abilities. I closed my eyes and concentrated. As I opened them up, I dashed through and saw that time slowed down. I stopped behind Hooves and the time went back to normal.

“This is so fucking awesome. Dude, we should use this more often!”

‘I KNOW!’

“Sweeeeeeeet…. I’m liking this thing!” I said.

Spike looked behind him, looking shocked and surprised. “Whoa! I didn’t even see you move!”

“Niiiice… What else, Doc?” I asked.

“You can also stop time in a focused area, freezing objects and opponents. In that ability, it’ll give you time to escape or beat them. Come on, try it on that mare below.”

I peeked on the edge of the roof to see Lyra Heartstrings below with Fluttershy and Bon-Bon. It wouldn’t hurt to mess one of them girls, now would it?

I concentrated my abilities once more and focused on Lyra. Suddenly, she froze and a time-kind-of-area-thingy appeared around her. I looked at my side to see a can on the ground. I grabbed the can and threw it to her (Thankfully, no one saw us throwing the can.) and it froze near her. Now this… this is useful. 

I unfroze Lyra and then the can hit her. I laughed.

“Man… This is so awesome! I love this so far! Thanks Doc, for this.”

“That’s not all. There’s also called “Extract from zero state”. You have the ability to extract people and objects from zero state. In layman’s terms, you can extract a person from the time effect. For instance, when you stopped time, only you can move outside the effect, right? Now, you can also remove someone from the time effect just by touching them. Come on, stop time then hold both me and Spike’s arm.” He said.

For the final time, I concentrated on my powers and stopped time. I walked towards Hooves and Spike.

“This is so fascinating…”

I held both of their arms and then they finally moved without returning time back to normal. “See? Told you.” Hooves joked. I returned time back to normal and thanked the doc for the potion.

“Thanks, Doc. This’ll help me.”

“Please, call me Time Turner or just ‘Turner’. And uhhh… No, thank you for saving me.”

“Thanks, Turner. Come on, I’ll just drop you off somewhere safe so we can go our way—“

“Wait! I’ll come with you!” Turner pleaded. Well… 

I pondered for a moment, “Sure thing. We all know that no one is safe from those mares. We need to cooperate as long as we can if we want to live, unless someone gets a funny idea about messing with us. Understood?”

“Yeah…” Spike nodded.

“Crystal clear.” The Doctor followed.

“Good. Let’s go, we’re wasting time here.”





We dropped off the roof by hanging on the ledges and landed on ground zero safely. Einstein was right, time is relative to the observer. When you're looking down the barrel of a gun, time slows down. Your whole life flashes by, heartbreak and scars. Stay with it, and you can live a lifetime in that split second.

“Quick, we need to head for the front door of the boutique. Hold my hand THEN run on my signal. On the count of three… 1… 2… 3—“

“Where do you think you’re going, hunk?” a feminine voice called out behind us. I looked behind us and saw a group of the mares on both sides of the alleyway, we were surrounded.

“Got any better ideas?”

‘I got a few…’

Since I have the power to stop time, I used my abilities to rush through time. I quickly ran through the mares fast enough to be just a blur to them. Thankfully, they didn’t see me since I was so fast.

We ran as fast as we can through the boutique’s door. I quickly went inside and closed the door, and at that point, I became weak and tired.

“Doc, *pant* *wheeze* what’s with the side effects?” I asked.

“Oh yes, I forgot… When you use your abilities too much, your energy will deplete and you’ll be tired and exhausted. SO… don’t use them too much…”

After minutes of breathing time, we stood up and explored the place. “Why is it so dark here anyway?” Spike asked, confused.

Truth to be told, the place was dark. Hard to see without a light. But then, I saw a faint light near the fitting room. “Come on, there’s a faint light near the fitting room. Let’s go inspect.”

Stealthily walking towards the fitting room, we made it. We took a peek inside the fitting room and saw a several candles standing in a circular position. A pentagram in the middle and a book in a stand in the middle. This is verily of what some satanist or a cultist would do…

I entered the room. The hot air inside was like an invisible wall, thick with incense and something else, a sickly sweet smell that made you gag. This was the rotten core of the Big Apple of Sweet Apple Acres. Rarity lurked somewhere ahead, like a spider at the center of his web waiting.

“What the hell is this? A ritual of some shit?”

‘I don’t know, and I don’t like the look of it. The heat must’ve mentally damaged mares, since they’ve been either without sex for a long time or crazed by sex. Either way… This is something to be reckoned with…”

There was a table near us with a note laying there. I walked towards it and looked, the table was scattered with notes of demented arcane nonsense written in… lipstick? A mishmash list of demons, devils and dark gods evoked. She even mentioned Tirek and Discord as two ever living gods of Equestria… And Celestia and Luna as the Gods of Gods.

"Are you serious? She couldn’t even defeat Chrysalis!"

'Never mind… it’s probably nothing.'

