Colors of the Rainbow

BANG...CRASH

"Wait! Don't leave!" Rainbow called out, chasing after the stallion as he rushed out the door.

"I've had enough of this Dash. You need to lighten up. I wanted to be with a mare, not a stallion." Comet spat, taking off and leaving Rainbow standing in the doorway of her cloud home. She hung her head and sighed, her wings drooping down along with her ears.

"But I am a mare..." she said sadly. The pegasus yelled out in frustration, slamming her head into the cloud door and sighing softly. She turned her head, watching the pegasus stallion fade into nothing but a speck on the horizon, tears filling her vision and her legs giving out from under her.

A gentle hoof against her shoulder broke her from her depression, causing her to jolt to her hooves and come face to face with her long-time friend Fluttershy. She quickly wiped away her tears and cleared her throat, trying to look cool in front of her friend. She couldn't be the weak mare of the group.

"H-hey Shy..w-whats up?" she asked nervously, unable to stop sniffling.

"Rainbow...are you ok?" Fluttershy asked quietly. Rainbow opened her mouth, wanting to say 'yea i'm cool', but a stern look from her friend caused her to stop. The pegasus lowered her head and sighed.

"No. He left...a-and he's not comin' back...Shy am I really just that awful that I can't even keep a coltfriend?" she asked, unable to hold back the tears any longer, blinking in surprise as the pink-maned pegasus pulled her into a hug.

"Whats wrong with me..." she sobbed.

"Theres nothing wrong with you Rainbow...some ponies...just can't handle a mare like you." Fluttershy said, running a hoof along her friends back. Rainbow sniffed loudly, burying her face in her friends coat and letting the tears flow freely.

She was the only pony to ever see her like this, when she was weak and broken and in need of a hoof to pull her back up, Fluttershy was always there. She couldn't help but let out a choked laugh. Fluttershy, the pony afraid of her own shadow, the 'weakest' of their group, had to be there so she could be the tough pony.

"But thats just the problem...no stallion wants a tough mare...all they want are cute girly mares like you an Rarity..." she sniffed, pulling out of Fluttershys' embrace, barely noticing the blush touching her friends cheeks.

"I'm sure theres somepony out there who wants a mare like you Rainbow Dash..." the pegasus mumbled, hiding her face behind her mane. Rainbow couldn't help but smile, giving a shake of her head.

"Yea right and someday you'll do a Sonic Rainboom Shy." she joked.

"Oh no..I'm not a strong enough flier for that Dash..." the pegasus said quietly, realizing her friend was being sarcastic moments after the words left her mouth.

"Thats the point Shy. The only way I'm ever gonna keep a coltfriend is if...ugh...I become a girly mare..." she sighed in defeat, blinking as she felt Fluttershy tugging on her arm.

"Shy...what are you doing?" the pegasus deadpanned, Fluttershy giving a quiet eep before letting go.

"well..um..maybe Rarity can help you..I mean that is if you want to be more like me and her...but you don't have to!" she said quickly, once again hiding behind her flowing pink mane.

"Uh...I REALLY don't want to go to Rarity about this...she'll probably smother me in makeup and throw me in some stupid dress..." the pegasus grumbled.

"Well...what about Twilight?" Fluttershy suggested.

"HA! the egghead?! I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know what a coltfriend is Shy, or if she does its cause she read about it in one of her books."

"I-I know but..maybe she has a book that could help..." Fluttershy mumbled. Rainbow blinked, a small smile appearing on her face.

"Shy you're a genius! come on!" she called after her friend, racing towards the Library. As much as she hated reading, other than the occasional Daring Do or other books she refused to admit she had been caught up in, this was her chance to finally get a stallion to stay with her.

Spike coughed as he entered Twilights room, quickly strapping on a gas mask, a quick glare from the unicorn making him rethink asking her to cook dinner tonight and, being smart, the young drake made himself scarce, leaving Twilight and the thick scent of a needy mare alone in her room. Twilight huffed, rolling onto her side, a book hovering in front of her face as she tried to distract herself from the almost painful ache between her legs.

It wasn't her first time going through such an endeavor, though it was her first in Ponyville and it was becoming harder to maintain the control she had been so proud of for so long. There were just too many ponies around her that caught her eye when her brain was carrying the weight of lust and her body desperately wanted something to satisfy her.

She still felt guilty and embarrassed about tackling Big Macintosh the other day, and then Caramel the day after, and Mr Cake the day after that. She was lucky Mrs Cake didn't immediately assume she was some sort of sex-fiend. She sighed, amazed that her friends were so understanding, but they were mares too.

