Cooling Down

Chapter IV: Of Monsters and Mares

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Who is he?”

“A hero like you…”

“Very clever… Look, hurry up and—“

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You got it, Ryan.”

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

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

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

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

‘Possible…’

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

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

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

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

“SPIKE! GET DOWN!”

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

“What the—“

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 minutes later of story so far…

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

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

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

“Alright!”

“Mac, do you still have it?” I asked.

“Eeyup.”

“Fantastic.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Makes sense.”

“Shush, idiot! You hear that?”

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

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

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

10 minutes later…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Oooookay…”

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

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

‘Bleuagh! Eeeeww… Not happening.’

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

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

‘Alright… Back to the matter at hand.’

“Umm… Mr. Ryan, what’s rape?”

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

‘Agh, damn it!’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Wait, how do you know all this?”

“Applejack.”

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

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

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

“What about you?” Spike asked.

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

“Hold it… Aaaaaaaaand...”

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

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

“What about me?!” Spike asked.

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

“Fantastic plan. Let’s get going.”

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

“Goodbye, Sonny! Take care!”

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

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

“Why the front door, though?”

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

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

“Is that Fluttershy?”

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

What has the heat done to her?

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

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

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

“Eh? What about Angel Bunny?”

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

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

“You mean that event?”

‘Yeah… THAT EVENT…”

“Fluttershy! NO WAIT!”

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

“*SKLOORP!* AGHHCCKKK…”

‘Let’s just go…’

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Ugh… Fine. Let’s just go!”

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

The answer is already obvious…

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

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

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

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

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