A torn note lay next to that weird stuff. Rarity WAS crazy alright. The note had been torn to pieces, glittery pink finger prints all over them. I assembled those notes and read it. I felt like I was hit by a .50 caliber magnum bullet in the chest, because what I saw was unbelievable.

Spike…

Spike…

Please come to me…

I want you…

I need you…

Make me feel good…

I miss you…

I love you…

I—…

I pushed the pieces of paper away. Rarity WAS crazy alright… I never got to finish the paper, it was almost too horrifying and disturbing for me to finish.

“Ryan? What’s wrong?” Spike asked. I looked at him with a horrified look. I shook it off and answered, “It’s nothing. Don’t worry about it… Let’s investigate this place first before we get my suit. Try to get as much info as you can.” I ordered.

The room was stacked with light reading such as "Necronomicon," "Witchcraft," and "Paradise Lost"...Old exotic titles like 'Malleus Maleficarum' and 'De Umbrarum Regni Novem Portis'... Books with pentagrams on their covers, all dealing with the occult and the infernal, lying between stacks of horror videos and a couple of Ouija Boards. This was beyond demented.

After Y2K, the end of the world had become a cliché. But who was I to talk, a brooding underdog avenger alone against an empire of evil out to right a grave injustice. Everything was subjective. There were only personal apocalypses. Nothing is a cliché when it's happening to you.

A piece of torn paper fell onto my hand. I looked to see a sentence written on it…

Spike… I want you to fuck me…

Rarity's fantasies has gone far enough and I refuse to see anymore. A sudden surge of anger bursted inside of me. I tried to hold it in as best as I could. I raised the paper over the nearby candle and burned it…

“Spike already did his part to make YOU LOVE HIM… and you want him back. Heh, over my dead body…”

“Oh well, well, well… Look who’s here… Hihihihi…” a female voice giggled somewhere inside the room. I don't know about angels, but it's fear that gives men wings.

The candles suddenly were blown off. The room was so dark, it was almost zero visibility inside. The feeling of darkness was nostalgic, somehow back when I confronted Twilight made its way to my memories. I chuckle silently…

A light suddenly lit up from above, and shone on a familiar woman sitting on a fancy chair wearing only her black bikini and black stockings. Rarity's appearance had triggered a dislocation. Schizophrenia. I felt elation, but with it, fear that all the past evils had come along for the ride.

“What do you want from us, Rarity? Sleep in bed with you?” I asked bitterly. Fraternizing with the enemy. I had stepped over the edge. The cartoon moment when the gravity waits for the coyote to realize his mistake before the plunge.

“Well… Don’t you think you’re a little too quick in this, hm? What do you think, Spike? Do I look wonderful to you?” she asked.

Her words made me grit my teeth in anger. Yet, Spike answered while gawking over Rarity, “Wonderful? YOU LOOK SEXY!”

I chimed in and interrupted, “That’s enough. Rarity, where is IT…”

“Oh… you mean that? Here…” She grabbed my suit from the back of her chair and threw it to me. “I don’t see where or what can you do with that old thing. But I don’t care…” She mocked. She doesn’t know I’m going to use this for stealth purposes. The only thing I could take seriously was the thought of Rarity taking it seriously. She had been spending a lot of time getting intimate with the guy downstairs.

“Come on! We have to leave now, we already got what we came for.” We walked out but noticed that Spike isn’t following us. 

“SPIKE! I said we’re leaving.” I said to him persuasively. Then… Spike answered me in a traitorous tone. “No… I’m not coming with you.” He said. His feet start to drag on the floor, walking towards Rarity. He then held Rarity’s chin and looked into her eyes.

“What?”

“Spike, what are you saying?” Hooves asked.

“I’m staying here… I won’t be going with you. I’m staying with her…”

“What are you, crazy? What the hell do you think you’re saying?”

He tore his gaze away from Rarity and glared at me with his cold, dead eyes. “I’m tired of you, being the hero in every single situation you are in. You always get the attention of every mare and pony because YOU’RE SO SPECIAL. The FIRST HUMAN ever lived in Equestria.”

This was the first time I ever saw Spike angry and rant about something. I might have laughed, if I had remembered how. I had known there'd have to be a catch in it somewhere, and this one was the Empire State Building of catches. Spike’s eyes were as cold as the devil’s heart. And then he started this idiotic monkey talk. Straight from a bad dream... mine.

“How do you sleep at night, huh? I think you are the only male virgin in Pony Ville…”

Oh that’s right… He doesn’t know me and Fluttershy slept in bed together back when I first met Dark Fusion.

“…and every mare wants to sleep in bed with you. And GUESS WHAT?! I’m going to tell you this right now that you’re a pathetic human being. AN ATTENTION WHORE.”

His words were as painful as a spear, his insults I had borne as best as I could. 

