Special Edition

by Kinetic Heat

Rating: mature
Tags: Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Original Character, Rainbow Dash, Sex, Daring Do
Length: 5175

With Twilight's help, Rainbow has lay hoof on a very special, one of a kind, exemplar of an unpublished Daring Do novel. Guess why it's special.

Rainbow is dying from a severe case of hype as she awaits the arrival of her package. It contains a unique book. A Daring Do special. And what a special that is.

Triggers: light Bondage, female masturbation, borderline SM, kinda rape
If you disapprove of one of the above, read anyways.

Published 2014-12-10 03:00:06 UTC
Last updated 2014-12-10 03:00:06 UTC

The only chapter it needs

Rainbow Dash rushed from one corner of the living room up the stairs, and into her bathroom, jumped out of the window and flew five quick laps around the cumulus, she had shaped her house from. The prismatic trail she pulled with her followed her all the while and made it look like a ring of seven colors was hovering as a wall around the building.

She took a hard brake at the front door and looked around impatiently. What was taking it so long? Rainbow forced herself to sit down and gnawed on the tip of her hoof.

Ever since her last visit at the Golden Oaks Library, where Twilight had dropped something about a special edition of a new daring Do book she had gotten a hoof on, Rainbow had besieged her librarian friend in hopes of getting it lent to her.

The last four weeks had gone by without any success worth mentioning, only Twilight teasing her about this part being something totally new. Rainbow was driven to the brink of exploding, the further time went on.

At last, mercy was granted unto her and Twilight had promised her to send her the book as soon as she was through with it. After another week without notice, Twilight had opened to her that she had sent the package only the day before, but that lay two weeks in the past now already.

Rainbow gave up the futile attempt of keeping herself in one place and quickly fell into a canter, pacing up and down the area in front of her home. Maybe the package had gone lost! Twilight had told her, that fewer examples had been printed than a pony had hooves. This was probably her only chance to ever get a look at it. This couldn't be true! This mustn't be true! This-

''Hello, Rainbow Dash!'' Rainbow turned her head so abruptly that her mane produced the snapping sound of a whip.

Flying towards her came a gray mare with yellow mane and a blue jacket. ''Derpy! Never thought I'd be that happy to see you.'' Rainbow trotted over to where the wall-eyed pegasus had landed.

Derpy folded her wings to her back and already fumbled with the lock on her saddle bag. ''What do you mean by that?'' She raised her eyebrows in a questioning manner, and looked unsure whether Rainbow had just complimented her or if the opposite was the case.

''Uh, nothing. Just glad my package is finally here. You got a package for me, right?'' Her gaze flickered for a second, but Derpy pulled out a cardboard-wrapped box with just the right size for her desired item.

''Here you go, Rainbow. I only need your signature.'' Derpy handed a pen from under her wing to Rainbow, who took it in her mouth and scribbled her name on the bottom side of the document Derpy was holding fer her.

''Thanks a lot, Rainbow!'' Derpy saluted with a wing and took off.

''No, no. I've gotta thank you.'', Rainbow shouted after her, but the mail mare was already out of hearing's range.

As soon as courtesy allowed it, Rainbow soared high into the air, went into three quickly following loopings and punctured two clouds in the process. She dove into a final cork-screw and floated through the window into her bedroom, letting herself be embraced by the extra soft cloud mattress.

Rainbow took the package in both hooves and teared a way the card board. Shred after shred, the paper fell on the blanket, only to be brushed away with a wing. She would clean that up later. Or so.

Right now, there was a treasure, the secret of which Rainbow had to reveal. Her heart was beating into her mouth as she read the title. ''Daring Do and Manerva's Unholy Grail.'' She looked up. ''Manerva...sounds familiar. Where have I heard that name before?''

After a short moment of deliberation, she shrugged and read on.

''Like tears of molten glass, the small droplets of water ran over Daring Do's neck and washed off the sweat and smell from the past night.''

Reading aloud was a habit Rainbow had developed not long ago. Twilight had shot her a queer look when she had sat in the library, bent over the latest novel of her favorite adventure heroine, not so silently grumbling to herself. It was simply easier for her to imagine what she was reading that way.

