Spike awoke when his nose caught the whiff of pancakes. He sat up in Fluttershy's bed and stretched out his arms, his back cracking from the strain and last few hours of immobility. He was slightly surprised when he saw that the mare claiming to be Fluttershy wasn't laying beside him. Then he put two and two together when he took note of the pancake smell. Right. Duh Spike. Maybe my brain is short on blood from last night. Whoa, last night. I wonder what she did with the real Fluttershy.

There was a knock on the bedroom door, stopping Spike's inner voice from creating insane theories. "Um...Spike?" came Fluttershy's usual low, timid voice "I made breakfast and was wondering if you would like some."

Well she's got sounding like Fluttershy down and she already looks like her. Let's see if she can get the behavior down.

"If you're hungry of course" Fluttershy continued "If not, you could always eat later...although pancakes are better eaten after their made. Unless you like eating pancakes that way. Which I'm not judging! Unless you would prefer freshly made ones later. Though I'd prefer...not to...since I have to tend to my animals. Unless you really want me to make you more after we-!"

"Fluttershy" Spike chuckled suddenly, halting the mare's ranting "Come in, please." Maybe she is the real Fluttershy. The yellow Pegasus complied with Spike's request, opening the door and flying in. The fact that she was flying in her home was slightly overshadowed by her appearance. Spike tilted his head upon seeing that Fluttershy's mane was arranged so that it covered her entire face, like a backwards, pink hood.

"Um, here's your breakfast" Fluttershy said as she placed the breakfast tray on Spike's lap, which Spike had not noticed in her hooves. "So I'll get to feeding my animals now; enjoy."

"Good morning Fluttershy?" Spike said, stopping the pegasus in her air tracks.

"Oh, sorry. Good morning" Fluttershy responded happily "Kay bye."

"Wait!"

"Yes?" Fluttershy said as she turned back around. Spike could now see that she had small spaces in here mane for her eyes.

".........So what's with your mane?"

"Oh, I'd thought I'd try a new look" the Pegasus responded simply "If you don't like it I could always change it"

"That's.....not really what I meant Flutters" Spike said as he placed the tray aside and got up from the bed to approach her "I meant why is it covering your face?"

"I said I thought I'd try a new look"

"Isn't it a little impractical?"

"Oh no, I can see through my mane just fine"

"Fluttershy, move your mane out of the way" Spike requested as he stepped closer to the yellow Pegasus.

"Um....I'd rather not" Fluttershy all but whispered as she hovered backwards, away from the dragon.

"Fluttershy come on, stop messing around" Spike said as he got closer.

"No thank you" the mare responded as she reached behind her for the door "I really should get to my animals. Angel gets grouchy whe-" Fluttershy cut herself off when her outstretched hoof made contact with the door, that she hadn't closed. Her foreleg bent beside her as her back hit the door, forcing her to move forward to keep afloat. She looked down and behind her, while her mane still hid her face, and saw that Spike had used her slightly impaired vision to his advantage. He had sneakily slid his long tail around her and pushed the door closed without her knowledge. When she turned back, both his arms suddenly came beside her head, preventing her from slipping away. The dragon was looking at her somewhat smugly.

"You're not leaving until I see your face." Almost a full minute of silence passed before a thought occurred to him that made him worry. "Wait, I didn't give you some kind of dragon disease that gave you scales on your face did I?!"

"Oh no! Of course not!" Fluttershy said, quelling the dragon's worry when a thought occurred to her "Wait...that isn't real is it?"

".....Not that I'm aware of"

"How about we go see Twilight and ask her about it?"

"Nice try" Spike replied quickly before the pegasus could try and slip away "Face."

Fluttershy took a moment before responding. "Promise you won't laugh?"

Spike was slightly confused by the request but complied. "Yeah, of course."

A few seconds passed and Fluttershy made no attempt to move her mane away from her face. "Satisfied?" she asked hopefully.

"You didn't do anything"

"Yes I did"

Okay I'm through playing games Spike decided. In a quick motion, he joined his hands, put them through the front of Fluttershy's mane, took hold of her face, and brought her into a strong kiss. The action elicited a startled "EEP!" from the pegasus as their lips joined. Spike closed his eyes on instinct, preventing him from actually seeing her face, though he realized she'd be too startled to hide her face again.

Fluttershy was limp in Spike's hands, eyes wide and wings having ceased their flapping. She eventually closed her eyes, embracing the kiss and resumed her flapping, bringing her up. After a few seconds, Spike broke away and opened his eyes to look into his newest mate's, and he finally saw her face. What he saw surprised him the slightest bit.

