Appledisiac

Appledisiac 4

“I don’t want to ask her!”

“She’s your friend and we need her help!”

“But for THIS??? I can’t just ask her for her help about the apples!”
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“Well we don’t have anypony else to ask, so either get to asking her NOW or we could get in some serious trouble.”

“Ugh, Fine…” Applejack left the house with a full set of saddlebags and a frown, just finishing an argument she was never meant to win with her grandmother. She trekked into town, heading straight for the library. She was annoyed, frustrated, and worried; a dangerous concoction of emotions that she was trying to get a hold of before she reached the library…

She knocked on the front door, hoping her friend was around, “Twilight! You there? I needja for a sec!”

The door handle engulfed itself in magic and turned, opening the door for Applejack. Twilight smiled as she saw her friend standing outside. “Applejack! It's good to see you. What brings you here?”

“Uh… Well, it’s kinda of um… Mind if I come in?” She was obviously not happy about what was going on, so she wanted to speak in private…

“Of course! Come on in, make yourself at home.”

“Thanks Twi.” She quickly scurried in, setting down her saddlebags.

Twilight shut the door behind them, looking concerned, “Is something wrong, Applejack?”

She let out a sigh, giving her a nod, “Yeah… something is wrong.. it could be VERY wrong if things don’t go well…”

“Oh no, Is there some way I can help?”

Applejack was thankful for her eagerness to assist… but still, this wasn’t exactly the kind of thing she wanted to ask a friend, “Yeah, hopefully… see, we have these ‘special’ apples on our farm… They have a strange way of making a pony… er… how do I say it?” She mumbled quietly, trying to think of a gentle way to put it.

“Dizzy? Irrational? Irrate? Irritable? Sick? Sore? Achy?”

“Horny”

“Wait, what?”

Applejack could help but let out a snort and a chuckle at her reaction, but she still felt awkward about the whole thing, “It makes a pony horny... makes intercourse a heap loads better… But it can be a bit dangerous in large doses…”

“Oh my, how dangerous?”

“Well it just makes you horny for hours… like uncontrollably horny… Trust me, I know, it ain’t fun…”

“Ooookay…” Twilight seemed very confused about the situation, she only hoped Applejack would explain where she fit into all this…

“Anyway, skipping the details, the stuff works well in small doses, but now we have an issue… a teenager bought some of the juice made from these apples and drank too much… she had to be knocked out for a few hours until it wore off and now they’re saying it’s bad for ponies, even though she admitted to taking a whole bottle’s worth of the stuff… what I need from you, er... what i'd appreciate from you is for you to test it and prove that it’s safe to drink in the right amount… or they might sue the farm, or take it away! or worse...”

“Okay… and why exactly am I the one to do this?” She couldn’t help but wonder what credentials Applejack thought she had to test out a sex drug…

“You’re always doin’ stuff with your fancy science and your chemistry stuff! I thought you’d know what to look for in these apples to see that they were okay… Everypony in town will believe you if you do! And we won’t have to worry about getting sued by the parents of that pesky brat…”

“Uh, well… I suppose I could…”

She suddenly got embraced in a hug, “Aw! Thank ya Twilight! You’re too amazing! i brought you a couple dozen of the apple and a few bottles to test. Now, whatever you do, do NOT eat more than one apple at a time, or more than a DROP of juice at a time, okay? I may not know the sciency stuff about this, but I know much more than that ain’t good for ya… Anyway, I REALLY appreciate it Twilight, but I gotta go now! I’ll see you in a few days to check up on things!” she patted her back, pulled away, and in a flash she was gone.

Twilight stood there, dumbfounded by the sudden interaction… in less than a minute she was unwillingly given the task to test out apples for how they affect hormones… Something she didn’t exactly support… She sighed softly, it was her friend, and she WAS in trouble… plus it meant she could learn something new, so it wasn’t all bad…

Within minutes Twilight had beakers, Bunsen burners, microscopes and a few computers set out to examine these strange apples. It didn’t take her long to see that these apples did have a lot of bacteria that increased hormone activity in the body, but exactly what that meant in large scale, she wasn’t entirely sure. The bacteria didn’t seem to be harmful in any way, but more testing would need to be done.

As she began testing the juice with her own blood, it was apparent how small amounts could keep hormone production up for a long period of time… but she was starting to realize that the vagueness of her experiments was going to require a test subject soon…

“Hey Twilight!” Spikes voice knocked her out of her concentration, startling her briefly, “Whatcha doing with all these apples?” She was about to scold him for sneaking up on her during her research… but a juicy crunch caught her attention.

