Day 1: Nude Beach

Sandy beaches and a bright blue sky. Is it the worst place to die? Tropical trees and the ocean waves. You don't want that to be your grave.

A very bright light beamed on top of Twilight's eyes, annoying her cornea. She slowly opened them to be met with a bright light, forcing her to squint. The unicorn tried her best to sit up, using her hand to block out the sun. Bringing it up, material what seemed to be like sand crumpled away to the ground. Twilight blinked a couple times to see the after-image of the sun and couldn't rub her eyes due to the sand that covered her. With the air humid and moist, and the heat boiling her body, Twilight took a deep breath and tried to comprehend what happened.

"Okay, Twilight," she thought to herself, standing straight up. The dry sand tumbled down on the beach as the ocean waves nearby gently swooped in. The majestic noise echoed back as the waves brought in the unlucky particles caught in its run. Tropical trees deep inland rustled and moved back and forth.

"I need to find Spike..." Twilight thought, looking around her.

What she saw in the sand next to her was a very familiar purple figure. It was Spike, his green spikes on the back of his purple head shooting straight up into the air. His face in the sand, Twilight ran over to his side and propped him up.

"Spike, are you okay?" Twilight exclaimed, lightly patting his face with her wet sandy palm.

"Oh, is that you, Rarity?" Spike mumbled, "You really smell nice," he said, his nose catching Twilight's scent.

Twilight gasped in relief and was glad that the drake was fine. She could feel her heart beat at an accelerated pace as worry caught in her mind.

"Spike, wake up," Twilight said, lightly shaking him, "I need you to be up."

The dragon's lips went up and down as an inaudible whisper escaped them.

"C'mon, wake up!!" Twilight said, standing up.

The sand between her hooves only gave her a small grip as she grabbed Spike's arm and pulled it up. But his weight was too heavy for her. She grunted and pulled the drake, but she just couldn't do it. Out breath and sweating, the sun began to slowly fry her fluffy purple coat and Spike's hard green scales.

As she continued to pull Spike towards the vegetation far from the water, her muscles were aching and couldn't heave any farther. She was really out of breath as the boiling sun took moisture away from her.

"Why did you become fat, Spike?" Twilight said out loud, flat on her butt as she took in oxygen.

"F-Fat?" Spike's voice said in deep worry, "N-No, Rarity, you're not fat!! You're not, stop talking like that!!"

Twilight had a very confused look and stared at the cowering dragon by her hooves.

"Uh-huh..." Twilight said, looking at him.

Catching her breath, she attempted to try to move Spike again.

"Alright, you!" Twilight said, getting on her knees.

Rolling Spike onto his side, she grunted and wheezed. Rolling like a roll, Spike's face was caught in the sand every time for each rotation. His mouth took in sand by a mouthful as Twilight placed a lot of elbow grease into her work. After a blistering few minutes, a tall palm tree gave Twilight luxury shade. The leaves of the tree left a large shadow, covering Spike's head. His mouth full of sand, Twilight attempted to place him in the recovery position. Twilight concentrated her mind on her horn, but a shockwave of pain overtook her body. She felt her legs give way as the pain slowly hit hard to her nervous system.

"O-Ow!!" Twilight grimaced in pain, smacking headfirst into the sand, her ass up in the air.

She felt immobilized for a few seconds before her body quickly recovered. A quick jolt of pain quickly left her before Twilight placed her hands on the ground. Slowly lifting herself up, she wiped the dry sand away from her mouth and the corner of her lips.

"What's wrong with my horn?" Twilight asked herself, the tip of her fingers lightly grasping her horn.

She hacked and spat out the extra sand she had not wiped away. Twilight puffed her cheek in annoyance to see no use in magic and looked at Spike. Without magic, Twilight used gravity and physics. Spike's left claw was placed underneath his head as momentum in his legs relaxed them.

Placing his legs comfortably, Twilight heard a gurgle and looked towards Spike. His mouth was full of wet sand, dripping bit by bit out of his mouth. Twilight's ears perked as she realized that the sound wasn't coming from Spike. It was coming from behind her.