“Every year, every male in the whole Equestria gets the chance to participate in the heat with the woman they chose. So why don’t you participate too? It isn’t bad to do that! That’s how nature works! And I want to know why you treat this like some sort of zombie apocalypse. Because I know that in your mind, that you want to shove your meat stick on their little virgin holes, why don’t you?”

The bomb ticking in my head was about to explode. Spike turned out to be a cardboard cut-out traitor. A stupid guy turning over sides for the “good things” the other side will give him. A cowardly dragon fleeing to them, scared of us because we were losing.

“What? You think this is some sort of easy game for little kids? YOU’RE NOT A LITTLE KID ANYMORE, SPIKE THE DRAGON. Look outside and you see the whole of Equestria in chaos and madness. I told you, this heat is abnormal than before. RAY, MICHAEL AND RAZOR DIED TO SAVE US! I am not a fool to just join them and fuck them till I fucking die! Spike, you'd have to be a first-degree fool to fall for a woman who rejected your feelings, comes back to you with open arms only to put a gun to your face and pull the goddamn trigger. It’s too dangerous!”

“Since how is helping a woman in need dangerous?! I’m here to help them, not to be against them!”

“Helping them? You’re sacrificing your own life for the sake of them! Even though you die being dehydrated, they’ll still look for other males to fuck! We’re the prey and they’re the predators. NOTHING CHANGES. Everything we did was for the greater good. EVERYONE WILL DIE! Once every mare empties the whole of the male population in less than a week, they’ll go crazy without sex and they eventually die. NO MORE PONIES. NO MORE EQUESTRIA. Is this what you want? The end of time? You’re too young to die, you still have many things that you want to do in your life. You can’t just throw that away. I didn't deserve to walk away because there are no happy endings. You fuck her, she gets pregnant. And what would you do?” I asked persuasively.

Spike was an idiot for saying all those things to me. He doesn’t even know what he’s talking about.

“Nothing. See? It’s a battle between life and death. Survival and destruction. Your choice.”

Rarity stood up and went near Spike, she was like the devil with a good offer on her hands. “You can’t win this one, Ryan…”

That sentence was always the same, “No… but I can damn make sure NONE OF YOU do either. So what? You coming with us? Or not?” I asked.

Spike stood there for a minute, and finally he spoke, “No… I’m still staying here. I’m sorry…”

He made his choice, I can’t stop him anymore. “*Sigh*… Come on, let’s go Doc…”

“But what about him? He can’t just sleep with them in bed! He’ll die of dehydration!” he exclaimed.

“Death is inevitable. Our fear of it makes us play safe, blocks out emotion. It's a losing game. Without your head, you are already dead. He made his choice, Doc… Let’s go, we’re leaving.”

Angel’s grips tightened on my shirt pocket, he was scared… Afraid that she (Fluttershy) would do her previous acts again…

“Oh, Ryan? I forgot. Pinkie says thank you for that electric toothbrush you gave her. Even if it was from Mr. Cake, it still smelled enough like you to ease her needs.” She spoke. Rarity pointed to my shirt pocket where Angel Bunny is currently residing, “And… Fluttershy’s looking for that.”

“Gross. Pinkie masturbated to you? Holy shit…”

“I don’t care…” I said in a calm yet tense voice.

Before I leave Spike, I left him a final message, “Throw the rules out the window, odds are you'll go that way too. In a nightmare, every choice you make is a wrong one. I would wake up at night, afraid that day was a dream I'd forget. I am afraid. But I start again from the beginning, trace my own steps to the scene of the crime. But there are no choices. Nothing but a straight line. The illusion comes afterwards, when you ask "why me?" and "what if?". When you look back and see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or forked lightning. If you had done something differently, it wouldn't be you, it would be someone else looking back, asking a different set of questions. I made Twilight a promise, I promised her to keep you safe. Keep you from being raped by… whoever it is. And I failed…”

“Wait… you promised her… to keep me safe?” Spike asked.

“Yeah… But I broke that promise. All because you wanted to be with Rarity. It seems that helping her was more important than yourself. We’re all going to die anyway, there’s no question. It’s a stalemate, Spike…”

“Goodbye, Spike. You’re a noble dragon…”

I continued, “Well… I’m gonna miss you, Spike. We all will… Rest in peace and goodbye…” I said one last time before I leave the boutique.

Me and Doc left them. I wore the suit and turned on the active camouflage, and then we went out and proceeded to the train station.

“Come on, Doc. We need to—Doc?”

Hooves’ expression seemed to be looking at something horrifying, I looked to the direction he was looking and saw a familiar face… STONE COLD DEAD ON THE GROUND.

A bomb went off in my head. The “bullet” lodged in my brain moved a fatal, microscopic distance.

“Big…Mac?”





