Fluttershy moaned. And moaned. And whimpered. Then moaned again. Angel looked up worriedly at his owner as she perspired and shifted positions, trying to get comfortable. In his hand, he held his morning snack of a carrot and a fresh, covered ice pack.

Fluttershy had been moaning and acting uncomfortable ever since she woke up this morning. She gritted her teeth, trying to concentrate on something else, but the deep, longing pain in her loins quickly demanded her attention and she whimpered as she rolled over. Her eyes opened slowly as Angel offered another ice pack.

“Oh,” Fluttershy spoke breathlessly, “Thank you, Angel Bunny.” She gently patted her little rabbit friend on the head and took the ice pack from him. She readjusted herself, slowly kicking away the other numerous, lukewarm prior ice packs that Angel had been so thoughtful to get for her and put the fresh one in between her legs. She flinched at the sudden coldness and relaxed a little. The ice pack offered a short release from this Heat.

Heat. The very word made Fluttershy shift uncomfortably. She remembered learning about it when she was younger in school but she must have purposely forgot the information as she could not even think about it without a hot blush coloring her cheeks. It was a part of nature however that she was well aware of, especially considering her career choice. Fluttershy was not ignorant to where baby bear cubs and deer and even little rabbits came from. But somehow, her animal friends seemed to know that it was a sensitive subject for her and performed these actions elsewhere out of her sight.

Sensitive. The very word sent flares up and down her legs. “If I don’t feel this well now, how will I be able to go feed all our animal friends?” Fluttershy moaned. Angel Bunny squeaked and hopped on the bed. “You-you can feed the animals? Are you sure?” Fluttershy asked. He squeaked and nodded. She smiled warmly at him and sat up from her fetal position. “Oh thank you Angel Bunny. What would I do without you?” Angel stuck out his chest and posed.

He may not admit it in public, but he did like the shy Pegasus. And it made him feel good when he could be her hero once in a while, instead of her always babying him. He was about to climb down when Fluttershy touched his paw nervously.

“Umm...if anypony comes to visit, could you please tell them that I am not feeling well.” Fluttershy blushed as she finished her request. She hated lying but the alternative was far worse for her to undergo. Angel Bunny nodded understandingly and with a few hops, bounded over to Fluttershy’s bedroom door. He waved at her then quietly closed the door so as not to disturb her.

Fluttershy settled back into her long cushy bed. The ice pack Angel had given her a few moments ago was already become warm, soft and wet- Those words made her gasp as she felt a burning shoot into her cheeks and she shook her head to clear it of those thoughts. “This is unbearable,” Fluttershy whispered, “there’s got to be something I can do to make it go away.” A lightbulb went off in her head. “Of course!” She gleefully remembered, “Twilight’s library book!”

She looked at the nightstand at a slightly charred book and grimaced. “Poor Twilight,” She emphatized, remembering the events with Tirek. Most of the books had been destroyed during her battle with Tirek and although Twilight put on a brave face, Fluttershy could tell that it had wounded her deeply. Those books were probably like old friends to Twilight. Twilight had really given everything to rescue them all, even after Discord’s betrayal.

Discord.

She smiled sadly at the name of her chaotic friend. His betrayal had cut her a lot more deeply than she had realized was possible. She’s not sure if she ever cried so hard about anything else in her life up until that point. Yet, she forgave him. A 1000 years of loneliness and the feeling of not really belonging anywhere would probably make anypony desperate for acceptance, regardless of how they got it. What had probably hurt her the most was that her acceptance just did not seem good enough to stop him from betraying them. Her chest ached at this thought but she shooed it away.

“He was really sorry!” Fluttershy argued outloud. He had been. The amount of times he had come over afterwards to apologize and speak with her was heartwarming and she could definitely see that he had changed for the better. It also helped that he got along a lot better with the rest of her friends. They had merely tolerated him in the past, save for Pinkie Pie, but now they willingly hung out with him whenever he was in town.

“I wonder when he’s coming into town,” Fluttershy purred, slowly extending a hoof down her stomach. She sat bolt upright “What was that?” she asked herself. She shook her head. “I need to find a way to to take care of this,” she sweated, reaching for Twilight’s book, The Biological and Social Functions of Pony Reproduction.

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Angel Bunny dumped the bowl of sloppy meal and gravy into the pig trough. The pigs looked at him curiously, wondering where Fluttershy was and Angel Bunny squeaked that she wasn’t feeling well. The sows offered to let Fluttershy use their mud bath if it would help her feel better, but Angel declined, mentioning that she is going to try to sleep it off.

The pigs’ response of concern and willingness to help showed a lot about Fluttershy’s character, Angel proudly thought. These weren’t the first animals he had fed and they most definitely were not the first to offer to help their Pegasus caretaker. It was only mid morning and the song birds had offered to sing for her and even the bears had offered to send their cub in as an impromptu teddy bear. Angel would tell her about the animals’ thoughtfulness in his own way once he was done.

Fluttershy was indeed the kindest pony that he knew. Always willing to help. Although, his eyes narrowed as he solemnly scattered bird seed for the chickens, he felt her kindness was often taken advantage of. Fluttershy was naive. Angel thought. She was nice to everyone, even to those who did not deserve her kindness. Particularly to some members of the opposite sex.

Oh, Big Mac and Shining Armor were fine with him, Angel admitted to himself. Those were both males of honor and hardwork. No. Angel bunny was thinking of another type of character.

The stupid draconequus, Discord, for example. Angel did not trust him and he barely tolerated him but only for Fluttershy. Angel had seen how much the chaotic creature had made her cry and there was no going back from that, regardless if Fluttershy had forgiven him. The pompous half wit. The creature did not realize how lucky he was to even know Fluttershy, much less be counted as one of her closest friends.

Hmm. Angel Bunny surveyed his work so far. It might not be a bad idea to start making an extra big fence around Fluttershy’s tree actually. At least until she got over this heat thing. He’s not sure if she had even had a heat before. And it wouldn’t do well to have her try to fight temptation and worry about having unexpected guests drop by. The first heat was always the worst he had been told.

It was getting close to noon and Angel felt very proud of himself. Everyone had been fed and not one pony had stopped by. Fluttershy would be so proud-

A disturbance in the force of nature shook Angel out of his proud moment and he froze. He felt this disturbance before. Many times. And it was never good. He quickly looked up to see a figure strolling up to the path.

This figure sported some bright girly pink headphones and was singing at the top of his lungs. One taloned hand carried a picnic basket, and the lion paw carried a walkman. The creature was oblivious to the furious rabbit and was singing proudly, “I’m a barbie girl, in a barbie world. Life in plastic! It’s fantastic.”

It was Discord.

Author's Note

Alright, first chapter done. Hope this works out. Still getting the hang of this all. Holler at me if you've got tips. I needs them tips.