She turned around to see Spike holding one of the bright red apples, and a large bite was taken out of it, “Spike, is that one of the apples in that bag over there?”

“Yeah! And wow is it delicious! Applejack mustve had a great harvest this year!” he opened his mouth, preparing for another bite, but Twilight quickly snatched it away before he could, “Hey! I only got a bite out of that! what's the big idea?”

“Spike! I’m expirementing with these! They’re suppose to have a weird effect on the body and I’m trying to see if they’re even safe to eat!”

Spikes eyes widened, “Oh no! I’m gonna die! O-o-or I’m gonna be a zompony!” he began to panic, running around in circles.

Twilight scooped him up in her magic, placing a few vital sensors on his body, “You’re not gonna die, Applejack took much more than that, and she’s fine now…”

“Now? What happened between then and now?” He asked, continuing to get worried…

“Well, it wasn’t pretty apparently… but I’m here… I’m going to make sure you’re okay…” She sat him down gently on the table, patting his head before turning on the sensors, “Okay, you seem pretty normal right now… maybe a little worried… but just calm down a bit…”

Spike took in a deep breath, nodding, “Okay… I’m calm… Im calm…”

Twilight nodded; confirming his calmness with her readings, “Okay… so, how do you feel now?”

“Um… Fine I guess…” he shrugged, he wasn’t exactly sure how to feel. “I mean, I don’t feel BAD… I’m a little tired I guess… and hungry, do you think I could finish that apple? Y’know, since it won’t kill me…”

Twilight shook her head, “No Spike… I don’t know what effects it will have on a dragon.”

“I’m not a baby dragon anymore, I should be fine.” He wasn’t as short as he once was, but he was still small in comparison; probably a decent amount bigger than a foal.

“Yes, but you’re still small in comparison… Which may have an effect on you.” Twilight noticed a small increase in his heartbeat, but thought nothing of it.

“What exactly is suppose to be the ‘effect’, anyway?” He didn’t seem worried anymore, Twilight’s certainty seemed to keep him calm.

“Well, if I tell you than that might ruin the experiment… Why don’t you just tell me how you feel as time goes by?”

“Hm… Well… I guess now I feel a bit tingly…” he smiled a little, seemingly getting lost in thought…

“Tingly huh? Anything on your mind?”

“Rarity…” He blushed at his own answer. He didn’t take the time to think before answering, “Er… Um, well, yeah..”

“Hm… okay… Anything specific about her?” she asked, noticing more changes in his system…

“Oh, nothing really… Just thinking about her… I remember when she asked me to help her out with some dresses she was making… And how she modeled in some of them to find out my opinion on them…” he seemed to be lost in a dreamy state, his mind lost in thought, however his mouth was letting her in on all the details.

“Go on…” Twilight’s eyes flicked back between him and her screen, seeing how his actions were being reflected on the screen. “What was she wearing?”

Spike didn’t really pay that much attention to how Twilight was acting, but he answered her questions calmly enough, “Well, there was this one dress she wore, lots of silk and frilly stuff, but it looked REALLY good on her… And then she put on a saddle with bits of fuzzy, cotton stuff… really soft… the last thing she showed me was a really tight skirt and stockings… heh, those things went really high up… I didn’t tell her this, but the skirt was just a biiiit too short for her, hehehehe-er…” He suddenly blushed brightly, crossing his legs nervously, “Um, I suddenly don’t want to be part of this test anymore…” he said as he timidly gripped the edge of the table.

“Hold on.” Twilight suddenly poked him with a needle, extracting some blood, “Okay, Go ahead. Tissues are by my bed if you’re heading to the bathroom.”

He quickly hopped off the table and began to rush away, “Okay, tha- Wait, you KNEW???”

“You ate the apple without my permission; don’t get mad at me…” She said quickly as she put the blood under the microscope, “You should be okay, but if not, come and get me, okay?”

He was too distracted by his own predicament to get annoyed. He instead rushed off to take care of his… problem…

Twilight examined the blood sample, and taking notes on her findings. Even his single bite had an effect, but it didn’t seem to be as potent as it was when she used it on her blood. She took a look at her earlier blood sample and saw that it was already back to normal, “Hm, so it DOES seem to wear off fairly quickly with a regular dose… I just hope Spike is okay…”

She began to clean up her work area, disposing of the mess and putting some of her tools away. She couldn’t help but notice how many apples and how much juice was left over… she barely used a single apple and half a bottle of the juice… What would she do with all of this stuff?