"Huh, more blush than I expected" Spike noted as he looked at the mare's completely red face. From a distance, one would've thought somepony had painted her face. "A little flustered?" Spike asked with a smirk.

"Yes........for a while now" Spike tilted his head in question at the response as he released her "It......hasn't stopped since I woke up."

"........Your face has been red since you woke up?"

"I don't know how to make it stop" she whispered "I'm pretty sure what we did last night caused it."

"You're definitely Fluttershy" Spike muttered to himself.

"What?"

"Nothing. Let's go to the kitchen, I'll help you with this." Spike opened the door and lead her downstairs into the kitchen. He suddenly stopped when he felt light, rapid tapping on his leg after descending the stairs. He looked down to see a very angry Angel "slamming" his paws against his leg.

"Angel no!" Fluttershy chastised the future soup item- rabbit, the rabbit "That is not how we treat mommy's special guests!" This only served to increase the speed of the rabbit's slamming.

"Really?" Spike chuckled at the rabbit's feeble attempts at harm "I actually thought you'd be stronger." In response the rabbit stopped and placed himself in front of Spike, positioned himself on all fours, and raised a hind leg to strike at the space between the dragon's legs. "You really want to do that knowing where that area's been?" Spike asked smugly, halting the animal and making his eyes widen. Angel then dropped his leg and backed away in grossed out fear.

"You're terrible" Fluttershy said as she very lightly shoved Spike, her face still red.

"Something like this didn't happen with Big Mac?"

"Well, Angel was afraid of being stepped on."

"And he's not afraid of kicking a fire breathing, razor sharp teeth having dragon down there?" Spike asked, which brought realization to Angel and made him speed away behind the living room couch.

Fluttershy shook her head as she flew next to the table, waiting for Spike to help her dilemma. Spike approached the sink, obtained a bowl from the pantry and began filling it with water from the faucet. "By the way, why are you flying? You never fly in your house" Spike questioned.

The red on Fluttershy's face deepened slightly as she responded. "My um.....I can't.....I have no feeling in my hind legs."

Spike's eyebrows raised in surprise as he turned off the water and recalled a certain comment from the mare the night before. "Oh.......So I guess I....fulfilled your request huh?" Spike asked with a small bit of pride as he made his way to the table with the water filled bowl.

"So what's your idea?" Fluttershy quickly asked, changing the subject.

Spike chuckled and spared the pegasus further embarrassment. "Well I'm guessing you already splashed cool water on your face."

"Yes. Didn't work."

"I can see that. So" Spike gestured for her to come closer "Fly face up and as close to the floor as you can." Fluttershy looked at Spike questioningly but complied. She raised herself slightly and placed herself face up, positioned at the level of Spike's waist. She looked up when she felt a rising sensation and saw that Spike was raising her numb legs with his tail, which was more comfortable for her. "Now close your eyes."

"Where are you going with this?"

"Just trust me." Fluttershy laid her head back as her wings continued to flap, keeping her suspended in the air. Spike stepped closer before addressing her in a low voice and dipping his hand in the water. "I'm sure this would work better with Rainbow since you don't really fly too high, but imagine you're flying through the air." Spike removed his wet hand and placed it over Fluttershy's head. "It's a nice day, and you're flying through the clouds" Spike said smoothly "And the clouds are nice and cool. They're leaving behind a trail of mist" Spike lightly flicked his claws, leaving droplets on Fluttershy's face and then the rest of her body as his hand travelled across the air. "You don't have a care in the world. Your animals have been taken care of, and you're just enjoying your day."

Fluttershy inhaled and exhaled deeply, relaxing and enjoying the cool felling of the drops landing on her face and body with a small smile. Eventually she felt considerably cooler than a few minutes ago. "Viola" Spike said as he ceased what he was doing. Fluttershy raised herself upright as she opened her eyes to look at a smiling Spike. She flew into the living room and retrieved a small mirror from a nightstand and smiled as she saw her ordinary yellow face rather than the red one she had for the last hour and a half. She turned around to see a still smiling Spike.

"Thank you Spike!"

"No problem"

"Where did you learn that?"

"I just made it up actually"

"Really? Maybe you should volunteer at the spa."

"Ah-ha, I'm not so sure about that" Spike responded, considering the events of the past few days. He also couldn't shake the feeling that moans of pleasure from Aloe and/or Lotus would sound funny and oddly arousing with their accents.

"Are you afraid they'll take you from me after all those rumors about the spa?" Fluttershy chuckled.

"What rumors?"

"........." Fluttershy's eyes widened and her cheeks flushed slightly "Nothing, I mean none, that is to say there aren't any rumors about a secret treatme-EEP! Nothing!"