"I guess if anypony knows what I'm going through its them..."she mumbled, burying her face in her pillow. It was just a bit longer, all she had to do was make it just a bit longer and this whole horrible experience could be put behind her and forgotton.

"HEY TWILIGHT!" a voice called out, crashing through her window expertly and spinning in the air, coming to a stop at the edge of her bed.

"Hey I need a favo...WHOA! what is that smell?!" She said nasally, holding a hoof over her nose. Twilight blushed, quickly sitting up and pulling her blankets tightly around her. Had she forgotton to tell Rainbow Dash she was in Estrus? How could she forget?

She opened her mouth to explain, her words caught in her throat as her eyes wandered the pegasi's frame. Her well toned, powerful legs, her expertly preened wings that caught the light in just such a way that caused each feather to glow slightly, her somewhat muscular and yet still feminine body and her beautiful deep pools of magenta that were her eyes.

"Uh...Equestria to Twilight Sparkle? You in there Twi?" Rainbow asked, waving her hoof in front of her face. Twilight shook her head, realizing she had been drooling and quickly wiped it away, clearing her throat and forcing her thoughts in place.

"Dash I can't really help you at the moment, I have some...problems of my own to sort out." she quickly explained. Rainbow rolled her eyes, looking around the room.

"By the smell of this place I think you really could help me. So who was the lucky stallion?" Rainbow asked, mistaking Twilights current scent for the aroma of sex. Well it wasn't too far from the truth. Twilight cleared her throat again.

"Dash, I don't have any coltfriends, you know that." Twilight mumbled irritably.

"Well then what the hay is goin' on here...unless..." Rainbow gasped, her eyes wide.

"It was a mare?!" she yelled, jumping to conclusions. Twilight couldn't lie, she was a bit curious and she had a few interesting books in her library on the subject that only fueled that curiosity, but she hadn't been with a pony in...she blinked, realizing she had never been with anypony.

"Um...oh, I'm sorry...I forgot Twilight..."Fluttershy apologized as she landed beside the unicorns bed.

"Forgot what? No way! Was it Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked, zipping over to her friend, causing the yellow pegasus to eep and fall over, hiding under her hooves and mane. Twilight sighed, rolling her eyes

"No Dash, it wasn't anypony. I'm...uh..." She blushed as Fluttershy whispered to Rainbow Dash, giving her a quick explanation, the Cyan pegasus blushing and clearing her throat.

"uh...heh heh...sorry about that Twi...um...so I guess you can't really help me with my stallion problem huh?" she asked sullenly, hanging her head. The unicorn raised an eyebrow, several ideas filling her mind at once, not all of them pertaining to 'helping'. A knock at the door downstairs dragged her mind out of the gutter and the voices brought a smile to her face.

"Finally! Hold that thought Dash!" Twilight zipped out of bed and rushed downstairs, finding Zecora and Spike chatting idly about something she honestly could care less about at the moment.

"So...any luck Zecora?" Twilight asked desperately. The Zebra Shaman smiled, pulling a small glowing plant out of her saddlebag.

"A single leaf is all it shall take, to once again, you, a clever mare make. But Twilight Sparkle, be wary. Its effects are only temporary." the mare placed the potted plant on a nearby table.

"Just one leaf? But its so small. Are you sure ONE leaf is going to be enough Zecora?" Twilight asked, giving the zebra a flat look

"Oh I am sure one will last, have I ever been wrong in the past?" Zecora asked with a smile. Twilight sighed, gingerly grabbing a single leaf in her magic and letting it hover in front of it.

It was one of the smallest leaves she had ever seen, how was this suppose to help her? But Zecora had a point. She had never been wrong before so she had no reason to doubt her now. She placed the leaf on her tongue, chewing slowly and gasping as the leaf burst in her mouth, flooding it full of warm sweet juice. Her entire body shook, her eyes glazed over as a surge of pleasure rushed through her. When she came to her senses the ache was gone and she could finally think clearly.

Sadly this had the added effect of her coming to terms with her surroundings. Just at the bottom of the stairs her friends stared at her with wide eyes. Spike, who was standing in front of her was frozen from shock from what he had just seen and Twilight quickly realized she was sitting in a puddle.

"ZECORA! You didn't tell me it would...that I'd..." the unicorn tried to fuss, earning only a laugh.

"I have never seen such a reaction, but I take it the plant is to your satisfaction?" Zecora asked, Twilights brain quickly putting the pieces together. The plant most likely was something Zecora's native people had used and probably had a different effect on their systems.