Meanwhile…

“Now… shall we go upstairs and do what you came here?” Rarity allured Spike. Yet Spike was standing there, dismayed from the words that Ryan had said. His final words haunted him, 

“…Rest in peace and goodbye…”

“Oh Spikey Wikey… Come on, join me… I’ve been wanting to do it with you for a long time…” Rarity seductively asked. But Spike didn’t answer, suddenly, he came back across a couple of flashbacks. 

Spike and Ryan had a few moments of glory between them. A gold hearted friend anyone could ask for, the best in Pony Ville … good-hearted macho bullshit like that. Spike would have given anything to have him here as his moral supporter or as his best friend. No such luck. No luck at all.

“I’m sorry, Rarity. But I guess things have changed… Ryan was right, right about everything. If I did get you pregnant, then I would have taken full responsibility for it. But I’m still a young teenager… I’m not ready for those things yet. I don’t want to die yet, I have not come this far to die now. And you… I know you, Rarity… You’re too smart to do this stupid thing. That’s why… I’m going with him. To stop this nonsense after all.”

Rarity stood there, dumbfounded. “So… this is how it’s going to be, huh? Hihihi…”

“Huh?”

Suddenly, Rarity used her magic to encase Spike in a magical field. “IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU… THEN I’LL FORCE YOU TO MAKE YOU MINE! HAHAHAHAH!”

“AHH! HELP!”

Spike had tried to run from it, edit it out. He was captured by his own love. He was a fool...
> Noli Me Tangere
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Chapter VI: Noli Me Tangere

“AHH! HELP!”
Out of nowhere, a voice pierced my ears. I stopped cold on the ground and turned around, 'What the…'

“RYAAAAN!!! HELP—“, the voice shouted louder but was interrupted. It was Spike’s voice; he was calling out to me. I didn’t know what to do; I was blinded by my own anger and rage. Right now, all I want to do is turn around and walk away.

“My Celestia! Spike’s in trouble! Ryan, you gotta help him!” The Doctor pleaded. Of course, I don’t want to. Of all the things he had done, this has got to be the worst. I just stood there, facing the boutique, frozen as an iced caveman.

“Leave him. We got better things to do.”

The Doctor was stunned at my answer, “Are you… YOU CAN’T JUST LET HIM DIE IN THERE! HE’S STILL A KID!”

I pried my eyes from the boutique and tried to walk away. Struggling with decisions, I walked faster to get away from this hellhole. But a sense of pity overwhelmed me, I have to save Spike from them. I HAVE TO

"Then what’re you waiting for? GO!"

But before I can go, beside Mac’s body lay his shotgun. I walked to it and picked it up. Fortunately, it has ammo left in it but I have no ill intent on killing the mares BUT this might be useful later on. I turned towards Whooves, “Doc, let’s go save a dragon.



Bashing through the door, the mares rushed towards us like beasts chasing their prey. Quickly, I summoned my baton and bashed their heads but not too hard to avoid internal bleeding. Inside the boutique, the darkness grew intensely enough to render everything inside hard to see. Without any light, I was blind as a bat (bats aren’t actually blind in the dark), it felt as if I was stuck inside a horror game. My ring could only afford minimal light at this point. I have to find a light source.

"What the fuck?! How did it get so dark? The last time we were here, it was kind of lighted up enough for us to see!"

The Doctor’s eyes squinted to focus in the dark, “So dark… We can’t go in there in the dark!”

Based on my stay here in Equestria, ponies DO use electricity but they don’t use it much because they have magic which is much more efficient and easy to use. Ponies here doesn’t use electricity like we do, we are much more advanced than them. “Doc, can you provide some light source?” I asked, grabbing Whooves and hiding in the shadows. He nodded, and then suddenly his horn glowed like a glow stick. “Well, couldn’t give me a better light than that?” I whispered, but then the Doctor gave me the screwdriver.
“The screwdriver? Can it though?"

"Of course it does, you silly man! It does everything!


"Well… It’s better than nothing."

While I, having trouble with the screwdriver, couldn’t help to think about the fact that we were under the prey of females. It was all the opposite when I was back on Earth. While all males prey on females, female now prey on males. It felt like revenge on males trying to ruin females for… 

"Nonononononononono. Don’t go Da Vinci on this shit, Ryan. You’re in Equestria, the Church doesn’t exist here in this world."

‘Oh… Okay.’

Suddenly, mares saw us in the shadows and they are approaching us fast. “Damn it! How do you work this thing?!” I shouted. “Press the button! PRESS THE—,” Before the doctor could even press the button, I pressed it and suddenly a bright light emitted from the tip of the screwdriver, blinding the mares. Swiftly, I rushed through and knocked them out cold. “At least it has a flashlight function.”

“RYAAAAN!!!” Spike shouted. The voice seemed to be coming from upstairs, I have to hurry or else he might not be able to see the day anymore. I quickly rushed upstairs with mares hot on our tail. ‘Almost there!’ I thought. Rarity’s bedroom was just an arm long away to safety or maybe Spike, I reached for the doorknob and turned when suddenly I was pulled back by a mare by the leg and tripped. I was being pulled hard by several mares as I grabbed on the edge of the door, pulling back the door with me and smashing my hands with it.