"Oho-kay?" Spike chuckled in amusement "I meant because I've been collecting ma-" Spike cut himself off, receiving three mental slaps from his inner voice. REALLY?! REALLY?! I MEAN DOES YOUR INNER DUDE JUST TELL YOU TO BRAG ABOUT THIS TO ANYONE IN YOUR VICINITY. YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION FOR THIS KIND OF THING WITH TWILIGHT! Wait.....I don't think we made a plan with Twilight.

"Because you've been collecting mates? Yeah, that makes sense."

"A.....you know?"

"I invited you over after Twilight told me everything, remember?"

"Oh yeah" Spike suddenly remembered that Twilight had sent him over "So you're really okay with this?"

"Of course. I have no problem with intimacy in private, and I deal with animals. A good amount of them have multiple mates, so I'm not unfamiliar with the subject."

"Huh. Well I guess I'm still surprised about your feelings toward....intimacy, but also not too surprised after what I saw last night. I hope you don't mind me asking, but last night you seemed pretty enthusiastic about....getting pregnant. Were you serious about that or was it just the heat of the moment?"

Fluttershy's cheeks turned a light shade of pink before responding. "A bit of both actually. I've decided I want to have a foal" Fluttershy squeed with a shy smile.

"Really? That's great Fluttershy! You'd make a great mother" Spike told her enthusiastically as if he weren't directly involved in the matter.

"I was actually thinking of asking Big Mac, but he's still a little nervous around me and he has Cheerilee now."

"Nervous? Wait what was the deal with you two? I don't remember seeing you two together."

Fluttershy's cheeks turned red this time as she responded "We were um....non-public friends with benefits, you could say. And he's nervous because of...how you saw me yesterday."

"I thought you acted that way because of your heat period coming early."

"Well let's just say you got a hundred percent and Big Mac got eighty."

"Oh" Spike said with a raise of his eyebrows. "Oh yeah, you've got a bit of competition on the foal front. Twilight wants one too and" Spike was cut off when the pegasus dashed forward and grabbed him by his chest.

"What?!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she stared into Spike's eyes with pure fury "She wants to have your child?! Oh I don't think so! I'm gonna be first! She has got another thing coming! Wait, no. She won't have another thing coming! I'll have you coming!"

"Fluttershy!" Spike exclaimed with wide, frightened eyes "I'm kind of scared right now............and a little aroused apparently?"

"Well let's not let it go to waste!" Fluttershy exclaimed before flying Spike up to her room at a surprising speed. Spike didn't even have time to question her.

Fluttershy burst through her bedroom door and landed on the bed with Spike under her. "What about my breakfast?" Spike asked, only to have the pancakes he had set aside shoved into his mouth. His jaw was then speedily moved to chew and his throat rubbed so he could swallow.

"There, you ate!" Fluttershy said before assaulting his lips with a wild and sloppy kiss while he remained quite uneasy, for a few seconds. When Fluttershy's tongue entered his mouth and slithered around his own, his eyes shifted to their predatory green and he embraced the kiss, grabbing hold of Fluttershy's flanks. This elicited an enthusiastic and growled "Mm!" from the yellow pegasus.

After a few minutes, they broke away and looked into each others eyes with the same crazed look. "Fuck a baby into me dragon boy" Fluttershy growled. Spike grinned intently and flipped their combined form to get to work.

"Hold on" Fluttershy breathed as she held onto Spike with her forelegs, her hind legs still numb from earlier. Spike lay on top of Fluttershy, breathing heavily after their two hour second round. "I wanna make sure it all stays in there."

"Twilight....holds her legs up....while she lays on her back" Spike informed her.

"I know about that one. I also want to hold you for a bit. It's nice." Spike lifted his head slightly to give her a smile before nuzzling the nape of her neck. His breath caused her to giggle lightly; he then began to plant small kisses on her neck, making her sigh in content. His kisses traveled up to her cheek, where he pulled back to look in her eyes lovingly. They stayed like this for half a minute before Fluttershy pulled his face to hers and began a caring make out session.

They eventually stopped after ten minutes, allowing Spike to remove himself and Fluttershy to get up to wash up. Spike soon washed himself off as well and was unsure of how to proceed with the rest of the day. The answer soon came to him when Twilight teleported into the living room.

"Fluttershy! Spike! We're going to the Crystal Empire! Shining Armor is in the hospital!" She didn't even wait for a response as she grabbed the both of them and teleported.

After teleporting to Fluttershy's to retrieve said mare and Spike, Twilight teleported to her other friend's respective homes to retrieve them, her explanation eventually shortening to "Crystal! Shining! Hospital!" Rarity was of course on board to see a hospital made of shining crystal.