''The stream from the shower head poured over Daring's forehead, ran over her eyelids, down her face, neck, covered her chest and dribbled down from the tips of her mane. Because of the wetness, it clung to her back like a blanket with different hues and shades, from black to light gray, and her coat shimmered like polished Aragonite when the light came from the right angle.''

Rainbow stopped. Daring Do in the shower. She must have been close to civilization then.

''Daring Do had slung a towel around her neck as she walked into her hotel room. Her mane was still quite damp, and she felt how the shower had relaxed her muscles. It had been quite a while since the last time she had been able to enjoy the luxury of a shower.

''In the past seven months Daring Do had spent her days and many a night hunting down informants, witnesses and other sorts of ponies who knew something. Anything. At last, her labor had payed off and she was closer to a secret, nopony thought to be true, than ever before. Bad news, the Nazis too.

''Most of all, the highest ranking officer in the archeology faction of the Third Reich, Hauptmann Adlerblut. This femmè fatale was the crown jewelery in the Anführer's arsenal and determined to get the artifact before Daring could do so much as catch a glimpse on it. She had been a step ahead of Daring Do every time until now. When there was a pony, who could have put her on a trace, the time they had wanted to meet he was already dead, a bullet shot nicely in between his eyes.

''Until today, that was. Daring had come to visit the great library of Haylexandria and it indeed had housed an ancient tome, which almost fell to dust by her touch, providing her with the whole tale of Manerva's Unholy Grail.

''It was a chalice from divine origins, forged in the fires of Haydes itself and quenched in the souls of the unfortunate. It sounded a tad drastic for her taste, but some ponies had to do it the hard way. It was said that, whoever had the Grail in his possession, would be able to take control over other ponies' thoughts and also control their every move by forcing them. It was an artifact of extreme power, but there was a drawback to the whole thing: was the wielder weak of mind, then the Grail would take over him and swallow his soul to add them to its stock, from which it drew its power.

''If the Nazis were able to get it before her, consequences would be dire. Suddenly, she heard a sound. A ringing, like a marble on parquet, reached her ear and she looked around. She sniffed. Was there something burning? An instant later a dull thud came from the impact of her head with the ground. Her vision blurred, and darkness seeped in from the sides. It was then that she glimpsed the gray ball under her bed. A light steam blew from tiny wholes and swirled over the floor. Then, everything went black.

''Holy horse feathers, a new antagonist,'' Rainbow squealed in glee. While she had read, her eyes had grown with every paragraph and were now easily the size of plates. She lay the book on one side and started rubbing her chin and cheeks up and down in excitement.

''Alright, so Daring Do getting captured by this Hauptmann Adlerblut, both on the search for the Grail. Man, the things I would do with this thing.'' She chuckled and dwelt in the thoughts about the mischief she would spread. ''Hehe, back to reading; I wanna see how this one turns out.

''Daring Do awoke, her vision hazy and her limbs aching. She fluttered her eye lids open and forced them to stay that way, taking a look around until the blur vanished good enough for her to make out her surroundings.

''She was in a windowless room with blunt concrete walls and spartan furniture. Aside from a small table, two chairs and a single lonely light bulb on the ceiling, the room was empty. Daring Do looked around a little further and forced her dizzy mind to clear up. She was back to the wall opposite of the door, her ankles tied to the ground with a leather construction that only left her so much room and so must have been her arms, only she couldn't see them, because they were bound overhead.

''She pulled at the ropes that held her, but soon came to the conclusion that it was for naught. These bands would not rip. At that moment, the door opened with a creak and in stepped the presumably most strictly looking Griffin Daring Do had ever seen in her whole life.

''She wore an all-black tunic and a peaked cap, the emblem marking her as Gruppenführer, a position similar to the Major General in the Equestrian army. The red border on her left cuff indicated she served with the 3rd Battalion. The wide, billowing pants down her waist let her seem even more of a prude than the tiny beak, which she intentionally stretched forward, in her otherwise homely face, already did. The feathers of her head and neck were a deep marine blue, whereas the visible parts of her body was covered with crème colored ones. Dark brown eyes looked coldly at the captured mare on the wall.

'' ''Hauptmann Adlerblut, I take it?'' Daring Do said, her voice a little weak still, but with a sneer that couldn't go under the Hauptmann's perception.