The pain was excruciating, I screamed. I tried to kick them, wiggle them off of my leg but it was useless. Their grips were too tight and forceful for my leg to break. Great, I have two things to worry now, my leg and my hands. My left hand slipped and now I was inches away from getting raped by mares. “THE SCREWDRIVER! USE THE GODDAMN SCREWDRIVER YOU FUCKING NITWIT!”

I tried to reach for the screwdriver in front of me, “Damn…IT! GET OFF ME!” I grabbed the screwdriver and pressed another random button. The screwdriver let out a really blinding flash similar to a flash bang. The grip loosened, I was able to break free. I stood up on my feet and closed the door before any more mares get in. I never bothered to use my ability, they’ll be useful later on.

After that, I just stood there behind the door. I never wanted this, I wanted to ask why. But neither the heavens nor hell wanted to answer me. God is hiding something for me. Right now, I’m hunting a secret. Hunting a secret that God wants to stay hidden .Clenching my fists, I banged on the door, “DAMN IT! WHY?!” 

Out of nowhere, a familiar voice giggled menacingly. I turned around, sensing apprehension rising in me. “Rarity,” I called, “Where is he?”
“Aw… Couldn’t just greet a beautiful exotic mare how she is doing?”

Suddenly, the Doctor and I took a blow to the head, dropping the screwdriver but I was still conscious. And then another hit to the head, “GAH!”
Hit after hit, I received. At best I wish I was long dead, but I never wished to be so alive before. The screwdriver rolled on the floor as its beam shined upon who is attacking us and blinded her. And I got a pretty good look who it was, ‘Fluttershy?’

I eyed her appearance. Jesus, it became worse than before. She looked like a mad woman holding a crowbar, ready to swing it down to me, knocking me out to death. I almost thought I was looking at Death herself. Kind of reminds me of a dead hero. I felt a new array of disorientation, I felt sad to see her like that again… That expression of hers was familiar. But it wasn’t the time to think like that. 
I kicked her shin, causing her to kneel. She apparently didn’t know this was coming; I grabbed stole the crowbar from her hands and kicked her chin. Getting up on my feet, I pinned her down, “FLUTTERSHY! I DON’T WANT TO HURT YOU!”
“Hihihi… Really? Why not?”

She was mocking me, testing me. I loved her, we were in love. But right now, deep in her eyes, her soul. I see it in her eyes, A FEAR. 
But a fear of what? While I’m here, supposed to save her, protect her… What could she be afraid of?

I found myself off of her. She stood up, those eyes of fear staring at me. She started to giggle weirdly, “What’s wrong?” She giggled, crawling towards me, “Don’t you wanna taste this body? I know you want it.”

Even a cursory glance, I see it clearly. She is afraid…
“You’re afraid…” I uttered, “I could clearly see it in you… A fear.”
“Afraid? HAHA! I am not afraid… I even feel much more better than before…” She said as she continued to crawl slowly towards me.
“Fluttershy… Do you even remember me?” I spoke, frozen cold in place. Suddenly, she stopped too. Her eyes darting through every part of my body as the lust inside of her evaporated. “It’s me, Fluttershy. Ryan… Don’t you remember me at all?”
“R-Ryan?”


_
Tied up to a chair, Spike tried to focus on what was going on. He heard Ryan’s voice a while ago, but where is he? 

Struggling with the ropes in his hand, he was too exhausted to do anything. Spike wanted to go home, he wanted everything to be back to normal. He knew precisely that if he stayed there, he wouldn’t able to see tomorrow again.
‘I got to get out of here somehow!’  Spike thought. Everyone makes mistakes, Spike’s mistake hadn’t been to betray his friend for a woman, Rarity would’ve dehydrated him regardless. It hadn’t been to trust himself to go with the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world. ‘I had blindly gone after her when I should have been joining Ryan, to stop this nonsense after all. But I couldn’t bring myself to be mad at anyone, it’s my fault. If I didn’t go with Rarity, this wouldn’t happen at all.’ 

Regaining his focus, Spike clearly saw what happening as the screwdriver’s flashlight was providing him light. In his line of vision, he saw Ryan frozen in place and… Fluttershy on her hand and knees, looking much more wilder and more lustful than before but there was something in her eyes that bewildered Spike. ‘The look in her eyes… She’s… scared?’ Spike thought to himself. He couldn’t believe what was happening…

“Such sweet moment for those two, right Spike?” In one fluid motion, Rarity jumped to Spike’s lap, ripping off the tape on his mouth. Rarity ran her fingers down from Spike’s chest to his private parts. Spike felt a rise of a feeling in his gut. “Rarity,” He muttered as he is starting to loosen the ropes in his hands, “Let me go, NOW.”
“Come on, Spike. It’ll be fun. We’ll have lots and lots of fun.” Rarity giggled. ‘I have to find an opportunity to escape somehow!’ 