Twilight teleported them a few more times until they reached the Crystal Empire. Spike and the Mane Six charged into the hospital and were met by a very anxious Cadance. Shining Armor's doctor stepped in before they could ask what had happened. He was a blue unicorn with a doctor's coat, glasses, a stethoscope cutie mark, and a clipboard held with his magic.

"A combination of dehydration and exhaustion?" Twilight repeated.

"Frankly it's a miracle he was alive when the Princess got him to us. By the way, are you sure there's nothing you can tell us about this your highness?"

"Well I-I-I just found him like this" Cadance answered nervously "He has been doing a lot of paperwork to get the Empire up to date. He must've been too wrapped up the last few hours."

"I suppose it's possible" the doctor pondered "But this would be a very severe case of overworking. Maybe we'll get some more answers when his x-rays come in. His lower torso seemed to be in rough shape."

Cadance was thanking her oldest aunt that her coat color hid the blush currently on her cheeks. "Um, Spike, Twilight, Fluttershy? Can I speak to you three in private for a moment?"

"Of course sis"

"Sure Cadance"

"Of course your Highness"

"You don't mind waiting here do you girls?" Twilight asked the rest of her friends.

"Course not Sugar Cube, y'all go on ahead."

The four moved into an empty patient room. Luckily most of the current sicknesses and diseases were around at the time before Sombra had made it vanish, so nopony fell deathly ill from lack of natural immunity.

"Okay Spike" Cadance began as she pointed a hoof to the young dragon "You stay away from Fluttershy for a while. Twilight" she shifted her pointed hoof to her sister-in-law "You make sure he stays away from Fluttershy for a while."

"I'm sorry?" Fluttershy asked, completely flabbergasted.

"Well your last two love making sessions helped put my husband in the hospital."

Fluttershy's cheeks burned red as she became incredibly embarrassed and completely confused at the same time. "I....what?!"

"I thought she knew."

"She knows I'm collecting mates, but I guess Twilight didn't tell her about your echo sensing thing" Spike informed the princess and shooting a glare to his first mate.

"I...guess it didn't occur to me" Twilight said a little nervously. Fluttershy's blush deepened when Cadance explained her ability to sense big moments of love and feel echoes when physical pleasure is involved. "Wait" Twilight cut in "You sense echoes and theirs put Shining in the hospital? What did you two do yesterday?" Twilight asked, addressing Spike and Fluttershy.

"Yesterday and earlier this morning" Cadance corrected "The Element of Kindness hear is quite the beast."

Fluttershy's face regained it's red hue from earlier before she dove under the sheet of the nearby bed.

"You're terrible" Twilight told her sister-in-law while trying to suppress a bout of hilarious laughter "And I'll make sure to keep them away from each other. I don't want to lose my BBBFF. Especially in that way."

"I can safely say we won't be doing anything for a while" Spike assured Cadance "I have been thoroughly spent and I also don't want to lose Shining Armor. He's been like a big brother to me. Maybe we should go talk Fluttershy down from her embarrassment tower."

After ten minutes, the three were finally able to talk Fluttershy off the bed, and out of the bed sheet after another eight minutes. Once Spike repeated his earlier trick and removed Fluttershy's red-face, with Cadance and Twilight out of the room, they both exited with Fluttershy using her mane to hide her face from Cadance. While there were no hard feelings, Fluttershy made it clear she would always be slightly uncomfortable around Cadance from now on.

After rejoining the rest of the group in the waiting room, the doctor returned with the results. Shining Armor's hip was nearly broken so he would have to receive special, very strong calcium supplements. He would also have to stay for a few days to rest and receive fluids to rehydrate. The group was allowed to see him before departing, though he was still unconscious.

"Get well soon BBBFF" Twilight said as she hugged her bed ridden brother.

"I'll make sure not to make it up to you when you get back hubby"

"Hope ya get better Shinin"

"You know I could fill in as Captain of the Royal Guard if you feel like taking time off"

"Rainbow!"

"When you get back, I'm gonna throw you the biggest, bestest 'Welcome back after apparently overworking yourself so much that your hip almost broke somehow and you were dehydrated and exhausted at the same time' party!"

"Get well soon Captain Armor. And you should make sure to have the royal stylists fix your coat and mane when you return darling. I had no idea exhaustion could do such a number to your appearance."

"Even though you won't understand now, I'm sorry for putting you in here" Spike whispered.

"I'm sorry too"

"Fluttershy's sorry too"

Cadance and Twilight elected to stay behind a little longer while the rest departed by train, allowing the two to chat while being near Shining Armor. "So Twilight, Spike's been good in bed huh?"