After a few minutes of cleaning and putting her notes away, she headed up the stairs to the living room, finding Spike heading down the steps from the second floor, “Spike, you feeling okay?”

“Y-yeah, I’m good now…”

“Good, I didn’t put away the vitals sensor yet, could you come down for one more screening?”

“Uh, yeah… I guess…”

The two headed back down and Spike got stuck to a bunch of sensors once more. Twilight examined the information, “So, how do you feel Spike?”

“Uh… well… a bit tired, but… good… And I’m still hungry!”

“Hm, so back to normal you’d say?” She asked as her pen scribbled some notes down.

“Yeah, I guess…”

she knew this question was going to have to come up eventually, so she felt like she might as well ask now, “Can I ask exactly what you did while you were away?”

Spike blushed, turning away, “I uh… nothing…” he twiddled his thumbs nervously, trying to act innocent.

Twilight rolled her eyes, “Spike, I’ve seen the magazines you try to hide in the bookcase… I know you know more about this sort of thing than you let on. Now I know it’s embarrassing, and frankly under any other circumstance I REALLY wouldn’t want to know, but here I’m examining these apples to help the Apple family… now I NEED to know exactly what’s going on with these apples and what they do.”

He stern and slightly demanding speech finally got through to Spike, “Okay… It… Made me horny when I thought of Rarity… and… I masturbated when I got to the bathroom…” he spoke softly, but it was loud enough for her to hear.

Twilight couldn’t help but blush at the discussion they were having, but she pressed on, “Did it feel any better or worse than when you normally do that?”

“How do you know that I normally do it?”

“Spike this is already REALLY weird for me, please don’t make it worse…” Her cheeks seemed to be just as red as his were, neither of them enjoyed the conversation.

“I-it did feel better… my skin felt extra sensitive and… well, it felt REALLY good…”

“Okay… Did you feel like you had to do it more than once?” She recalled how badly Applejack said it affected her, she could only imagine that meant she did it more than once…

“Well… no, not really… I finished once and… that was it really… I didn’t have any desire to jerk it again.”

Twilgith twitched, “Did you REALLY have to use the term ‘jerk it’?”

“Sorry, got carried away…” he turned away again, still refusing to make eye contact.

“Okay, so it felt good, but you didn’t have any desire to go again… and that was with a big bite of a single apple for a dragon… And your vitals seem normal again.” She briefly checked the microscope once to see his blood, “and your blood sample has no more evidence of the bacteria… Sooo I guess it’s over now… you’re fine!”

Spike let out a sigh of relief, “Thank goodness… you had me worried for a minute there…”

“I’m good with my craft.” She said with a proud smile. She plucked the sensors off her friend and began to clean up one final time.

“Okay, sooo… I’m gonna head out I think…” he said as he hopped down from the table.

“Out of the basement? Or out-out?”

“Out-out.” He replied as he headed up the steps.

“Okay, say high to Rarity for me.” She told him as he headed up.

“I never said I was going to Rarity’s place…”

“Uh huh, I know you too well, Spike.” She gave him a grin, to which he rolled his eyes at.

“Fine, I will… Don’t go gobbling down those apples and reading your saucy novels while I’m gone.”

Twilight blinked, turning back once more, “How do you know about those?”

“I know you too well, Twilight…” Twilight blushed a little, feeling a bit awkward knowing that Spike knows her secret… well, one of them anyway…

She spent a few minutes examining her notes, including Spikes vitals… it didn’t seem like it HURT him… and he said it felt good… so, maybe it wasn’t so bad… She knew she needed pony test subjects now, but she couldn’t help but feel weird about giving the apples to ponies when she herself didn’t exactly know how they felt…

“Maybe… I could try out an apple… see how it feels… I mean, it shouldn’t hurt me, Apparently a lot of ponies have tried it, so it couldn’t be deadly or permanently harmful…” she slowly worked her logic towards trying it out… not only for her scientific curiosity, but her… personal curiosity…

“Okay, it’s settled, in the name of Science and my friend’s reputation I’m going to try this apple on myself to further my research into it!” She stood proudly, trying to convince herself that this had nothing to do with her own primal curiosity into the subject…

She plucked the best look apple out of her bag and headed upstairs to her room, looking for a comfortable place to set her experiment. She locked her door to her bedroom to give herself some privacy before laying herself on her bed. Her magic held the fruit in place above her, giving her time to examine it. It didn’t look any different from any other apple. It just seemed like a really bright red and a shiny skin… nothing strange or alien about it… certainly nothing sexual… but still, how would anyone know it wasn’t just a regular apple?