“You’re not just going to let me walk away, are you?” Spike asked, his fists clenching tightly, eager to escape. The day is running out fast, the sunset was gone and darkness was about to cover the entire skies. The moon was eager to rise, so is evil.
Why Ryan thought the heat to be evil or something had struck Spike a whole new revelation. Spike sensed that the mating season was off, the heat should start somewhere in spring, but today marks the first day of fall. And the heat wasn’t anything this dangerous and insane before. If Ryan was right, maybe Celestia and Luna had something to do with the heat.

In one swift motion, Rarity took hold of Spike’s neck and shot him a frightening look, “Spike, you know damn well that I’m not going to let you. I am hungry, and I need you…” Rarity suddenly let out Spike’s shaft, “… to FEED ME.” 
Spike had enough and suddenly kissed Rarity, ‘I hope this works…’ He thought. As their lips separated, Spike reminisced Ryan’s words when he talked to the Doctor, “A bunch of close calls. Turns out they still have a mind, a conscience, something to see, something to feel and something to taste, hear, smell and most of all… SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF.”

He stared deeply into Rarity’s eyes. “There’s a kiss to start off our day,” Spike smiled, but then his expression quickly changed to anger, “And here’s my fist to put you to— *WHAM!* SLEEP!”
She fell down in a quick thud.

Spike felt relief as he stared at Rarity’s unconscious body and untied himself off the chair, “That’s enough of that.”
But Spike never felt so wrong. Suddenly when he was about to walk away, his leg suddenly stopped moving. He looked to see a blue glow wrapped around his leg. ‘No…’
Rarity’s magic pulled Spike’s leg, tripping him. “RYAN,” He shouted, “A LITTLE HELP HERE?!”
Rarity wobbled as she stood up, “You think a simple punch can knock me out? Dear… You think wrong. HAHAHA… Ahhhmm…”
Spike’s claws dug into the soft, wooden floor, being dragged by a mad woman who wanted to milk him dry. The thought of it sunk deep into Spike’s mind, “RYAN! HELP!”



‘She’s afraid…’ I thought. She’s afraid of me, but why? I don’t understand this. “Fluttershy,” I said, reaching out to her, “Tell me, what are you afraid of?”
“I… I’m afraid…” She stammered. “Come on, Fluttershy. I need you… Tell me what you’re afraid of.” I asked of her. I wanted to reach out to her, to touch her heart, to end all of this. 
“I’m afraid… of you.”

The answer struck me like a rocket, it felt like I was blown away by a strong hurricane. She’s afraid of me, but why? How could she be afraid of me? One minute she was a sex hungry mare, the other it’s gone. Her attitude was something I couldn’t normally understand; I normally knew her as a shy and timid girl, then the second I turned my back and turned around again, she is an assertive one of a kind bitch. But I know there are things that you couldn’t understand about people sometimes… Fluttershy was a shy mare, timid and gentle. She fears the most tiniest things. But me… it could be anything. 
What I know about myself is there is nothing that she could be afraid of in me. I loved her, I didn’t hurt her. Unless…
“Fluttershy, who am I?!” I asked. I eyed her again, she was trembling. And then suddenly, tears rolled under her eyes to her cheeks.  “You’re afraid to lose me… You’re afraid that if you hurt me, I would leave you. You… you still remember me.”
“*sob* Ryan… I remember you. I…” My mind went blank, I suddenly grabbed her and pulled her in for a kiss. I didn’t think twice about what I was doing. Actually, I didn’t think at all. I loved her, I want to stay with her forever. But first, I need to end this. “I know. I love you too..”

“RYAN! HELP ME!” Spike’s voice broke me from my trance. I forgot all about Spike. I quickly turned to Fluttershy, “Fluttershy, do me a favor.”
“RYAN! HELP ME HERE!”
I held her chin up, “Stop waiting and grow up.” I said to her and winked as I picked up the screwdriver and ran towards Spike. I aimed the flashlight at Rarity and saw her on top of Spike and she hissed. 