"La la la la laaaa, I'm not talking to you about this la."

On the train to Ponyville, Rarity's eyes continuously shifted from Applejack to Fluttershy, noting the light glow on the former's coat and the much more noticeable one on the latter's. Of course a glow on Applejack would be quite noticeable given her farm work, but Fluttershy chooses to go unnoticed. And her glow was more of a beacon.

"I see Caramel has been visiting again" Rarity said as she slid next to the farm pony.

"No, he hasn't" Applejack said slowly after reeling back slightly from the unicorn's sudden appearance.

"Then who did? You're the Element of Honesty darling so you have to tell me."

"Okay. Ah can honestly tell ya that it ain't any of your business right now."

"Oh come on, that's cheating!" Rarity whined.

"No it ain't, I told ya something honestly."

"Hmph. Well can you tell me about Fluttershy? I'd ask her myself but the dear is shy enough as it is. She would literally lock her lips if I asked her about such...intimate matters."

AJ took a moment to consider her response as she noticed Fluttershy's eyes momentarily shifting to Spike. "Ah can honestly say that Ah haven't seen anythin', so I can't say for sure what her love situation is."

"Drat. First Twilight, then you, and now Fluttershy of all mares. I mean is Rainbow Dash next?"

"Next for what?"

"Oh! Rainbow Dash don't do that" Rarity chided the suddenly appearing pegasus "And that's for you to maybe find out."

"Come on tell me!"

"Not until I get more information myself."

"Eh, fine" Rainbow said nonchalantly as she laid back on her set, putting her forelegs behind her head. The rest of the train ride essentially went wordless. Everyone went their separate ways once they arrived at Ponyville. Spike had to return to the castle with Twilight in the Crystal Empire.

A letter from Twilight explained that she would be staying over longer to tackle Shining Armor's paperwork with great fervor and gusto. So Spike had the next week in the castle to himself. At first he ran around exclaiming happily, but eventually calmed down with no idea about what to do.

Not exactly up for finding another mate after Fluttershy worked me over. Spike need! I am still aware of the ultimate prize and I'm going to ignore you for now, so keep quiet. I should probably check to see if Twilight washed those sheets.

She hadn't, the explanation being quite clear when Spike found books on fertility and pregnancy left out. He correctly surmised that she was in the middle of reading said books when she was notified about Shining Armor. Then he made the mistake of skimming through one of them.

"Ah!" he exclaimed as he tossed the book and held his head "I gotta ask Twilight if she knows a mind bleaching spell when she gets back." Spike soon occupied his mind with washing the sheets, though there was irony in the fact that said sheets were involved in the pregnancy matter.

Luckily, he was able to find a better activity to block thoughts of a mare's anatomy: cleaning the entire castle. Admittedly it wasn't much of an activity, but it did lead to exploring parts of the castle he had yet to see. He found a secret compartment in the floor of the library when he found a lone book on one of the many, still empty shelves. Twilight could use it for private journals and whatnot.

He finally counted how many levels the castle had, eighteen total; two seemed to be smaller, personal libraries. Whatever power of the universe that had created this castle seemed to have read Twilight's mind. There were also two studies in addition to the one Twilight was already using.

Thanks to a gleam, Spike discovered a barely visible door in the kitchen, which contained multiple utensils made of the same crystal as the castle. Assorted knives, spatulas, ladles, tongs, silverware or technically crystalware, and for some reason a small hatchet. He finally found out that the crystal of the castle was in fact edible to him when testing how he could use the crystalware. Although it wasn't very tasty.

What was really surprising was that he found what could only be described as a prisoner dungeon. "Yup, there's even chains with shackles hanging from the walls" Spike noted.

After three days, and finally getting out of a tunnel maze meant for trespassers, Spike heard another voice in the castle. He had heard the hoots of a certain owl before, but he assumed he was hallucinating since he had been in a fetal position after his first three hours of navigating the maze. The apparition of a Celestia sized Owlowiscious with Starswirl's beard and Trixie's hat didn't help. The real Owlowiscious shrugged and flew out the window, planning on returning at a later time.

"Twilight? You here?" Rainbow Dash called out.

"Rainbow?" Spike said as he finished shaving off the beard that had miraculously grown on him during his time in the maze.

"Spike?"

"Twilight's still in the Crystal Empire" Spike called out from the bathroom "I'll be out in a second." Spike shaved off the last of the beard with his thumb claw and rinsed off his face before entering the council room.

"Hey Spike" Rainbow greeted the young dragon "What do you mean still? Are you saying she hasn't left since we went over?"

