It’s begun.

Its that time of the year. While mares do have multiple estrus cycles, there is one week where they all go into it at the same time. While on any other of their estrus cycles they act as if nothing is wrong. They go on about their day. Sure, couples do still try to conceive a foal, but it isn’t always a guarantee.

But when ‘this’ cycle happens, it's always 100% guaranteed. So desperate pairs and herds try to conceive foals, but there is one problem for the mares in question.

They tend to lose control of themselves when they see a stallion for the most part. They no longer recognize stallions as sentient beings. Instead, they see them as toys to help cool them down.

So only desperate stallions are willing to risk their lives and dignity.

And this is why I’m in this predicament.

“Is it done?” Gray Mist asked Silver Dusk.

“Yes, it’s done. We just need to place it on him as quickly as possible”

Silver held a black object in her hooves. They had been working on it for a while. It would be used on Silent, but getting it on him was another challenge.

“Okay, then let-.”

Silver was Interrupted by the sound of another mare going out of control.

“YouseemtobebusyI’lltakethisbye.”

Gray took the object and teleported out. Leaving Silver all alone to deal with the mare.

“GRAY!!!”

What am I going to do? It isn’t even past noon yet and I already have problems. For one, Spitfire is here, giving me predatory eyes. Second, Silver and Gray are going to be knocking on the door at any time soon. And third, Vinyl is currently at my door demanding why I didn’t tell her that I had found Octavia. So not a great way to start off the day.

“So… are we going to do this the easy way, or the hard way?” Spitfire asked.

We were both still in the same position from last night. We’d just been staring at each other for the whole night. I don’t think she even blinked once. And every time I did, she moved one inch closer.

My eyes darted left and right trying to find a way out, but this was quickly proven to be a mistake because the moment I brought my attention back to her, she was only centimeters from my face.

“What’s it going to be?”

Um…

She looked like she was going to pounce and get on with it. Luckily, I was saved by Vinyl breaking down the door via magic.

“Silent, do you not hear me knocking on your door?!” Vinyl yelled.

This distracted Spitfire, shifting her attention away from me long enough for an escape via teleport.

I teleported on my cloud, above the house. Right now, nowhere is safe to be. I didn’t even need to see that there were mares running around looking for Stallions. Most of them were hiding somewhere and others were with their own mate or herd getting it on. It was only the first day, so no rape yet.

Unicorns and earth ponies couldn’t get to me. Pegasi were the only issues. They could easily spot me since they were up in the air too. Fortunate for me, our house was near the edge of town and we didn’t have any pegasi neighbors. So being on top of my cloud was my best option.

Okay, just wait it out, Silent. Am I going to have to do this for the rest of the week?

No, not at all.

The voice in my head startled me. I looked around to see who it was. Since it was in my head I couldn’t pinpoint the source. Then I felt slight gusts of wind from above. I looked up and was greeted by the silhouette of a pegasus, whose identity was being masked by the sun.

I instinctively moved away from where I was. I flew higher to see who it was. Once my eyes adjusted I recognized that it was Gray Mist.

“Nice to see you out and about.” She said.

I kept my distance from her. I expected Silver Dusk to show up out of nowhere to knock me out again.

“Don’t worry about Silver,” Gray said trying to put me at ease, but I don’t believe her for a second, “She’s currently preoccupied dealing with out of control mares.”

I felt a cold shiver travel down my spine. I don’t want to be reminded of what their whole goal with me is.

“Don’t tell me that you’re still trying to find a way out of this.”

“...”

“I thought so. Look just let it happen. It’s inevitable.”

She keeps going about how there is no alternative. She and Silver kept telling me this same reason every time I avoided the situation. At first, I believed it, but then I heard about how Twilight once turned Applejack into a stallion during a battle with a unicorn. If such a spell exist then why don’t the Enders just use that to fix their problem?

Why are they called Enders? I keep forgetting to ask.

So… why are you here?

Gray Mist just smirked in response. This made me feel uneasy. “You know why.”

You’re here to drag me back to your village, aren’t you?

She nodded just before suddenly pouncing me. The entire scenery changed before I could react. I felt the impact of the hard ground on my landing.

I got up and expected myself surrounded by hundreds of mares. However, there were no mares to be seen. We were in the village no doubt, but it looked completely abandoned. Then the same scent that came off of Octavia hit me like a bus. It was many times the intensity.

Then the sounds of wings flapping. And they were getting louder.

I turned around to ask Gray what was the meaning of this, but she only replied by giving me the same smirk. She hit the top of my head with something. I expected to be knocked out again but instead felt my head get heavier.

My face suddenly felt tight. My flight or fight instincts took over. I focused my thoughts on where I wanted to be and pictured the way there. When I opened my eyes I saw that I hadn't moved.

What’s going on? Why can’t I teleport? Is this a mask?

I felt around my head. There was definitely something on my head. It was a full-face helmet on me. I tried to pull it off, but it would not budge.

“It worked!” I heard Gray cheer.

I looked at Gray for questions. She was still cheering for herself. I throw a rock at her, which she dodged without looking. It caught her attention as she puffed her cheeks, mad at why I interrupted her cheering.