''Adlerblut strolled over, no emotion betraying her expression, and went around Daring Do. ''Szat is right, mein Fräulein. And I guess you are sze famous Daring Do?'' The Hauptmann walked to face her and raised Daring's chin with a claw. She turned her head to the right and then to the left, which caused Daring's neck to stretch uncomfortably.

'' ''I had expected more,'' she said and let go of Daring, walking to the door. ''Don't let anybody in before I say so, haben sie verstanden?'' Adlerblut told the two other Griffins, standing outside. They nodded, saluted and left. The door fell shut.

'' ''So, what you gonna do with me?'' asked Daring Do, the smug returning to her face as she glimpsed over to the Hauptmann. By now, she had a good assumption about what would be happening next. Adlerblut would get cocky about the fact that they had finally captured her, boast about what great plans she and her syndicate had come up with, therefore telling her everything she needed to know, and as soon as the Hauptmann was gone, she would somehow escape and snatch the trophy right from their claws. Child's play.

'' ''Make you bleed,'' said Adlerblut, her tone piercing Daring Do's guts like an icicle.''

Rainbow tilted her head. ''Uhm, OK, well that is unusual,'' she said and adjusted the pillow on her head, so it better comforted the back of her neck. Blinking a few times, she read on. Although she had become quite an avid reader, it still took her eyes some getting used to the whole letters on paper thing.

''Daring Do swallowed dryly and took an unsure look at the Hauptmann. Was she being serious? Daring Do watched Adlerblut walk up to the far end of the room, opposite to the door, and out of her vision. She heard the clack clack clack of her claws on the smoothed out concrete. Concrete as white as Adlerblut's feathers. White as snow. White as bones.

''She gulped down as Adlerblut returned, a quirt clipped under her wing. ''How do you mean that?'' Daring Do asked.

''A wicked smile adorned the side of Adlerblut's beak. ''Exactly how I said it. You have been a Dorn in our eye for far too long, Miss Do. We can no longer allow you to interfere with our operations. Szerefore, I was kommandiert to make sure to make you mind your own business.''

''She walked closer and took the quirt in her claw, reached out over her shoulder, and whipped it right across Daring Do's face. The sound reverberated and echoed in the room, and it was like the Hauptmann had driven a bunch of nails into her cheek. The spot where she had been hurt burnt like fire, and Daring Do winced.

''Adlerblut looked coldly at her. ''Szink szat hurts? I promise you, it will get a lot worse from here on,'' she told her. The next strike came down on her other cheek and a cry of pain escaped her.''

Rainbow set the book down. ''What the hay? This can't be, Daring Do always finds a way to escape! She's never getting beaten up that badly, especially not when she's helpless! What in the name of Caballeron's scarf is going on here? Was Yearling high on foul cherries again?''

Rainbow chewed her lip and peaked at the last sentence of the page, looking for a hint that Daring Do would still find a way to freedom. It had become an involuntary habit of her to interrupt the sentence she was reading and quickly skip five or so lines to the end of the paragraph, only to switch back to the original line she had been reading before. It annoyed her when it happened.

''Daring Do forced back a tear and clenched her teeth, trying to muffle the sobs that dared to escape her mouth. Another hit with the leather-studded end of the quirt hit her back and she flexed the muscles of the affected area. Adlerblut hit her again, nearly on the exact same spot, and Daring Do could feel how her skin ripped open and a fine trickle of blood ran down her side.

''The Hauptmann walked in front of her and lifted her chin again. ''Not so tough talking now, are you?'' she said. Daring Do could only do so much as not cry, showing Adlerblut how well she was doing at hurting her. But it was hard. So damn hard not to cry.

''Daring Do put up a brave face. ''I've been through worse. If this is all you got, I'm not surprised I could swipe your trophies so easily,'' Daring Do grinned and watched the frown form on Adlerblut's forehead.

''Trotting away with the quirt under her wing, Adlerblut once more walked out of Daring Do's sight. When she returned, Daring Do could clearly make out a bulge under her other wing, the object, whatever it was, created, and positioned herself in clear view of Daring Do. A cocky grin let her beak deform in a nasty way. She didn't like it. She didn't like it one bit.

'' ''Since it seems szat you are insensitive to my efforts, I will have to use drastischere measures.'' Adlerblut raised her wing slightly and produced a cylinder-formed object of the color of dull orange and brown. I the middle, there was a lightly outstanding ring and the base had two spherical attachments.