"She's taking on Shining Armor's paperwork while he recuperates"

"Of course she is" Rainbow said knowingly "She didn't happen to tell you if she got my pre-ordered, new Daring Do book did she?"

"Wait a second" Spike said as he reached behind him while holding up a finger. He pulled out a scroll he had gotten during day two in the maze and read it's contents. "Oh, yeah there should be a package on the doorstep. You didn't see it when you came in?"

"I flew in through the window"

"Ah. Would you mind getting it?"

"Course not, it's the new Daring Do!" Rainbow exclaimed before zipping out the window and returning two seconds later with the package. "Openit openit openit openit openit!" she begged after shoving the package into Spike's hands.

"Okay okay" Spike said, attempting to calm the Pegasus down before running a claw down the tape holding the box flaps. Rainbow immediately shoved the dragon aside and pulled out one of the copies with much excitement.

"Ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh! 'Daring Do and the search for The Phoenix Sword'! Awesome!" Rainbow flew into the air, holding the book in the air and squealing with delight.

Spike looked up at the excited Pegasus with an amused smile. I just realized it's kind of cute when she gets this way. He then noticed that Rainbow had flown up in front of a high window, and that the sun entering was shining down on her, making her gleam slightly in the process. Her multi-colored mane appeared extra bright and a slight silhouette from the sun accentuated the curves that were usually hidden by the way she carried herself.

Well hello number four.

"Hey Rainbow, your hooves look like they could use a bit of work" Spike said as he walked underneath the flying Pegasus.

Rainbow's excited mood and face were replaced by a perplexed mood and face. "Uh, what?" she questioned as she looked down at the dragon.

"I just couldn't help but notice that your hind hooves looked a little uneven" he said as he pointed to said hooves "If you want I could work on them for you."

"Okay, couple things, A:I'm not comfortable with other ponies touching my hooves and B:What would you know about hoofcare? Twilight didn't have you read books on it to work on her hooves did she? Cuz that would be really weird and creepy."

"No, of course not" Spike chuckled "When Twilight's mom couldn't watch me while Twilight was in class, Celestia watched over me and had me learn certain things like cooking, cleaning, aaaaaand hoofcare. She never really told me why for the hoofcare, but I always thought Twilight's mom had somehow convinced her so I could give her hoof massages. Which I......did."

"Hey, maybe she knew Twilight was gonna be a princess and was preparing you" Rainbow jokingly suggested with a chuckle as she descended to the floor. Spike joined in the laughter until they both froze and their faces went blank. They looked around cautiously as if the Sun Goddess would suddenly appear.

"Uh so Rainbow!" Spike said suddenly "How about that work on your hooves?"

"Eh, I don't know Spike" Rainbow answered unsurely and gladly taking the subject change "Like I said, I don't like other ponies touching my hooves."

"Well I'm a dragon, not a pony, and I've had professional training. And hey, you could read your new book meanwhile."

Rainbow contemplated the...interesting concept of having fingers work on her hooves. Spike looked at her with an expecting smile while releasing the mood changing pheromones from his tail that he still wasn't aware of.

Hmm, well it does look like the little guy got some muscle development with his growth spurt, so he could do a pretty good job with those fingers. Fingers with awesomely sharp claws. And I can read my new book.

"Aw what the heck, sure. Reading might not be the best thing to do in Twilight's castle while she's not here but we could figure something out later."

Oh we definitely will Spike thought to himself, his eyes momentarily flashing to their predatory green. Spike lead Rainbow to a separate bedroom so she could get comfortable. She laid down on her stomach and got started on her book while Spike left to get a file.

"Hey, I'm back" Spike said as he returned with the file and approached Rainbow's hind hooves. "Just wanted to give you a heads up so I wouldn't startle you."

"Oh, thanks" Rainbow said as she looked back at the dragon "So...go ahead and...start...I guess."

"Okay" Spike said with a motion of his head, also feeling slightly uneasy. Rainbow's hooves shifted slightly as Spike's hands reached for one. Rainbow looked on oddly as she somehow felt Spike's hands get closer. Spike began to grow frustrated as the hooves shifted in every direction.

"Rainbow"

"Sorry, sorry. I'll just focus on Daring Do" Rainbow said as she turned her attention back to her book. This allowed Spike to finally take hold of one of her hooves, carefully though still startling the pegasus slightly. "Mm"

"I've got you and I won't hurt you" Spike assured her in a low, calming voice "Trust me."

She wasn't sure why, considering she had never really been in a position where she needed to trust Spike, but she did.