Twilight being halfway through her Estrus and having decidedly avoided touching herself, and being a unicorn, couldn't help but release all that pent up energy. She sighed, hanging her head.

"Can today get any worse?" she muttered under her breath, blinking as she felt a comforting hoof on either shoulder, Fluttershy one one side and Rainbow on the other. She smiled weakly, flicking her horn and grabbing a mop.

"Fluttershy...can you help Spike?" Twilight asked, the pegasus nodding and dragging the drake away to give him a quick talk about the birds, the bees, and Aunt Flo.

"So...uh...now that your heads workin' again...do ya think maybe you could help me out?" Rainbow asked slowly, scuffing her hoof against the ground. Twilight sighed.

"I'm not exactly the most skilled unicorn when it comes to romance Dash. Have you tried asking Rarity?" she asked, Rainbow visibly wincing at the thought. Twilight couldn't help but laugh a little, finished with cleaning up her 'mess' and giving the pegasus her full attention.

"Twi, would you go to Rarity for advice?" Rainbow asked simply. Twilight put a hoof to her chin, remembering when she first met Rarity and the dresses she had been stuffed into. She could only imagine how the mare would react when it came to someponies love life.

"I see your point. But why me?" Twilight asked, confused.

"Well I wasn't gonna go to Applejack!" Rainbow joked, both mares falling into a fit of giggles.

"But seriously Rainbow, how am I any better? what can I do to help that they can't?" she asked

"Well your an egghead...so I figured maybe you'd have some books on Stallions or um...how to..be more girly for them..."she mumbled, hanging her head. Twilight sighed.

"Dash, you shouldn't change who you are just to find someone special. Your special somepony..." she started to lecture, quickly interrupted by Dash finishing her sentence.

"Will love me for who I am, yada yada yada, blah blah BLAH! I've heard that already Twi!" the pegasus fumed, flailing her forehooves in the air. Twilight put a hoof to her chin as she tried to think.

"Well...there is one thing Dash. I can't make you change who you are, BUT I can use a spell to find your perfect stallion who will love you for who you are." Twilight said, searching her shelves for her book on love spells.

"Um...this spell isn't dangerous or anything is it?" Rainbow asked, quickly clearing her throat.

"Not that I'm scared or anything, but uh..." she trailed off, Twilight smiling as she grabbed a book in her magic.

"No its not dangerous, it is...untested, but not dangerous. Its a simple location spell. I just focus the magic through your heart and it'll seek out a stallion who feels the same way as you!" Twilight said happily, clapping her hooves together.

"If its such a great spell why haven't you used it?" Rainbow asked without thinking

"um...well..." Twilight bit her lip as she read over the spell.

"It requires a pony of great magical power to cast it and the caster can't use it on themselves, on top of that it falls into the category of Love Magic which should usually only be practiced as an art in and of itself and only be used by a pony who is tied to that element of the magical spectrum, but seeing as I am tied to magic itself it shouldn't be too hard for me to cast it." she explained quickly, Rainbow focusing on the few words she understood, being 'Love' 'Element' 'pony' and 'shouldn't'

"um...alright Twi'. You're sure its gonna work?" she asked.

"Only one way to find out." Twilight took a slow breath, focusing her magic into a thin thread that dug its way through the pegasi's body. She blushed, able to feel every twitch of Rainbow's body through her magic, realizing her scent from earlier had a few...'effects' on the pegasus. She pretended not to notice, wondering how Rainbow could have such total control of herself as the thread made its way to her heart, tying itself there and branching outwards.

"Ok Dash...just hold still..."Twilight said softly.

"uh..alright Twi..." Rainbow gulped, watching the unicorn work her magic. Twilight took another slow breath and closed her eyes, threads of magic flowing from within Rainbow Dash and out into Ponyville to locate her perfect stallion. All was going according to plan, until...

"AHHHHHH!" Twilight screamed as the magic backlashed on her, sending her reeling and slamming into the wall. Moments later a similar scream filled the kitchen, sounding like Fluttershy, a third scream sounding like Spike and matching THUD noises as both fainted. Twilight painfully pushed to her hooves, her body feeling like lead.

"Ugh...my head..."

"Uh...Twilight..." Rainbow said quietly, pointing a hoof at her.

"What? Is something wrong?" Twilight asked. Rainbow nodded slowly, the unicorn starting to panic and rushing for a mirror. Though when she reached it everything seemed normal. Her horn was in place, her face was fine, no marks on her body, her legs were intact, all five of them...

"what?...WHAT?!" she screamed to the heavens.