“Hey dipshit, I think it’s time to use that ability of yours, don’t ya think?” The voice in my head spoke. I concentrated on my ability and froze both Spike and Rarity. Time is of the essence here, and I do not want to waste it. I hurriedly grabbed Spike of the frozen time bubble and carried him away from Rarity and the Doctor lying on the floor. 
Mares are banging the door of Rarity’s bedroom, and it’s not a good choice to go there now. I looked to the left and saw mares coming from a window. We’re surrounded, that’s when I saw a second window near me. It’s about 20 or 30 foot drop from that window, and I might break a leg or two from that jump.
“You MIGHT, not can or will. There’s no other choice but to—,”

Suddenly, someone hugged me behind. I thought it was another mare and looked… It was Fluttershy. She looked at me with teary eyes, an expression I haven’t seen for a long time. “I’ll help you escape. Just jump out of that window and I’ll do the rest.” She smiled. I gave her again a kiss and looked at the window.
“What the hell…” I whispered as I ran quickly towards the window and jumped towards it. The glass shattered as I saw time slowing down, the town below me was a beauty. Its lights were giving the town such beauty at night. But now, the lights weren’t there but the moon itself. The town was a dangerous place to lurk. Someone must’ve turned off the electricity to blind the mares, they weren’t thinking smart enough.
Fluttershy used her wings to fly the three of us up in the air for a short time. I looked up to see Fluttershy panting heavily, that’s when I realized that Fluttershy wasn’t the most strongest mare. 
“SHY!!” I shouted, “PULL IT TOGETHER!!”

“AGH! YOU’RE TOO HEAVY! I can’t hold on much longer!” She shouted as her grip from my collar is slipping. “FLUTTERSHY, JUST HOLD ON A LITTLE BIT LONGER!”
This was not a good idea for us, after all the things that happened, I wish that Fluttershy’s grip wouldn’t slip off. I looked behind and saw the thing that would have added more to the list of “Oh-my-God” problems. “PEGASI BEHIND US! HURRY, WE DON’T HAVE MUCH TIME!” I shouted. 
Fluttershy was about to give up, I looked down below and spotted something. “FLUTTERSHY! DROP US NOW!” 
“WHAT?! YOU’RE CRAZY! YOU WILL DIE!”
“TRUST ME, FLUTTERSHY! JUST TRUST ME!
I looked into her eyes and she looked into mine, it was a sign of trust. She has to, there is no other choice. There are three choices here: Be captured by the female pegasi, she continues on and her grip slips and killing us, or drop us now. “Just trust me, Fluttershy.” I begged her.
In a sudden motion, she let go of me and let me fall into the deep dark abyss. 
	
> Monochrome Delusions
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Chapter VII: Monochrome Delusions

I woke up with a start. I saw that I was breathing heavily and sweating, my heart beating faster than a jackhammer drilling on diamond. ‘Calm down’ I thought to myself. Trying to recall the events of last night, I remember…

“AHHHH!!”

We were falling. Fluttershy dropped us from high trying to escape from a horde of mares that look like they want to rip out my insides and eat my flesh raw. Oh wait, wrong story. I felt something under me. I couldn’t call it luck exactly but under me was a mountain of hay, we had landed safely. Thank God. 

“Yeah, thank God for that. Now you better get up and figure out where the hell you’ve landed.”

I stood up and fixed myself. I noticed that my clothes were even more damaged than before. And that’s where it hit me, “Oh no…”
“What? What is it?”

“I forgot to pick up the clothes back in the boutique.”

“ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!”

“Language! Watch it. Yes, I did forget to pick up the clothes. Now, shut your filthy mouth, I’m thinking.”

I checked around me and saw that Whooves and Spike are out cold on the hay. And seeing my surroundings, I can say that this is a part of Pony Ville that I haven’t seen or been to in my entire life. We were surrounded by a lot of tents and handmade shelters that made it look like a camp of some sort. There was a barn that wasn’t like from Apple Acres, just a normal barn basically. “It’s some sort of a camp. A refugee camp.” 

Suddenly, I heard moaning from behind me and saw that the two are starting to gain consciousness. I felt relief, “You guys, wakey wakey. We got a lot of things to do.”

Spike grunted, dreaming peacefully, “Ughnnnn… Rarity… I love you…”

“We’re in a camp?” I turned around and saw Whooves up and about observing the environment. I nodded, “It seems like it. But there are no people here. Oh and look…” I pointed up to the sky, “The sun’s rising. We better move, the mares should have calmed a bit at this point of the day. That should buy us time.”

I had a plan worked in my head. We scavenge whatever supply we could find and find the railway station, we need to reach Canterlot as soon as possible and find that battery to stop all of this, fast. But first, where are we? It seems that a map in these situations is useful right now. “We need to get to the barn and find a map to know exactly where we are. And then we need to find that railway station after.”

“No, we first stay here and figure out what’s the cause of all this. Then we plan and take action on it.” Whooves retorted. 

“We have no time for that. We’ll think about it later while we’re in the train. For now, let’s find that map right away. Spike?” I shook Spike to wake him up, but he was persistent to stay with his dream with Rarity.
Finally, I grabbed his collar and raised my hand as far as I could. “Here goes… WAKE UP!” My palm went straight in as hard as it can on his face and surely enough, it woke him up. “OW!”
I helped him up on his feet, “Wake up, Sleeping Beauty. We got a heat to stop.” 
My slap left a big red mark on the right side of his face, “AH! That stings!” Spike winced as he felt the slapped area. “Sorry, had to do that. Force of habit if somebody doesn’t wake up from their sweet and peaceful slumber, dreaming of heaven. Open your eyes again, Spike. Because we’re already in hell.”