Gray, explain! What did you do to me? Is this the same kind of magic damper as those necklaces?

She stood there confused. Was she ignoring me? Or acting clueless?

“Oh, this may be a problem,” Her ears folded back. “It seems that we miscalculated a bit. Now I can’t even communicate with you telepathically.”

I stood there dumbfounded but was brought back to my senses by the sound of multiple flapping wings surrounding me.

“We’ll deal with this later. But for now… enjoy yourselves, girls!”

With a bright flash, she was gone. Leaving me surrounded by hundreds of mares looking at me.

Can we talk about this?

“GET HIM!!!”

I guess not.

I immediately made a break for it. One mare dove down and blocked my escape. Another one landed right behind me. Soon I was surrounded by both air and ground.

“Common let’s get this over with okay?” One mare said.

“Let’s get to know one another. My name’s Fluff Feathers.” Another said. One look and I could tell why she was called that. She was a pink pegasus and her wings looked very fluffy and looked like you would fall asleep by nuzzling against them.

“Mine’s, Lightning Strike!”

“I’m Stratus Cloud!”

Every single one of them kept shouting their names, mostly something to do with the sky or weather. Names that you would expect a pegasus to have. Except for Marble Drop. I wonder why.

Then a giant boulder slammed right next to me. I looked up to see Marble Drop with another one in her hooves.

Guess that answers my question.

They were slowly closing in on me. There was no way of escape unless I could fly. Wait a minute… I CAN fly.

I raise my wings and jump into the air. Only to fall back down, face first. Getting up I tried again but was met with the same result.

Are you kidding me? I can’t fly?

Before I could question any further I was knocked to the ground by a mare named Hazy sky. She had me pinned to the ground. The others began to help her by grabbing each of my hooves.

“We have him now. Let’s open up those legs and see what we- huh? Why isn’t it out?” Hazy said confused.

I quickly realized what she was referring to as ‘it’. My stallionhood was safely inside its ‘shelter’.

“That isn’t possible. A mare’s musk should be driving him crazy! Especially when surrounded by hundreds!” She said in disbelief

It was true. When the musk from Octavia that came off her drove me crazy. I immediately grew hot. Now that I think about it, I was getting the same effects earlier, but that suddenly stopped when Gray put...on...the Helmet.

Double edge sword.

Realizing that with the helmet I no longer needed to worry about the scent. But then at meant that they would force jr to come out in some way. For now, I needed a way out.

I quickly pulled and lifted my back legs and kicked the two mares in front of me, knocking them on their backs. This stunned the two mares, holding my front legs, long enough to set them free.

“What the-?”

I ran off. I knew that if I stayed in the open I wouldn’t last very long. So I made my way to a denser part of the village. The trees and the houses were so close together that it would be difficult to chase me in the air.

A flash of light appeared in front of me. “Hi!” A mare greeted.

Oh right. I forgot that they can also teleport.

I turned around, but then felt a warm embrace that stopped me dead on my tracks. It felt like being in bed on a cold morning. I looked at what was making me feel this warmth. It was Fluff Feathers, who was wrapping her wings around me.

She giggled. “No pony can resist my cozy feathers.” Her voice turned seductively. “Don’t you feel better with me?”

Must...get...away…

“Come on, let’s go to my place.” She whispered into my ear.

I felt my mouth starting to form a smile under the helmet.

“Huh? Why are we still here?”

Then the warmth from her wings slowly melted away and I regain my senses. I shook her off me and continued my escape again. Fluff didn’t even chase after me. She just sat there with a distraught face.

I dove into a large enough bush to hide myself in. I stood silent for a few seconds to hear if any of them were around. A few groups flew by. Some by air and some by ground. All of them complaining about how they now had to wait even longer.

I sat there in the bush trying to figure out what happened moments ago. Fluff, had me trapped in that embrace. I didn’t even try to escape, but when she attempted to teleport me back to her place, it failed and so did too her embrace.

Did my helmet also drain the magic of others who touched me? If so, then Gray just gave me another advantage here. But for now, I had other things to worry about. Should I keep hiding or should I continue to find my way out?

There were many built houses around. Some made of wood and bricks and some even carved into trees. Should I try to hide in one of these? I doubt that this bush would keep me safe for much longer.

I saw a small cave that was mostly hidden by vegetation. It was only visible due to the torches outside the entrance. Thinking that it was my best option for the moment I ran towards it.

I made a dive once I reached the entrance. I rolled for a bit and was surprised that this was no ordinary cave. It was a fully decorated house. Although everything was made out of rocks, even the chairs.

This was a bad idea, but who lives here?

I was interrupted by the sound of something heavy hitting the ground. I turned to see Marble Drop. She was one of the few mares that stood out to me. She was currently holding onto a rock a fourth of her body mass.

The front of the entrance was now blocked by a giant boulder, trapping me. She appeared again. “Am I first?” She said innocently.

Fuck.

Author's Note

Heres a new illustration of Gray Mist I quickly whipped up.

I drew a previous one a few years ago with Silver next to her on the prequel to this story, but it was the only one I made.