She slowly turned her head to see a small creature no bigger than a fist. Green in color, it was a bright contrast compared to the silky sand. Bright green like emeralds, metallic green served as its eyes. They were focused on Twilight, who was kneeling next to Spike. It was gurgling, dripping brown saliva from its mouth. It continued to gurgle as tentacles sprouted from the back. The eyes bored at Twilight's as the unicorn tried to comprehend what she saw.

"Uh, hi!!" Twilight managed to say and waved towards the green creature.

The small green creature stopped its gurgling and coughed. Looking at Twilight, it seemed to see her as no threat and immediately set out to the water. Leaving many prints in the hot sand, what followed it were the same creatures, but only the size of a grape. More than ten of them followed out, leaving infinite numbers of tracks in the sand.

Twilight was surprised at first, but her eyes relaxed.

"Aw, that's sweet," Twilight whispered, looking at the bigger creature.

She guessed it as if she was the mother. A small smile crept onto her face as the little ones chirped with brown saliva from their mouths. Their tiny feet caught up the scalding sand. Trotting behind the mother as if they were like ducks, Twilight observed their manner as they entered the salty wet water.

"This isn't an animal that lives in Equestria..." Twilight thought, looking over to see the green round creatures paddle in the water. Their eyes of different hue went into joy as the mother watched them protectively. She looked over to Twilight time to time, but the pattern of each interval died down. The mother now knew that Twilight was not a threat.

"This island..." Twilight whispered, looking into the jungle, "I wonder what's in it..."

All the things she studied suddenly melted from her mind. But new discoveries were ready to be made. With a face of determination, she could imagine all the things she could find with the knowledge she had. She could-

*GURKLE*

*GURKLE*

*GURKLE*

A large gurgle suddenly interrupted Twilight's train of thought. She looked down at Spike to see one the green grape-sized creatures on his chest. The green thing chirped and drooled, letting the brown spit lather on the bellow of the dragon. His scales was soon smothered in the thick liquid as Twilight's attention was on the creature. Spike limped over from his recovery position, giving a stable foundation.

"Hey there, little guy," Twilight whispered softly, not wanting to frighten the creature, I'm Twilight," she said, her face coming in close.

The emerald ball slurped and looked towards the purple unicorn, lathering itself in its own saliva. The tongue was hanging out freely, panting hard like a dog. Twilight tilted her head to the side. The mysterious new creature got up on its many legs and mirrored Twilight. The tongue suddenly disappeared into its mouth. The body was at an angle, the soft green eyes staring into Twilight's purple ones. Twilight puckered her lips to see if there would be a reaction.

A small hole appeared where the mouth would be. Slits what could be the lips went out, copying Twilight's moves. Twilight then bent many angles of her lips. Going left and right, the creature did the exact same thing in unison. Sticking her tongue out after a few gestures, the creature did the same. A long dark green tongue spewed brown thick spit, leaving Twilight satisfied.

"This is amazing... Twilight thought, watching the green animal roll on Spike's chest, "But what to call it?"

Twilight found herself to stare at the energetic ball of green mass, looking at it wallow again in its mouth liquid.

"I shall name them Grennulls!" Twilight suddenly exclaimed, surprising the small thing.

The grape-sized Grennull shrieked a little before plunging headfirst into its own saliva. The high-pitched sound popped Twilight's eardrums, making Spike's pop out as well.

"GAHH!!" Spike yelled out, snapping awake. His mouth still full of sand, he began to cough violently.

His closed eyes bursted open, trying to find out where the noise came from. His throat and mouth dry and unable to mutter a word, his eyes went onto Twilight. She was huddled on the ground, her hands on her ears. His raspy cracked tongue tried to make a sound, but nothing came out.

"Krrrrrrooooooooo!!" a voice called from his oddly wet chest.

"Huh?" Spike thought, looking down. His neck struggled to bend when a shiny green hue flashed at his face.

The slobbering Grennull started to whine and roll, Spike's eyes quickly widening.

"AHHHHH!!!!" Spike yelled at the top of his lings, the sand from his throat expelling at amazing speed.

Bits of wet brown sand from his mouth piled up near the Grennull, who was taking a bombardment of Spike's mouth material. Covered in the wet silt, the Grennull blinked a few times and looked up at Spike.

"AIEE!!!" the Grennull screamed, spewing brown stuff from its mouth of its own. Spike felt his eardrums rattle to the high pitched sound and groaned in pain. His head shook into multiple waves of frequencies, making Spike grunt intensely. The Grennull saliva projected all over Spike, in retaliation of his sand attack.