"Okay, oh" Spike began gently filing her hooves, which made her retreat back into her book. Eventually she did find the action...calming, and a little tingly. "Hmm"

Spike meanwhile took the opportunity to admire her muscular, well toned legs, and flanks. When he finished and moved to the other, with surprisingly no reaction from Rainbow, he noticed that while muscular they were actually light. He suspected it had to do with her being a creature of flight, but then again he didn't exactly have prior leg lifting experience to compare.

Once Spike finished, he brushed off her hooves with a cloth he had also brought. "There you go Rainbow. What do you think?"

Rainbow turned herself over to inspect her hooves, and found herself pleasantly surprised. "Huh, not bad Spike. I don't really take the looks of my hooves into consideration, but they actually look kind of...hot."

"Not to gloat about my own work but...yeah they do."

"Uh, thanks" Rainbow said with a hint of blush and a small smile. "Oh, uh hoof massage too?" she asked as Spike began rubbing one of her hooves.

"Well yeah, you didn't think I was gonna do half a job did you?"

"Um no? But I'm not so sure that's a good oh wow that is good" Rainbow said in half surprise half pleasure. She never told anypony this for obvious reasons, but her hooves were a slight erogenous zone. She discovered it during her very brief dating period with Soarin and enjoyed it a little more during her one night fling with Spitfire. "I'll be gentle" Spitfire's promise flashed through her mind as she continued to enjoy the massage. It turns out fingers can do a much better job at hoof massages than another pair of hooves.

Rainbow went back to reading her book with a relaxed smile, holding it over her face as she continued to enjoy the amazing hoof massage. "Wow, you're pretty good at that."

"I've been told" Spike said with a small smirk.

After five minutes, Rainbow found herself too relaxed to enjoy her book properly, since she had to reread the last few sentences. She memorized the page number, closed the book and set it aside, putting her forelegs behind her head and closing her eyes in her usual relaxed position.

Spike took note of the slightest hint of arousal in the air as he continued his massage and Rainbow exhaled in content. When he moved to her other hoof, he decided to step it up a notch. He made his presses and strokes longer and applied more pressure, while also starting to slowly travel upward.

As Spike did his work, flashes of the awesome things he did went through Rainbow's mind. Helping to save the Crystal Empire, getting a giant statue of himself, saving the Equestria Games stadium from that ice cloud, saving them as Hum Drum, rampaging through Ponyville as a giant dragon, though that one was more awesome in scale.

Spike's hands went past Rainbow's ankle and began travelling up her thigh, bringing out a small moan from the pegasus. He stopped when he reached her thigh, gently wringing it, tracing his scales over her fur and flesh. Rainbow cocked an eyebrow while still smiling when she felt Spike's breath on her thigh. After a few more minutes, one of them finally spoke.

"You gonna keep teasing me or are you gonna taste the Rainbow?"

Spike decided to do the latter as he smiled intently, his eyes in their predatory green. Spike inhaled Rainbow's scent before diving in, suddenly being reminded of the scent of fresh rainwater. Spike grabbed hold of Rainbow's thighs as his lengthy tongue traced her inner walls.

"Ssssssss, oh yeah" Rainbow said as she shifted slightly while Spike's tongue explored her "Dashie like."

After ten minutes, Spike removed himself and brought himself up, which made Rainbow whine in displeasure. "Mm, not cool Spi-" her eyes widened when they opened after seeing a pair of deep green eyes staring back. Spike smiled down at her before bringing his lips to hers, which made her close her eyes on instinct.

After a few seconds, Spike pulled away, leaving Rainbow with an amazing taste on her lips. She grabbed his head and brought his lips to hers, forcing her tongue into his mouth. I'm not sure how, but the taste of me on his tongue is better than on Spitfire's.

"Mm" Rainbow said suddenly when Spike began to shift his body. She broke away to address him "Whoa whoa whoa, I- whoa!" she said when she looked down and saw Spike's member "Good for you, ah! I mean hold on a minute there big...really big guy. Don't go too fast there."

Spike looked down at her as if she had just spoken to him in a different language. He thought Rainbow would definitely want to get to business as soon as possible.

"Yeah I know, I'm fast and awesome in general" Rainbow noted "But if you remember, I'm not exactly big on showing affection so....outwardly."

"This isn't......your first time is it?" Spike said cautiously.

"Pbbft, of course not. Come on Spike, it's me. My first time was with Soarin, also two through six. And then Spitfire that one time."

"Really?" Spike asked with great interest.

"And all those times" Rainbow enunciated to get the dragon's mind out of the gutter, despite their current in-gutter position "We went a little slow. I'm not saying no or not right now, just not so fast."

"Yeah...sure Rainbow" Spike said caringly with a small smile.