The curiosity was getting to her… so she leaned forward and took a dainty bite from the fruit. The texture was just perfect and the juice tasted so sweet. She let out a soft sigh of happiness as she chewed her first bite. Twilight tried to remain scientific though, not allowing her emotions to get in the way. She tried thinking of the proper way to explain it, but the only thing that came to mind was ‘perfect’… she tried another bite, still looking for the right words to describe this forbidden fruit…

Before she knew it, all she was left with was the stem and a few seeds… she sighed, placing them in the garbage can while she laid there… she wasn’t feeling anything yet… but she did feel pretty good… She giggled at a rogue thought, thinking it was kind of funny how Spike reacted when she was asking him all the embarrassing questions. She let out a sigh, thinking of all the good times they had. She always cared for him like a little brother. He was always there to help her and although they had their fights, they did love each other.

She felt a little giddy for some reason, but nothing too extreme… she took a mental note of her emotions and how her body felt, but she kept getting sidetracked…

She remembered the saucy novels that Spike mentioned… Yeah, she did have them… and she DID read them, more often than she would care to admit… she began to think of a specific character from one of her novels… Sherclop Holmes… the world’s greatest detective, easily seeing through any trick and trap set before him to solve the worlds toughest mysteries… not to mention he was a suave ladies man. In every novel it seemed he was with another mare, swooning his way into their hearts with his devilishly good looks and slick tongue… “mmm, slick tongue…”

Twilight had to admit, it was her secret fantasy to meet the rogue stallion… She quietly imagined him in her head, as her hooves began to stroke against her sensitive stomach. He was dark skinned, had a well trimmed mane, and that strange hat detectives always seemed to wear. even THAT looked good on him in her mind. His bright blue eyes and his devilish smile alone would be enough to win her over. “Oh he could have me any day…” she whispered to herself…

Her face suddenly blushed fiercely. She just now realized where her wandering hooves found themselves. Her lustful thoughts brought herself to a position she found familiar and comforting, but also one she felt guilty and shameful for. She always enjoyed the moment itself, but looking back on it she always felt weird about her feelings, like she was selfish and dirty… but those feelings would come later; right now she was getting very antsy, her body begging for some attention…

She decided that for this occasion, using the special apples deserved something more than her hooves could offer…

Without leaving her bed, she used her magic to unlock her dresser drawer and open it, pulling out a hunk of black rubber. She blushed at the mere sight of it, other than what some textbooks showed and this, she didn’t really know what a guy’s penis looked like… she could only imagine the comforting warmth of another person being inside of her felt… but the rubber wasn’t a terrible substitute… she poked it, wiggling it around in the air. It didn’t move too much, it was fairly stiff, but just flexible enough to compromise to somepony’s will.

This wasn’t enough though… no, she felt TOO good for this to satisfy her… she never felt this tingling sensation running through her like this before, and she wanted to make sure this was memorable. She recalled an illusion spell she had learned from one of her books… something she never really had an opportunity to try. It was suppose to manifest a hologram of sort of objects or creatures, portraying the caster’s conscious or subconscious thoughts through it. “I wonder… Maybe if I just…”

She concentrated carefully; surprisingly the spell was fairly easy to focus on. Possibly because she knew it would further her sexual advances on herself, therefore making it easy in this lustful haze she found herself in. As he horn glowed brightly a form began to take shape before her, and soon it took on a recognizable shape; a stallion. His bright blue eyes shined brightly in contrast to his dark skin. A small smile appeared on his face as the rest of his body finished taking form, “Hello Miss Sparkle…”

Twilight took a look at the image she had created; a replica of the character she had fallen for in her books, “Sherclop Holmes…” she muttered, staring at the illusion. It almost looked real, but there was a distinct glow that matched her horn’s magic…

She suddenly blushed, trying to cover herself with her blanket. There was someone else in the room and she was exposed, “I-i… uh…” She wasn’t sure how to react to the situation even though she was the one to bring it up.

“I didn’t expect to find you like this when you invited me up here…” he carefully removed his hat and placed it on a nearby hat rack. “Are you trying to flirt with me Miss Sparkle?”