''Daring Do's eyes widened. ''No. No, no, no, no! You won't put that dildo inside me!'' she yelled, adrenaline flooding her nervous system.''

Rainbow dropped the book. She blinked. And blinked again. And another time. ''What?''

She got up and paced the front of her bed up and down. ''A dildo. A fucking dildo, in Daring Do!'' She repeated it a few times and finally sat on her haunches. Rainbow rubbed her chin and stared into empty space. Was this real life? Was this fantasy?

Rainbow understood that, in every artist's life, be it literature, painting, music or whatever, there was a time when they wanted to break out of their comfort zone, and try new things. But for her favorite adventuress to turn into an erotic novel, it seemed just so off. She had never viewed Daring Do as a sex symbol, though with years of uncovering mysteries, exploring ancient ruins and fighting against evil-doers, she must be having a pretty appealing physique.

Maybe it wasn't all that bad. Rainbow had never been one for the kinky stuff, much because it usually involved romance, and that kind of boring nonsense nobody, except Rarity, wanted to read about.

In the library, there were several shelves in the far back of the building that were restricted for adults only, that Rainbow had glanced over during her many visits there, although never really interested in picking up any novels of that very section. She had simply been to occupied with Daring Do.

Now however, it seemed like those two were aligning in manners of plot and content. Oh, what a mess Twilight would be having by the next re-shelving day.

Rainbow pouted and decided to give it a shot. Daring Do as porn? Heck, why not? She sat back on her bed again and read on.

''Adlerblut's eyes shimmered with danger as she slowly circled around Daring Do. ''Oh, Miss Do, I would advise you to relax. I see, I can't break you wisz pain, so here is my apology.'' She traced the line of Daring Do's back from top to bottom, and her touch, albeit Daring Do didn't want to admit it, sent a light shower through her body.

''The Hauptmann extended one of Daring Do's wings and stroked her claw along the bone. Daring Do gasped. She had hit the most sensitive spot there was, and from her wings into her belly and lower, a hundred flowers opened their blossoms.

''Adlerblut grinned. ''So szey are as sensitive as any wings. Sze Doktor needs to know about szis,'' she said and moved on massaging the joint. Daring Do squirmed in her bindings and bit her lip to keep her mouth shut. She already tasted blood.

Rainbow smirked. She knew this particular spot all too well.

''Daring Do held on and forced her chest lower, concentrated on the pulsing marks, where Adlerblut had hit her, and numbed the arousal with pain. Unfortunately, it didn't help much. She was at Adlerblut's mercy, and said griffin was toying with her as she liked.

''Adlerblut had reached Daring Do's rear and drew small circles on her ass. The touch made her feel queasy. She then proceeded to go lower and around her waist, stroking over her stomach and ever going lower, until Daring Do's breathing increased.''

Unbeknownst to herself, Rainbow had lay on her side, her head supported by one hoof, while the other was getting ever nearer her nethers. This was one heck of a book.

''Adlerblut suddenly stopped. ''What, you are already out of breath? What are you? A virgin?'' she said and slapped Daring Do in the face.

''The claws left three lines and the jolt of pain interrupted Daring Do's lust. She blinked and looked up. The Hauptmann had a distasteful expression on her face and shook her head. ''Now, what will you do next time our paths cross?'' she asked her.

''Daring Do forced her breath under control and put on her facade of confidence. ''Snatch anything you want away from you,'' she spat and Adlerblut's frown evolved into a canyon on her forehead. She squinted and moved back to Daring Do's backside, running a claw the whole length over her side as she did so.

''Adlerblut took a moment to decide what she would do next. ''Alright, Miss Do, as you wish,'' she growled, took hold of Daring Do's tail, and pulled it up. The Hauptmann spit into her palm and wanted to rub it into her pussy, but she noticed that Daring Do was already soaked. A one-sided sneer appeared on Adlerblut's face.

''Daring Do yelped, as she felt how Adlerblut slowly inserted her thumb into her wet hole. The claw scraped against her inside, but the unpleasant feeling soon vanished. Adlerblut twisted and rolled her finger inside, and Daring Do panted, tears welling up as she suppressed moans of pure lust. The movement of the finger inside her, how it made her bend and dither, the fireworks it already created in her belly and chest.