The shrilling voice went into a large radius, leaving the drake unable to move by the sheer sound at point blank range. His claws covered his ears, but that didn't help at all. It all stopped when the Grennull was suddenly hit. A purple hoof slammed right to the creature, sending it towards the water.

*THWACK*

"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEIEEEEEEEEEEEE..."

*SPLUNK*

With massive velocity, the Grennull made a cracking sound, penetrating the layer of the salty sea water. A large splash in the ocean water erupted, leaving a foamy grave on the surface.

"Ow..." Twilight groaned, brushing her ears with her sandy hands, "That really hurt..."

"Twilight!!" Spike exclaimed, tackling her to the ground with a hug.

The purple unicorn turned to see a dragon much bigger than her, heading right towards her. With a loud grunt, Spike collided hard into Twilight, his large arms embracing her into a tight hug.

"What happened?!" Spike exclaimed, Twilight's face being crushed on the green dragon's shoulder, "I can't remember anything, Twilight!!"

"S-S-Spike..." Twilight choked, trying to get room to breathe, "Let go of me..."

"And then I woke up to this weird thing crawling all over me!!" Spike said, his voice clearly in panic. The cries of pain and anguish from Twilight was muffled by Spike's thick scales as he mumbled on. "What was that thing?!"

A large grunt from Twilight was a reply to Spike's question, who was oblivious and had fear written all over his face.

"What?" Spike asked, not able to hear her, "What did you say?" he asked, his mouth close to her ears.

"You're crushing me to death," Twilight barely said, pushing herself away from the dragon. His brute strength in a simple hug alone got the unicorn in an uncomfortable spot.

"Hmm?" Spike asked, looking at what he was doing. Face to face with Twilight, the dragon could see Twilight suffering right in his arms. "Whoa, sorry Twilight!" he said, loosening his grip. This gave Twilight a chance to breath as the precious oxygen entered her lungs. With her arms around Spike, he could feel the heat come off the mare and sat back. A breeze rolled in towards the dragon and mare. The wind cooled them down by the slightest degree, and the ocean's waves nearby was crashing in and out onto the shores of the sandy beach.

As Twilight finally caught her breath, she looked up at Spike.

"Well, I'm glad you're fine, Spike," she said, sighing in relief. Twilight let herself relax on Spike's strong shoulders and cuddled his arm. "I was really worried for you," she said.

"I was worried for you too Twilight," Spike said, smiling down at the smaller mare. Twilight smiled back and was about to say something but felt something strange between her legs.

"Huh?" she asked out loud, looking down to see what it was. She couldn't see anything, her own thighs and along with Spike's covered the area. Twilight looked up at Spike's face to see it very red. The mare realized what it was and slowly had the same color on her face.

Spike was looking away as he coughed up a statement.

"Uh, Twi-Twilight?"

"Ye-yeah?"

"Yo-you should cover up your chest," Spike said, his neck turned towards the side, "I think it would be for the best to..." his voice trailed off into a mutter, a very bright crimson upon his face.

Twilight looked down to see her exposed breasts that was once before against Spike's chest. His smooth scale plating grazed the tip of her nipples, sending a sensation of pleasure throughout her body. Her nerves were fired up, slightly turning her on. She quickly got off of Spike and turned around, using her arms and hands to shield her exposed body.

Spike did the same, hiding his arousement and face of shame by simply not looking at each other. The unicorn and dragon sat not far away from each other, but looked in the opposite direction to not see each other's nude body.

Only the waves crashing onto the sand and the intense rays of the sun pecked into the coat and scales of the duo. The sun above them was blocked off by a cloud, dropping the temperature a bit for the time being. Twilight's clothes stripped and lost, her books and cargo were gone too. Spike's clothes were ripped and shredded to nothing and as well as everything they brought for the trip, three things rung a bell. Twilight and Spike sat naked. And they were very afraid of that. And to make things worse, they were right in the wild.

Minutes later...

Twilight continued to sit exactly in the opposite direction of Spike, feeling her face flush red as each second passed. What the mare couldn't believe was that she was having these thoughts - especially about Spike.