She blushed, realizing that he was acting like he did in all of her books… so she tried playing along, “Well… Mr Holmes… I thought we could discuss your most recent case further… in private…”

“Oh?” Sherclop stepped closer to her bed, his devilish grin expressing his desires to her, “Do you not think that I’ve been… Thorough… enough in my investigation?”

Twilight squealed in her head, this was going to be a very enjoyable moment for her… “Oh I wouldn’t say that…” she asked as she pulled she sheets higher, making the stretch taut across her form, “I just think you haven’t pressed your witnesses deeply enough… You’ll need to get ‘inside’ them to truly understand them…”

“Oh you think so?” He asked, stepping onto her bed. The illusion was very realistic, as if it had weight the bed moved down to accompany it, “Do you think I should be a bit more invasive of my witnesses? Including you?”

“I have lots of secrets, Sherclop.” She said without missing a beat, “You’re going to have to put in a lot of effort into getting me to talk…”

Sherclop chuckled softly, “Ms Sparkle I do believe before I leave you’ll be screaming all I want to hear…”

Twilight couldn’t take it anymore; she stood up and bent over for her illusion, demanding its attention. The illusion of Mr. Holmes seemed to sprout a manly appendage from nowhere and mounted her with it. She could feel the weight of his body, but when he ‘penetrated’ her, it just didn’t feel right… it wasn’t really inside her as she wanted it, it was more like a ghost pushing through her skin… it wasn’t a terrible feeling by any means, but her desired to be filled up wasn’t being met.

Her quick thinking brought the sex toy over from the dresser, and with a little magic, she synced the illusion up with the rubber penis seamlessly. Holmes tried once more, pushing his way inside her with his physical member. This attempt made her yelp in surprise. She never pushed it into herself that quickly, or with that much force, but her desires portrayed through the illusion seemed to be taking over. She moaned loudly, biting down on the pillow as the illusion had its way with her. She took quick breaths through her nose, grinding her teeth into the fabric while she was being bucked by her subconscious. She let out an array of noises from moans to yelps and cries, all signaling her enjoyment of the moment.

“Oh god! Sherclop! More! MORE!” she demanded, and as such her illusion obeyed, getting into a better position before pushing it’s way in deeper with a more rapid pace. Every push it gave her sent spikes of pleasure throughout her body. She found herself drooling onto the pillow that she rested her head on.

After a moment her legs began to give out on her, her lust becoming too much for her tired legs to handle. She managed to flip over and lay on her back without having the illusion pull out. She smiled up at the stallion briefly before closing her eyes, allowing it to continue it efforts. Holmes leaned down and nipped at her neck, biting her gently, sending more waves of pleasure down reverberating throughout her body. Finally she found herself closing in on her climax. She started gripping the sheets and grinding her teeth before letting out a howl of pleasure, sending sparks of magic through the room while wetting the bed with her own love lubricants.

She laid there in a haze, slowly crashing down from her high. Once her breathing began to become regular, she opened her eyes, expecting her loving stallion to still be there… but he was gone… just like the mares in the books, she was left alone with nothing but a memory of the mysterious detective. The love and passion she thought she had was nothing but a lie, and manifestation of her own subconscious trying to fill a hole in her heart.

Speaking of filling a hole, she felt the toy still lodged deep within her body. She couldn’t think of what to do with it now that this was all over. She wanted the object out of her, but she felt it was the only companion she had right now, and didn’t want to let it leave her… however just thinking about it caused her muscles to contract, slowly pushing the object out on their own. The sound of it slowly sliding out, and the mental image of it covered in her own juices made her sick to her stomach. The rubber penis finally found it’s way out, popping out of her body, laying between her legs. she felt her cum slowly dripping out of her, making her feel ashamed for her actions, more so because she enjoy them so much, it almost felt sinful. She began to sob softly, curling up in her blankets. Her last thought before drifting into a dreamless sleep was to have someone she could call her love…

The next morning, after a long cold shower, she sat at the breakfast table, trying to think of her next move with the apples… she considered dumping the project onto someone else, but Applejack trusted her to help, and she couldn’t just abandon her friend even if the apples made her sick to her stomach. She heard something come into the room, and figured it was Spike.

“Hey, Twilight, you okay? You went to bed pretty early last night… I guess all that work with those apples really wore you out, huh?”

Twilight blushed brightly, “Wh-what do you mean by that?”

“Uh, all that testing, sciency stuff… I guess it wore you out?”

