Chapter 30: Solutions

Perspective: Luna

I slowly came to as I wearily opened an eye to look at the world around me. I could tell the ship was in motion because I could feel the hum of the engine as I rubbed my eyes and slowly stood up, yawning as I did. The first thing I noticed was the absence of Jake from the control deck, as the door was sitting open. The second I noticed was how I felt.

'I... I feel good!' I thought to myself as I relished in the feeling of no... well... feeling back there.

Smiling that it was finally over, I decided to look for Jake. I took a quick look through the ship before I could hear running water coming from a doorway that looks quite familiar. Before thinking about it for too long, I hit the button next to it and watched it fly open, revealing a bathroom.

With a shower.

Currently occupied.

Without the shower curtain.

And there it was. The same feeling as yesterday amplified ten fold, all rushing back and hitting me like a runaway carriage. I watched on as Jake's naked self stood under the water and he washed himself.

Every part of himself.

'BAD LUNA! LOOK AWAY!' I screamed in my head as I stared wide eyed, frozen. 'WHY AM I NOT LOOKING AWAY!'

"Enjoying the show?" Jake said aloud as I let out a loud 'EEP' and jumped to the left and hid behind the wall.

"WHY DOTH THOU NOT HATH THE SHOWER CURTAIN DRAWN!" I yelled as I breathed quickly.

"Eh. I'm used to being seen naked." He said aloud as I raised an eyebrow.

"How so!?" I yelled back.

"Ever gotten Verix blood on you?" He replied as I answered back 'No'. "Well it's basically acid. Once me and my team had to crawl through a muddy stormy planet naked while fighting back the Verix... good times." He said chuckling.

An image of what that would have looked like flashed through my head as I shivered and shook my head.

"Well you can at least lock the door!" I shouted back.

"Eh." He said as the sound of a curtain being drawn came through the open door. "Better?" He asked as I peeked around the corner and sighed in relief.

"Much." I responded.

"I don't see the big deal. Ponies are naked all the time right?" He said back in a mocking tone.

"Very funny." I said back in a monotone voice as I walked into the bathroom and towards the sink.

I filled it with cold water and dunked my head in and sat like that for a few seconds before coming up for air. I shook out my mane and looked in the mirror.

'This heat cycle has to stop at some point...' I said as I sighed and walked out of the bathroom, closing the door as I went.

Perspective: Jake

'What's up with her lately' I thought as I recalled her strange behavior lately. 'She seems really... distracted' I thought as I shut off the water and stepped out of the shower.

"Hm... maybe I'll take her on a tour around the moon when we get back." I thought as I dried myself off.

I wrapped my towel around my waist and made my way out of the bathroom and towards the cabin. When I reached it I saw Luna take one look at me and quickly look away.

"Hey Luna, anything interesting going on lately?" I asked as I walked to my bunk and grabbed some of the clothes folded on the mattress.

"N-No why would you say that?" She said back uneasily.

"I don't know you just seem really distracted lately." I said as I took off my towel and started getting dressed.

After a few moments when I pulled everything on, I turned around to see Luna mere inches from my face.

"GAH! Hi there!" I said as I jumped back and fell onto my bunk. "Something I can help you with?" I asked as I began to lean forward before Luna jumped on me.

"YES! THERE IS! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" She said loudly as she lurched forward towards my mouth.

Time slowed down as she came closer and closer to me with every passing millisecond. Then it all began to make sense, the strange behavior, the over reactions to seeing me naked, and it all was expressed with a single thought.

'Wat'

I quickly dodged her facial assault and rolled over, throwing me on top of her before I quickly jumped back and watched as she scrambled to get back up.

"Luna, think about what your doing here. Your hot and all but your not really my type." I said as she jumped off the bed and crouched low. "But really, what's up with you?" I asked as I looked at her posture.

'Wait...' I thought as I saw her tail swishing a lot, and her recent behavior towards me. '...wait...' I thought again as I remembered her reaction to me being naked. '...pony... ponies have heat cycles...' I thought as I saw her take a step towards me. 'Oh...'

She lunged towards me where I easily dodged and ran to the other side of the room.

"Luna I'm gonna forgive you for this only because you have no control over it!" I said as I dodged to the left and ran around her again.

"I know! I want to stop but you have no idea what it's like." She finished as she charged again, getting me to dodge.

'I don't know how much longer I can keep this up before she realizes she has magic'

This song and dance went on for some time. Me running around the ship, avoiding Luna. And her trying to catch me. I couldn't really blame her, instincts were a bitch. Hopefully this doesn't end with me losing my virginity. I'd rather not have to deal with her sister.

...

Oh and the sex thing too...

It finally came down to a stare-down. I had my back against a wall, as we both were inside the med-bay. She rushed me and I quickly back flipped off the wall and ran for it, before sealing the door behind me and locking it.

"HA! I WIN!" I yelled as I jumped up and did a little dance.

A few seconds of silence processed before I heard a small sobbing sound. I frowned and got closer to the door, listening as she cried.

"Luna you alright?" I asked as she hiccuped. "Listen it's not like I don't like you. Your a real cool... pony to be around. But I'm reeeeaaally not ready for that kind of thing." I said as she sighed.

"It's not that... it's that I didn't realize what I was doing. Oh my god what's wrong with me." She finished as she sobbed some more.

Then I got an idea.

"Hey Lucy, you know that medicine that women take to make themselves infertile for a bit. I don't know what it's called." I said as Lucy spoke up.

"Yes sir, I could manufacture some. Why?" She asked as I smiled.

"Think you could mix up a modified batch for me that would stop a heat cycle?" I asked as Lucy went silent for a few seconds.

"...yes I think I can, one moment." She said as there was a few seconds of silence. "Done, here you are." Lucy said as a slot opened up in the wall and out popped a needle.

"You sure this is safe?" I asked as Lucy spoke up again.

"Yes I've already checked out her Bio's, worst case scenario, nothing will happen." She finished as I nodded and stood up.

"Alright Luna, I've got something that will help all right? Just trust me." I said as I reached for the door control.

"But you just said your not ready for that.... and neither am I..." She said getting me to face-palm.

"Not what I mean." I said as I pressed the button and saw Luna looking at me with an ashamed look. "This will push back your... cycle. Alright?" I said getting her to nod.

"Alright." She said in a sad voice.

I slowly walked around her and knelled down, as I stuck the needle into her flank, getting her to flinch for a second, before she breathed out a sigh.

"Better?" I asked smiling.

She nodded, before answering. "A lot better... oh my god..."

"Listen. I just wan't you to know I don't blame you for what you did." I said smiling.

She immediately pulled me into a tight hug. "Thank you... you have no idea how much that means to me. I'm not proud of it... it's my first heat cycle and I didn't know how to control it..."

'Wait... first?'

"Wait a minute... first?" I said as I pulled away from the hug. "But, aren't you like two thousand years old? How could it be your first?"

She fiddled with her hooves as she looked down at the ground. "... uh... nothing. I guess I just... never got it..." She said as she looked anywhere else but me.

'...note to self, ask Celestia... wow that will be awkward' I thought before I rolled my eyes. 'I'm talking to a pony who just recently tried to have forceful sex with me... I can manage'

"Oooookay... anyway's... we should be arriving in Equis soon so... get ready." I said as I stood up and made my way to the cockpit. "I need to talk to Celestia about a few things..." I said under my breath as I left the room.

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