''She didn't want to give in. She couldn't let her see how much she liked this, not before the nazi. She hated herself for every rigid breath she drew, for every shudder that made her body tremble. She was to feel disgusted and stained. Her mind told her to kick out and crush Adlerblut's skull; to find a solution, while her torturess was distracted with simultaneously sticking her thumb in and out her pussy, and gracing her clit with her index finger.

''At the same time, though, if she really kicked out and crashed Adlerblut's skull, then the pleasure would stop.''

Rainbow felt how aroused she had become. She looked down and saw the small trickle that ran down on the sheets. The feeling that originated from down between her legs urged her on to touch herself, to play with herself. And she was more than willing to obey.

''Adlerblut ceased the foreplay and dug three deep scratches into Daring Do's left cheek. The sudden pain elicited a sharp gasp from her and she looked around, surprised,'' Rainbow read and let her hoof slide to the tip of her vulva. She started rubbing at a slow pace, circling her own clit a few times, and brought herself in position.

''Grinning, the Hauptmann took out a white linen tissue and dried her claws off of Daring Do's juices. ''My, my, Miss Do, what a wet little thing you are. If sze world knew what a dirty filly you are, what do you think szey will say about you?'' she asked, pure, sadistic satisfaction in her voice.

'' ''Please,'' Daring Do whimpered. ''Let me go.''

''Adlerblut laughed at that. ''What? Begging already? And here I szought you had more Würde. A strong griffin, such as everybody in sze great Reich is, would be able to endure szis for days. Sze Anführer is right, only the griffin race is worth to inhabit sze land.''

''Daring Do had put her breath under control again, at least for the most part, but the heat that now circulated in her lower regions drove her to sheer madness. She wanted to finish what Adlerblut had started, though at the same time it was a humiliation she would be going to have more than a hard time to overcome. And even so, it felt so good. Her body being beaten, her back abused, her shoulders aching, the scratches on her butt, and then this heavenly feeling of the claws inside her.''

Rainbow interrupted her reading and watched her hoof stroke gently over her marehood. The wetness had made it swell and so very sensitive. Spreading her outer lips open, she stroked up and down, and up and down. First, she only sighed lightly, but soon she increased her rubbing and started moving her hips. A few moments later, she let down again and kept running her hoof over her pussy at a steady pace.

''The sensation of Adlerblut's claw on her rear, scratching over the marks she had left there seconds ago, made her sex drive- Aaah!- break the ceiling again. Daring Do bit her lip and sneaked a peek at the scene at her ass.

'' ''You know, Fräulein Do, szis doesn't have to go on for days, although I could make it. Sze only szing you have to do, is- Mmmnah!- swearing you will no longer interfere wisz our operations. How does szat sound to you?'' she asked.

''Daring Do wanted to resis- Hnghhaa- resist, but the very last little bit of pride that was still left, still unbroken- Haah!- didn't let her give in to the offer of sweet relief. Grinding her teeth, she answered with a tremble in her voice, Adlerblut couldn't but notice, ''No.''

''Adlerblut was beyond the- Uuuah- point of caring and merely shrugged. She bowed down and picked up the latex penis she had brought, and let it circle around Daring Do's pussy. At first, she restrained herself and merely- Hnghhh!- scrubbed at the sides, wanked it a little at Daring Do's clit and poked at the whole further above.

''Then she prodded at her main entrance, only enough- Haaahhh!- so the tip of the head spread her outer lips open. ''Still keeping up your futile resistance?''

''It was the last strand, she was holding on. And at the moment the head of the shaft was pushed in, it snapped. Daring Do- Uuungh!- surrendered to her lust, to the needs of her body. She gave in. Nodding, she signaled her defeat.

'' ''Just how I like it. Gutes Mädchen,'' Adlerblut sneered, and twisted and turned the artificial dick.

''She pulled it back and rubbed it gently along Daring Do's dripping wet slit, the whole length up and- Hangh!- down, using her juices as lubricant. When she had covered the dick in the fluid, Adlerblut prodded it at her hole and gently pushed in, until the head was in and- Ffaahh!- Daring Do moaned lustfully. It retreaded back out and in again, same depth- Hmmmna! as before, then rotated upside down and was pulled out again.

''Daring Do felt every move with such intensity. The foreplay had made her brain overflow with sex hormones, had turned her nerves raw, had made her whole reproduction-section scream- Aaah!- with longing. It was like the shaft, by opening her hole, also reached her chest and let pleasure fly as little sparkles.''