“Oh… That…” she sighed, relieved at his true meaning, however her reaction to him gave her secret away.

“Wait, you TRIED it, didn’t you?”

Twilight flinched, cursing herself for giving it away, “Y-yeah… I did…”

Spike was quiet for a moment… waiting for more, “And?”

Twilight sighed again, she seemed to be doing that a lot lately, “And yes, it felt good for the time being, but I don’t like it… it… Made me feel like there was an emotional connection with another pony that doesn’t exists and now I feel terrible because I’m conscious enough to realize it was all a horrible lie…” her head collapsed onto the table, covering her head in shame… “I don’t want to work with this stuff anymore, I don’t like it…”

Spike was quiet for a moment, thinking about what she said, “Well… maybe it just wasn’t meant for you… The apples I mean…” Twilight looked up at him, wondering what thought had apparently manifested itself in his head, “It made me think of Rarity when I took it… Maybe it’s meant to uh… strengthen or… Make you realize a bond you already have with someone else… It makes you think about how much you love or care about someone and amplifies it… I’m sure you thought of someone when you used it, right?”

Twilight blushed a little, moving her gaze somewhere else, “Sherclop Holmes, yeah…”

“Ye- Sherclop? Really? Hm… Uh, anyway, you have a connection with that character, that personality and it amplified that connection, even though it wasn’t a real pony… It made me think of Rarity, and we have a connection… so… Maybe that’s what it does…”

Twilight considered his thoughts, running it through her own mind, “so… maybe I should find someone who has a connection and see if it amplifies their love for one another….”

“YEAH! Exactly! I’m sure there are plenty of couples in Ponyville who would be willing to help.”

Twilight raised her brow, “Like?”

Spike opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out… he was silent, trying to think of any couple he knew that they were close to… one that had been together for a while, “Mister and Misses Cake?” he suggested with a shrug.

Twilight considered it quietly… they were married, so they loved one another. They had kids, so they obviously have already been in bed together… “That might work! Why don’t you send an invitation for me and I’ll get an experiment set up for them?”

Spike stared in disbelief, “You want me to just walk up to them and tell them they’ll be trying out a sex drug?”

“Of course not!” She had a bit more fire in her now, taking a stand and pouring herself some orange juice, “Telling them what the effects are suppose to be would ruin the experiment…”

“Oh, yeah, THAT is where this whole plan goes awry…” Spike rolled his eyes, letting out another soft sigh. “My point is how are you going to get them to agree to take this stuff while you’re observing them?”

“I’ll figure that out while you’re out. All you have to tell them is that I have a little experiment and I’d really appreciate their help, you don’t have to tell them anything other than that.” She sipped the juice, ideas going through her head about how to get this to work.

“Okay… I guess I’ll try…” he shrugged and headed out, leaving Twilight to her plotting…

Spike arrived about an hour later, bringing the loving couple in with him.

“I’m telling you I am NOT stressed out!”

“And I’m telling you that you ARE stressed out, Cup!”

“Carrot, The only thing that is stressing me is you telling me that I’m stressing out!”

Looooving couple…

Twilight was a bit surprised to find them back so quickly… although she did already have the preparations finished, “How’d you get them over here so quickly?” she whispered to Spike while the couple bickered.

“I told them this was a stress relief thing…” he whispered softly, although considering how loud the married couple was, it probably wasn’t necessary.

“If you’d just listen to me for once-“

“Oh! Listening? YOU want to talk about LISTENING?” Mrs Cup Cake scoffed at the suggestion, “How many times do I have to ask you to get me something when I’m in the kitchen? How many times do you have to say ‘in a minute honey buns!’ like you just don’t care.”

“Uh, Hello?” Twilight calmly tried to break up the fight with a little greeting… the married couple looked at her, suddenly feeling embarrassed.

“Oh, sorry there Twilight… We didn’t mean to argue in front of you…” Cup cake bashfully rubbed the back of her head, “So what’s this about?”

“Well, it’s uh… basically a stress remedy… before we start though could you two fill out these consent forms?” she use her magic to present to forms to them, “Just to say that you’re agreeing to take this test.”

“Sure, I can’t see why not…” Mr. Carrot Cake took the pen and scribbled his name down quickly, before turning to his wife, seeing her reading through the lengthy document, “Oh come on, Cup Cake, It’s Twilight. We can trust her, just sign it.”