“Quick,” said Whooves. “We need to move now before the mares see us.”

“STOP RIGHT THERE!” A female voice called out from afar. The voice made my heart skipped a beat; I quickly turned around and expected a group of mares in their lingerie, messy and drooling. But it was more than that. That familiar mare stood 3 meters away from us, along with some friends that surrounded us. Male, young and old. Females, mostly old and young but there were a few middle-age mares. They surrounded us and the unicorns stepped forward and pointed their horns at us, ready to fire at will and vaporize us away.

I had a pretty good look at the mare in-charge. The light green mane and bluish gray coat was too familiar, but I completely forgot her name. I could have sworn I saw her before working inside the Pony Ville Hospital. But the way she’s looking at us. Is she skeptical of us?

Brain tells me to play it cool here, to tread carefully to avoid being vaporized alive and turned into smithereens. “What’s with the eyebrows? Don’t do that, only I do that. Only I have those attack eyebrows. You know the one the can take off bottle caps?” I joked. But Instinct, tells me to make a stupid joke.

“Uhh… Ryan… Now’s not the time to make jokes.” Whooves responded.

“Shush, the mare in-charge is angry.”

“SHUT UP INTRUDER!” The mare in-charge shouted. “Identify yourself!” she shouted again.

“Wait… what the fuck? She doesn’t know us? HOW?!”

I became confused, she doesn’t know me? But how? Apparently everyone knows me since I saved Equestria from being conquered by a bratty princess from the border way beyond Equestria. 

“Are you kidding? Really? You don’t know me? Ryan Wilson? The guy that saved you ponies from being ruled by a maniacal lust-driven princess? Come on, you all know me.” I tried convincing them, but it looks like they’re not buying it.

“Prove it.” she insisted. Okay... this is going to be a lot harder than I thought it would be

“Did you hit your head with a brick or something? Why am I going to prove to you that I am actually Ryan Wilson?”

“SHUT UP!” the mare in-charge shouted again, “Prove to us that you’re not a changeling.”

That caught my attention. A changeling? What is she talking about? I thought to myself. My confusion grew, but while she was talking, theories formed inside my head. Did the heat also affect the changelings?

“Changelings?" I asked, "What are you talking about?”

I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and saw a face I never thought I could see in my whole entire life who is not affected by the heat… seemingly? But she’s a mare; I thought mares were the only ones affected by the heat. I observed her closely from top to bottom and it appears that she isn’t affected by the heat. 

“Nurse Redheart. Good to see you again.” I said nonchalantly. 

She didn’t move or react anything at all, “And you too, Ryan. If that’s really you.” she said coldly.

“I am telling you, WE ARE NOT CHANGELINGS! I am 100 percent human.” it was beginning to get ridiculous. 

Redheart commanded one of her friends and came back with a thing covered in cloth. I took a closer look and it seems like the shape of a flask. “To prove that you’re not one of them, drink this potion Zecora made.” Redheart removed the cloth and handed me a small bottle with a murky viscous brown liquid inside that almost made me want to vomit. The texture of the liquid was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my whole entire life.
I laughed, “Nope, I am not drinking this.” I tried returning it but the unicorns looked like they were eager to blast me off of existence. "I don't have any choice, do I?" I gulped.

I looked at my companions and saw that they drank it right away. “Are you kidding me right now…”

They waited for a moment, but nothing happened. I stared again at the bottle and decided…
“Fine.”

I drank the liquid as fast as possible to not gag (I have a very bad gag reflex). I emptied every last drop of it and cringed inside as hard as I can. The feeling of chunky bits and thick murky brown liquid move down your stomach is one of the things that I should have never have experience, it was a nightmare. I shivered at the end and felt relief. Actually, it doesn’t taste that bad! It tastes like chicken with gravy from McDonalds. It’s actually quite delicious.

Suddenly, a white light enveloped Spike and Whooves as they screamed in the most inhumane way possible. I covered my eyes to avoid the bright light. The light faded and I uncovered my eyes, and I couldn’t believe what I saw.

Redheart shouted “CHANGELINGS! CAPTURE THEM!” The people around us captured the changelings swiftly and took them away.
They were changelings? They weren’t them all this time? How?! 

I didn’t say anything; I remained in shock and in disbelief. I have never felt like this in my whole entire life and I’m afraid that I might do something so incredibly stupid that it would lead to something more dangerous and more problems. I just stood there, blankly staring at the ground. There was this thing called Mercy inside me… I think it just vanished.

Redheart approached me, “I know that look.” Her tone, concerned and full of pity. “It’s the look of the devil ready to rain hell on all of those who hurt the ones he sworn to protect.”

I looked at her, “Come on,” she said to me, motioning inside the barn, “I’ll explain to you everything we know.”