Rainbow scraped at her pussy with growing virility, bucking her hips into her hoof. The fluid from her marehood was forming an ever growing puddle on the blanket already, but she didn't care. Her mind was focused entirely on her and Daring's pleasure. She imagined herself bound up in that interrogation room, genitals ablaze with desire, while a merciless mistress humiliated her. The thought turned her on even more, she could already feel her insides tensing.

She forced herself to stop. The end of the book was yet for her to be reached.

Her throat already burning, she read on.

''Still, Adlerblut kept teasing her by only sticking the top end inside. Thrice already she had repeated that mind-numbing demonstration of her power over- Unngh!- Daring Do. Then suddenly, Adlerblut yanked her arm back and shoved the whole length of the staff inside her. Daring Do let loose a cry of both shock, pain and unimaginable satisfaction- Nghaaa!- when the thick synthetic penis penetrated her.

''A wicked laugh broke from the Hauptmann as she pushed the whole thing further inside, until Daring Do stood on one hoof only. Then she pulled the stick out as quickly as she had rammed it in and reran the procedure another time. And another.

''The feeling of her pussy being forced wide and the total destruction of the same made Daring- Aaaaah!- Do's mind shoot blanks. She hardly felt the ache in her shoulders anymore, the dripping of the blood from her now again ripped open wound at the small of her back. All she felt was pleasure, her begging marehood being stilled, the lust consuming her. She didn't hear Adlerblut's snicker, or the wet slurping sound the dick made every time- Hmmnaaa!- it went in and then out of her pussy. She heard her incredibly fast pulse in her ears, her own moans and the clatter of her teeth.

''And at last, the orgasm reached her, took hold of her like a giant wave and threw her over the edge. The fall was short and her legs convulsed, bowed, and finally relaxed again, leaving her body hanging on her bounds alone and drooling from the corner of her mouth.''

Rainbow put the book on its face next to her bed, snatched the pillow from under her bed and ground her crotch against the soft surface, the sensation sending the feeling in her pussy frolicking. The final buck, and she was off, her inner walls clenching around nothing, and Rainbow Dash, too, fell limp. She lay on her side a few more moments, bathing in the delight of the post-orgasmic afterglow.

When she found it in her to sit up again, she reached down for the book and read on.

'' ''So, mein Fräulein, what are you going to do sze next time you cross paths wisz one of our operators?'' Adlerblut asked in the most sweetest of voices.

'' ''Turn the other way, keep my mouth shut, and tell no soul about it,'' she managed to say, dimly aware that her voice sounded raw and hoarse.

'' ''Very good. See, now szat wasn't so hard, was it?''

''Daring Do kept herself from answering. This was a rhetorical question, it expected no answer. Her mind, however, was free. And she thought to her self, turn the other way, keep my mouth shut, and tell no soul about it, and then get it while you're not looking, birdie.

''When the Hauptmann had left the chamber to get the key, she allowed herself her trademark confident grin to appear. No one broke Daring Do.''

Rainbow sighed and turned the page; the first chapter had rocketed her expectations to unthinkable heights, and she was greedily scanning the white of the page for what was to follow.

Only, there was nothing that could have followed. Rainbow skimmed over the remaining pages of the book, only to see blank white paper. She flew over it again and again, but at least eighty percent of the book contended undescribed sheets of blank paper.

''What the hay?! Where's the rest? This is only one chapter!''

When Rainbow turned the book upside down, a little note fell from the verso and dwindled to the ground.

''Huh? What we got here?'' Rainbow unfolded the piece of paper and read aloud.'' 'Dear Rainbow, I hope you liked the first chapter of my first Daring Do fanfiction. More are to follow soon as work and studies will allow me. Hope to discuss with you the next time we see each other. Sincerely, your friend, Twilight Sparkle.' ''

Rainbow stood there, thunderstruck. A moment later, a light shaking went through her body, then it grew more intense, and soon she shivered. With an outcry, she clenched the note and scrunched it in her hooves.

''Twilight! The next time I see you, I swear to Celestia, I will...'' Another low grunt followed, marking unrecognizable what she said next.

Author's Note

Inspired by this picture, if anyone knows the artist, give him my thanks ^^