“I want to know EXACTLY what I’m agreeing to here… I don’t want it to come back and bite me in the bum… You remember the incident with our house payment…”

Carrot groaned, “Oh come on! I took care of the problem! It’s over! Why do you have to keep bringing it up?”

“Because I’m hoping that it might get through your skull NOT to sign something without reading the fine print… but apparently you’ve forgotten about that already.”

Carrot rolled his eyes, preparing to counter her claim, but Twilight stopped him, “Mr Cake, why don’t you have a seat and relax.”

“I think I will. thank you Twilight…” he grumbled something under his breath as he sat down. Cup Cake glanced at him but said nothing before finally signing the document and taking a seat beside him, making sure to keep her distance from her husband.

Twilight was starting to get worried about her experiment, but she pressed on, “Okay, so, I have these two strips here…” she presented them with two adhesive strips, placing them on the backs of their necks, “I’ll check these later for sweat… Don’t worry too much about them.” The two didn’t seem bothered by the strips, still quiet after their small clash…

“Oookay, so… Before we start the experiment, I need you to eat a little something.” She presented them with two delicious looking apples… Spike looked at them, then back to Twilight… he knew exactly what they were, “An apple should do, just enough solid and liquid to get you ready…”

Carrot took the apple graciously and began to nibble on it, “Ooo this is really good…” he commented.

Cup Cake shook her head, “Oh I don’t need it, I had a snack before we got here…”

“Oh just take the darn thing, she’s trying to offer it to you for a reason, so just be grateful and take it…” Carrot rolled his eyes before mumbling, “Besides, it wouldn’t kill you to eat something not covered in frosting…”

Twilight and Spike froze, expecting hell to released upon the earth from Mrs. Cake… however she only glared daggers at him before taking the apple, taking a big chunk out of it, “Mmm, it IS really good… Thank you Twilight…”

Twilight waited until they were both almost done before looking at the clock, “OH! Wait… darn, I forgot, I need to go pick up something from the hospital! Mr. and Mrs. Cake, can you wait here for a bit? I gotta go.”

“Oh sure honey!” Mrs. Cake waved her hoof to dismiss her, “I was hoping to get out of the kitchen for a bit anyway, you take your time. We’ll be right here waiting.”

“Thanks, I should be back in about an hour… maybe more if they’re busy… come on Spike!” she motioned for Spike to join her as she headed out the door, leaving the couple alone.

“Wait, how are we going to observe them if we’re gone?” Spike noticed Twilight seemed to be walking around the house rather than toward the hospital.

“You know that secret room I had put in? Well, I plan on using that to observe them.” She began to levitate her and spike up into the tree, opening a break in the leaves to reveal a small door, “I moved all my equipment in here so we can observe them.”

“And they don’t know? Isn’t that… like, REALLY wrong on many different levels?”

“In the document I explained that they should expect to be observed at all times while they remained in my house… so they should have expected it…” inside the little room were all her vital recording equipment, some paper and a pen for notes.

“Still, this feels REALLY wrong… Besides, how can you record their heart rate and stuff all the way up here?” he looked through the one way mirror, seeing the Cakes sitting on the couch below.

“That tape I put on them is enchanted, it connects directly to my machine through magic… that way they can do what they want in private.”

“Twilight, this is still REALLY wrong…”

“No it’s not.” She said simply as she began to turn on the equipment, “It IS my house after all… if they get naughty in here I should be the one mad, not them…”

“Well, I’m not cleaning up after them…” Spike mumbled, looking curiously at them as they sat there…

The Cakes finished their apples and sat there quietly… the two seemed to regret letting Twilight go and leaving them alone, now they had no one to talk to other than each other. The two sat in an awkward silence… until Mr. Cake started to chuckle.

Cup Cake seemed confused, “What’s so funny?”

Carrot wiped a tear from his eye, still snickering, “You-heh… you remember what you said to me before Spike came inside?”

Cup Cake blinked, “Uh, you mean the thing about ‘if your brains were dynamite you wouldn’t have enough to blow your nose’?”

Carrot suddenly burst out laughing, “Yeah! That! Ha! I have to say, that was REALLY funny…”

Cup Cake began to snicker too, “Heh, yes, I suppose that was a good one… although it wasn’t as funny as your comment about uh… oh how did you say it? About my butt.”

“Oh! No, you were saying that the shipment of fudge we got was packed too much and was too big to fit through the door and I said ‘are we talking about the box or your butt?’ That’s what happened!”