She shuddered a bit, but felt a bit ashamed afterwards, concluding it with a sigh. He was just like a little brother to her. But with time taking its place, a little dragon like Spike grew into a much physically mature drake with very attractive features. She sighed again in of pleasure and frustration, bringing her head into her chest.

"Why am I thinking of this?!" Twilight exclaimed in her mind, shaking her whole body side to side.

"Hey Twilight," Spike's voice said softly, breaking her train of thought.

She blinked in surprise and reacted by covering her body up, knowing that she was nude.

"Y-Yeah, what is it?" Twilight asked, feeling her nipples hard against her furry arm. She sat a little uncomfortably as Spike spoke up.

"We-Well, with the t-time I had..." he started out, choosing his words cautiously. "Well, I just made something that'll cover you up..."

Out of the corners of her eyes, Twilight saw what looked like to be a piece of vine. With her hand out, she felt the detail of leaves on her fingers. She grasped it and her fingers felt that they were somehow stuck together. A bra made out of leaves were now in Twilight's hands as Spike continued on.

"I also managed to make different one for someplace else," Spike said, clearly uncomfortable with what he was saying, "I know it isn't much, but it works."

Twilight saw what was now in her hands. A panty made of leaves and a pair of bras, she heard Spike quickly shuffle away.

"I-I hope it fits..." Twilight thought, walking towards the water to get the dry sand off of her body.

"By the gods, why... Why?!" Spike screamed inside of his mind. With his head in his claws, he began to fume and pout as a censored image of Twilight winked at him.

"Uurrr!!" Spike silently screamed, his eyes bulging out of his head, "C'mon Spike, she's like a sister, she is a sister!!"

He jumped up on his feet, jumping up and down. He took a series of rapid breaths as his family jewels bounced beneath his leafy loincloth. Pacing back and forth underneath the shade, his mind could only think of Twilight. But after a small tantrum, finally calmed down. His feet in the moderate cooled sand, he relaxed his body. His lungs exhaling carbon dioxide, he did the same by letting his mind empty out the thoughts.

"Ah, much better," he said, a mellow smile climbing onto his face, "I'm invincible, and I know it!!"

"Uh, Spike? Are you there?" Twilight's voice nervously asked out of the blue.

"I'm here, Twilight," Spike called out, walking towards her voice, "I was just-"

He stopped in his tracks and looked at Twilight to see the leaf panties and bras tightened at her figure. Her miraculous waist was barely covered up, with her arms covering her chest.

"Hey, am I least covered up?" Twilight asked, feeling exposed as if she was wearing nothing at all. Her shy red face looked adorable, barely looking to Spike's eyes.

"You look fine, Twilight," Spike said, feeling his heartbeat increase as he felt his eyes look up and down her.

Twilight sighed in relief.

"I'm glad I am!" she said, dropping her arms.

Her enormous knockers were barely kept covered by the bra. The tip of her nipples made a shape on the thin leaf, catching Spike's eyes. He looked around, his neck going side to side, but his eyes focused on her chest.

"So..." Twilight said, looking around as well.

"Yeah..."

"Spike, do you know where we are?"

"I know much as you do, Twilight," Spike replied, shrugging his shoulders. He soon got used to Twilight's holy parts and just looked at them whenever he pleased.

"That's true," Twilight said, her eyes glimpsing at the pleasant lump in Spike's loincloth, she looked up at his eyes and sighed. "Do you even remember what happened?"

Spike blinked a couple of times and rubbed the back of his head with his claws.

"No, not really."

"Same here," Twilight replied, "All I can remember was-"

Twilight stopped herself, biting her bottom lip with a finger up.

"Remember what?"

"The carriage..." Twilight said, remembering all the freezing wind and havoc when it gave out.

A breeze rolled in, blowing through her mane. The salty taste of the ocean added the humidity to the air. With cooled sand beneath their hooves and claws, a sudden roar from the sea interrupted them.

A monstrous green face with angry eyes fueled with anger screeched. Larger than a giant house, the green creature looked evilly at Twilight and snarled. The large fugly green ball of sheer atrociousness bared its teeth, the water around it sloshing back and forth.

"Damn, what is that thing?!" Spike exclaimed, brown saliva dripping by hogheads upon hogheads from the emerald monster's mouth.

"CREAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" the thing roared, tentacles exploding from the back.

"Th-That is a Grennull..." Twilight said weakly, a thundering cry of rage snorting from the creature she discovered.

The Grennull roared again before Spike grabbed Twilight's hand.

"Don't just stand there, run!!" Spike yelled, bolting into a fast sprint.

A large green tentacle slammed down on the place where Twilight last would've been if Spike didn't pull her back. A large slam of the appendage gave a sandy shock wave of sand as Spike and Twilight ran into the tropical forest. The blast gave them an extra push as a shrilling screech filled the air. The Grennull's many legs thundered the forest floor, pumping adrenaline into Twilight's and Spike's body.

"CREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The locked moisture intensified on their coat and scales, leaving them gasp for air. Their legs went fast as they could, blurs of the moss covered trees and other plants that made up the dense forest. Fallen debris such as trunks and thick sludge were on obstacle and were narrowly avoided. A large trunk hanging overhead in which Spike ducked his head. Twilight copied Spike's moves and did the same, dodging the hazard to escape.

With her heart pumping from the fear and energy from adrenaline, the thrashing of the forest behind them quickly followed. Crunch and snap of trees along with the liquid sludge treading through, the Grennull was keen on getting Twilight. Spike was breathing hard and felt his muscles burning as the sheer sticky air kept the sweat from cooling.

The Grennull shrieked again, using its sharp teeth to demolish anything in its path. Large looming trees were shredded to pulp of the gnashing monstrosities.

"Ah!!" Twilight suddenly screamed, her hoof getting hooked by a hooking tree trunk.

Spike's claws slipped through her fingers, making him fly vertical up into the air due to the momentum. Twilight's face landed face first on the ground and began to gasp for breath. Her chest all muddy, her diaphragm was suffering from the sudden fall. The caked up dirt on her face and body left her gasping and coughing as the vibrating ground from the Grunnull left her to panic.

Spike hit hard on the ground and was groaning in pain, trying to get up. He managed to get onto his knees and could see Twilight reaching her arm out towards him.

"S-Spike!!" Twilight yelled out, her flailing hand covered in mud pleading for help.

The obliteration of trees was seen. Bushes, dirt, and the thick bark was flying everywhere when sharp white teeth sliced through the clearing.

"Twilight!!" Spike yelled out to her, his clawed feet snapping twigs and the forest floor, "Hold on, I'm coming!!"

He sprinted and slid to Twilight's side to see her hoof locked in the trunk. Her entire hoof dug into the hard mud as her leg was stuck on the thick wood. She couldn't budge it out.

"I think I broke something!" Twilight exclaimed as the Grennull that was charging at them went head on.

It snorted as its dark green eyes locked onto Twilight. With a snarl, the many feet scrambled towards her.

Spike's claws wiggled the trunk back and forth, but that didn't work. He then tried to lift it up and that didn't work either.

"C'mon!!" Spike said, gritting his teeth, "C'mon!!"

The Grennull was closing in on them fast, ready to ram and kill the two foolish creatures. It roared a battle cry again, drooling brown thick spit.

Spike's clawed hand turned into a fist, ready to punch the tree. He them brought it down and shattered the thick wooden trunk. Splinters of it went everywhere, shattering the whole trunk. The loud crack was drowned out by the rampaging Grennull. Twilight looked at Spike dumbfounded by his strength, but he didn't notice it and brought Twilight up to his arms. A few milliseconds later, a tentacle wiped out the entire tree and the Grennull's large mass trampled it.

Twilight hugged herself to Spike as the dragon was running for his life. His sweat squeezing through his pores, his heightened senses made him take a sharp turn. Sliding down a hill, Twilight closed her eyes and braced the force. The drake grunted, feeling the weight of Twilight and himself press up against him. Sliding down from the hill, he jumped and continued on running, making sure that Twilight's injured hoof wasn't hit.

The Grennull then snorted a bit and the destruction ceased, but it resumed quickly when Spike jumped in a large empty trunk. Dark, moist, and very damp, Spike went deep into it much as possible. His scales scraping the damp wood, Twilight scrunched into a little ball. Their hearts were beating hard, hearing the Grennull's roar of anger. A large stomp of its body turning over everything was sent down through the wooden tube. Twilight felt herself shake and almost scream, but Spike's body and his touch calmed her down. Hidden from the outside, Spike hugged Twilight close to him as she did the same.

"KRAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

The Grennull's scream of frustration ended the chase. The Grennull suddenly stormed and headed to a direction into the forest. Its many legs pitter pattered across the forest floor, giving Spike and Twilight finally a chance to breath. They both sighed in relief, happy knowing that they both survived.

"Twilight, are you alright?" Spike asked.

Spike was replied with a warm hug from Twilight, but he could feel something hot and wet in his chest.

"Twi-"

He stopped with a gulp to see Twilight crying into his muddy chest. Her beautiful purple eyes full of tears looked up at him, feeling his face with a hint of red.

"I-It was so scary, Spike!!" Twilight exclaimed, her arms in a vicegrip to Spike's body.

"I-I was too, Twilight," Spike said, wrapping his arms around her comfortably. He made sure he didn't hug too tight as the unicorn cried her eyes out.

"Thank you for coming for me," Twilight said softly, "Really... "

"You know how much I care about you," he said, lifting Twilight's head and looking in her eyes.

"But I always hit you!!" Twilight exclaimed, "I-"

"It's okay, Twilight," Spike whispered, warmly hugging her, "Besides, it was my fault I wasn't paying attention."

Twilight found herself unable to say anything as the dragon continued on.

"Is your ankle okay?" Spike asked, pointing towards the unicorn's hoof.

"I hope so." Twilight said, looking down at it, "I just can't move it."

"Here, let me check it," Spike said, gently sliding Twilight off of himself.

The purple dragon gently grasped Twilight's dirty hoof, not wanting to hurt her. He took two of his fingers and gently squeezed the joint of the hoof and ankle.

"Uh, ow, ow!" Twilight grimaced, biting her lip.

She jerked her knees up in reaction, making Spike face-plant into the hollow tree trunk.

*BONK*

"Owie!"

"Spike," Twilight said in a very worried tone, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I am," Spike smiled, wiping the moss away from his eyes, "I'm fine."

"Come here."

"What?"

"Come here," Twilight repeated.

Spike leaned forward, Twilight's soft and dirty hands grabbing it. Her caring eyes looked over his face, wiping away the excess dirt away.

"All your injuries are gone..." she whispered.

"What injuries?"

"You know, your cuts and bruises," Twilight explained, looking at Spike's cheek.

"Well, I don't remember," he said, lifting his clawed hand to Twilight's face, "But you should worry more about yourself."

"Spike!-"

"Tut-tut, Twilight!!" Spike said, wagging a claw, "I'm going to step outside and get something for us-"

"GRRRRAAAAAAOOOOOUUUU!!!"

"On second thought, let's stay in here tonight."

"Yeah, I agree, Spike."

"Are you cold, Twilight?"

"...Yeah..."

"Want to use each other's... body heat?" Spike suggested, the inside of the trunk now pitch black.

A small smile appeared on Twilight's face, having a very flirtatious tone.

"Sure, that'll be very nice..."

"Eh?"

Author's Note

It's very late here. As in very late. It's late. Mother of Celestia, I'm a bit exhausted. It's 4:37am (in the morning).

Well my friends, I tried my best to finish this chapter as quick as I could! I want to keep this balanced in story and hot hot hot clop. If you're wondering all about the Spike abuse and purple prose and other bullshit, I'll tell you why here.

Deep in the comments, I have replied to why as in why it is. In the comment, I have said this is heavily based on hentai. And it is. Hentai is anime porn if you do not know what it is. With ecchi (perverted) material such as face to genitalia contact, unexpected impossible situations, and there we go. Hentai has its ring of purple prose, situations and abuse.

With the Spike abuse, I am sorry about that. With the hentai I've watched, there's been a lot of hitting. The hot babe always hits the lucky bastard and gets sex in the end. And Spike will get lucky in this. That's a promise. I'll be a snarking asshole tickling your dick in this story if Spike didn't get laid. Also, this isn't one of my normal stories, it's basically one of my experimental ones. And you guys really seem to like it!

Thank you guys so much for opinions, constructive criticism, and feedback on this story!! That's the beauty of writing. Wanting to improve your skill so you can write better material in the future! Things will be very good in this!

I promise you that my dear readers!