"Thanks Spike" she said as she placed a hoof behind his neck, bringing him forward slightly like a congratulatory hug "Now kiss me dragon boy." Spike complied as they resumed their making out, their hooves and hands roaming each others bodies.

Spike's claws sent small jolts of pleasure through Rainbow as they traced along her skin, and Rainbow's hooves felt like they were smoothing down Spike's scales. They slowed themselves down, allowing the content feeling of being in each other's embrace, and mouths, longer.

Eventually they both broke away to catch their breath, and Rainbow looked into Spike's eyes before nodding to him.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. Go slow."

Spike nodded and shifted his body, slowly starting to enter her. "Whoa, ah, ah, little slower." Spike complied and slowed himself a little more. "Ah, that's good" Rainbow said as Spike fully entered her. She stopped him from slowly inching out "Wait, let me just, ah, savor the feel, mm. Okay go ahead" she said after a few more seconds.

Spike slowly retracted and pushed back in, going as gently as he could. He only increased his speed slightly, which Rainbow didn't object to, being cautious not to make the pegasus feel uncomfortable or possibly hurt her. Rainbow moaned in pleasure with each of his movements, perfectly comfortable with Spike's attention to her.

Rainbow brought Spike's eyes back up to her and began a passionate but gentle make out session with him. It was then that it occurred to both of them that what they were doing was actually gentle love making. The way Spike seemed to fit comfortably inside her, the way Rainbow gently accepted him.

When they broke away and Rainbow made to say something, Spike placed a finger on her lips and shushed her. Rainbow's heart skipped a beat as Spike's deep, green eyes stared into hers. He then nuzzled into her neck and started giving her small, nibbling bites that increased her arousal. It was like cool, liquid ecstasy was being injected into her bloodstream with each bite.

Spike would've expected the last two mating's (current one included) to be switched with the mares. Fluttershy's beast like nature was expected from Rainbow, though to a much lesser degree. Rainbow's gentle, almost shy behavior was expected of Fluttershy, but did make sense. To paraphrase what Rainbow said, she wasn't really one to display affection so outwardly. She only gave Tank a quick nuzzle when she had left him with Spike to be looked after.

Rainbow Dash's usual personality was currently stuck in a black void, the only thing visible being herself, her attempts at flying being in vain as she couldn't tell up from down or left from right. What's going on? Where am I?! Rainbow Dash's less prominent softer side currently inhabited her consciousness, and couldn't believe how great of a lover Spike was. She and Soarin had only "made love" three out of their six times, and Spitfire was...voracious.

Their physical activity lasted a little over an hour with Spike only increasing his speed in small amounts. Lack of beckoning from Rainbow made it apparent that she wasn't technically eager for him to become rapid, even as they neared their orgasms.

Spike slowed his movements and backed them up with more force, pausing at the last one before completely pushing himself in and triggering their explosions of pleasure. They both grunted and held onto each other as hard as they could, Spike filling Rainbow while her juices coated his member.

Spike held himself up to keep from collapsing on top of the pegasus, as they were both out of breath. "That...was..."

"Awesome" Rainbow finished with a breath.

"I was going to say...nice, but yeah that too."

"You were twenty percent better than Soarin"

"That's....great to hear?"

"Spitfire was wilder though."

"I'm sure she was" Spike said with a chuckle "When are we gonna have a very detailed conversation about that by the way?"

"Very funny"

"No seriously, when?"

Rainbow chuckled and quieted him with a kiss. "Dummy"

"So is that a yes?"

"If you're good, maybe, possibly, very small chance, pre-order the next three Daring Do's for me when possible and we'll talk."

"I will find A.K. Yearling and have her confirm your head canons and or fan-fictions if I have to."

"Deal"

Please read Author's Note, or at least the last part. Important.

Author's Note

Finally another chapter. And whoa, much longer than I thought I'd make it.

Original title: Head in the clouds
Other potential titles: "Hospital visit and Hoofcare" or "Hospital visit and Skittles reference"

I actually forgot that Fluttershy knew beforehand and was writing a scene where she got angry when Spike told her everything. It involved her saying this line:

"HAVE YOU BEEN FUCKING AROUND WITH OTHER MARES?!"

Will I make a one shot prequel of Rainbow and Spitfire? If you ask nicely, but a little more importantly, if I can tackle it decently. So possibly.

Also, it's with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the readers, that this story COULD go on hiatus. It isn't definite but still. If it does, I hope to get the next chapter out before that. I will be working on another story with the Sirens, and no it isn't connected to this story or sex centered unfortunately (right?). It will actually be my first sad piece, at least I hope so. This doesn't mean I won't be putting my mind towards this story, I will be and always am. I have about three, maybe four more chapters planned.