“No! Not that one, although that was pretty funny, I almost missed it for a second, but I mean the one from today. It was right before the brain joke I made.”

“OH!!! That one! I said if you sat on a rainbow your big butt would make enough Skittles to feed a third world country.” The two began to roar with laughter. Carrot slapped his knee while Cup held tightly onto her sides. The two moved closer, leaning against one another to hold each other up while they laughed. Soon the laughter died down, and Carrot spoke up again, “But you know I was only joking… Well… I suppose that’s not true, I was just angry at you… I didn’t want to hurt you…”

Cup cake smiled, giving her husband a nod, “I know… I was mad too… I suppose I shouldn’t have said such hurtful things… I don’t even know what we started all that fighting for anyway.”

Carrot leaned a little closer, trying to think, “We’ve been upset for a few days now… I think it was on our shipment day… Oh! I remember, I thought we had ordered enough sprinkles, but you insisted we didn’t with that big cupcake order… I purposefully didn’t order as much as you wanted and when it came in you got mad…”

Cup nodded, “That’s right… Well, it turned out we did have enough, didn’t we? I should’ve taken your word for it…”

Carrot shook his head, “No, you were being cautious. I should’ve ordered extra just in case. It’s better to have a little too much than not enough, right? I’m sorry honey buns…”

Mrs. Cake smile, pecking her husband on the chin, “I’m sorry too. I love you…”

Carrot Cake smiled down at his love, leaning close to kiss her passionately. Cup Cake accepted his love and gladly returned it tenfold. The two slowly embraced one another and began to make out like a couple of teenagers.

“Blegh…” Spike gagged at the lovey dovey scene laid before him, “I’m gonna gag.”

Twilight was busy taking notes and keeping an eye on their vitals. She noticed their heart rates were beginning to rise. “Don’t be that way Spike, you know if it were you and Rarity down there you’d be the happiest guy in the world…”

Spike didn’t reply right away, Twilight figured he was trying to think of a witty reply, “Shut up…”

Twilight just giggled, continuing to observe the couple as they kissed on the couch.

Carrot Cake pulled away, breathing heavily, “Wow… I haven’t felt this good in… ages!”

Cup cake nodded in response, “I know what you mean… I guess a little time out of the kitchen really helped…”

“Yeah… The fire of the kitchen was overpowering the fire in our hearts…”

Cup Cake smiled, “Oooh, Carrot, I didn’t think you still had that little poet in you.”

“There are a lot of things inside me that you’re beginning to bring out right now, my lovely Cup Cake…” He pushed his chest against hers, smiling sinisterly.

Cup Cake bfelt her cheeks heating up, quickly turning a deep red color, “Oh Carrot, i-I don’t know if this is exactly the right time… or place for that matter… Twilight will be back soon.”

“She said she’ll be back in an hour… We have time if you’re willing to make it…”

Her own grin began to appear, “Mmm, y’know I don’t think we’ve ever done it in someone else’s house before…”

“First time for everything, love…” He pushed her toward the couch, laying himself ontop of her as he began to kiss her passionately.

“OH GOD! They’re doing it!” Spike cried, quickly turning around, although Twilight kept her eyes locked on the subject, “How can you watch this.”

“It’s for science, Spike, I have to observe the subjects.”

“You’re starting to worry me about all this Twilight…”

“I’m just observing how the two interact after being subjected to the apples.”

“SEX apples!”

“I don’t believe that it’s as simple as that…” Twilight looked away at the vitals for a moment before turning to Spike, “They were angry at each other just moments ago, I don’t think any sexual desire would bring them to peace with on another that quickly… If anything they’d separate and take care of it themselves…” She turned back to the couple making out on her couch, checking on them briefly before turning back to Spike, “I think you were right… the apples strengthen the connections we have with someone we care about. It overcame the anger they had for one another and strengthened their bond… They truly love each other, and the apples helped them realize it…”

Suddenly a loud cry came from the living room. The two looked down just in time to see-

“Oh god! I’m leaving!” Spike quickly turned and headed toward the door, “I don’t care how much science is involved, I’m not watching two middle aged ponies have sex on the couch. OUR couch…”

“I understand Spike, I’ll stay…”

“That still worries me about you Twilight…” he closed the door behind him as the noises from the living room grew louder… Twilight watched them silently, but instead of research or even sexual pleasure, all she could think about was the companionship the Cakes shared… the love and affection of having someone close like that… something she herself was so desperate to find…