It had seemed harmless at the moment.

"So, Fluttershy darling, do you want to accompany me to Ponyville Café tomorrow at noon?"

Fluttershy had smiled the warmest, fondest smile and nodded in reply.

Then Rarity had told her that she loved her, and Fluttershy had returned her affection. The perfect end to a perfect day. But that wasyesterday.They had both been in adifferentstate of mind, their common sense obscured by lust and passion and the heat of the moment! Fluttershy, gentle, soft-spoken Fluttershy, would surely be a nervous wreck, realising her trauma upon awakening!

Oh, Rarity! the unicorn thought to herself.You wanton, sinful horse, letting your lust take you over in that fashion! Poor Fluttershy must be in shock at theshameful display you subjected her to!

The unicorn sat alone at the table outside the café, slouched and jittery, gaze flitting this way and that, building nervousness keeping her from even maintaining a modicum of her famously confident composure. Her darting eyes glanced in the direction of the Ponyville clock tower: 12:07.

She hates me. She hatesme.

Rarity regretted ordering a second cup of coffee; the first cup had done little to calm her nerves. Entirely different brews would be needed for that purpose. She sighed deeply. Prior to Fluttershy, her experience in romance certainly had breadth, but not so much depth. Her dating history had always followed a downright predictable pattern; deliriously in love with her prospective partner by morning, sick and tired of their many flaws by evening. Every now and then, her attempts at love had been punctuated by nights of impersonal, purely physical encounters. She would travel somewhere sufficiently far away from Ponyville, dress herself in something sufficiently skimpy, find some sufficiently seedy bar, and spend a night with any sufficiently tolerable stallion. One night as a slut, dick to satisfy her cravings, then leave ahead of morning, never even bothering to remembering the stallion's name.

Rarity certainly had plenty of experience with romance and sex. Mornings after, however, were still very much a mystery to her, on account of there never having been a single one. She was not handling her first one very well.

"Uhm, Rarity? Are you OK?" came a familiar, welcome voice. Rarity sat up with a start, slamming her thigh hard into the table. The attempt at twisting the resulting grimace into a welcoming smile was not even remotely successful. "Ffffffffffffffffff-...” she hissed, but realising there were foals within earshot, continued; "...-luttershy? You came!"

"Oh, I'm, uhm, sorry, I got a little delayed." the pegasus replied, fidgeting. "Are you, uhm, sure you're ok? You seemed really lost in thought."

"Ooh, I'm fine, I'm fine!" Rarity assured her, rubbing her aching thigh, which was almost certainly going to bruise. "I'm just glad you're here!"

Fluttershy embraced her, then froze. On her face was a tiny, nervous smile, her gaze focusing on some distant point, seemingly lost in thought. Inhaling as if about to dive underwater, she hesitated for a few seconds and placed a quick peck on her marefriend's mouth. Face flushed, she sat down opposite of Rarity. The unicorn simply stared, a surprised, open-mouthed smile on her face. Public displays of affection? FromFluttershy? "I'm happy to be here too..." the pegasus said, smiling, but glancing nervously around her.

The two looked at each other, silently; lopsided, nervous smiles on their faces. Around them, the pleasant buzz of ponies chatting, laughing and gossiping filled the air, the sound of cups placed on saucers, and the flapping of wings as pigeons snatched spilled crumbs from the ground. The warm summer sun on their coats would normally have made for a thoroughly enjoyable day, and a moment of shared comfortable silence. The two were not nearly as comfortable as usual in each others company. Both were desperate to speak, neither knowing where to start.

"So about yesterday..." both said perfectly in unison after minutes of nervously looking into each others eyes, the comical timing causing them both to burst out in laughter. Ponies nearby turned to look at them, surprised at the sudden noise, eliciting yet more giggling and snorting from the pegasus and unicorn. The onlookers quickly turned away, figuring that shrugging and ignoring the two possibly insane mares might be the the best course of action.

"I'm sorry!" Rarity said in between fits of laughter, wiping tears from her eyes. "Nerves. You know how it is."

"Oh!" replied Fluttershy, trying her hardest not to break out in laughter again. She failed, spectacularly. "Do I ever! I thought you were going to..."

"Hate me?" Rarity completed her sentence.

"Yes!" Fluttershy exclaimed. Their laughter faded quickly, but the tension had finally been broken. "Uhm, yes. I did."

"So did I," Rarity admitted as a final chuckle escaped her lips, "I thought after yesterday, you would be... shocked! The way I behaved was scandalous!"

A distraught look appeared on Fluttershy's face. "I made you do awful things! I told you to..." She stopped, face turning beet red in an instant upon almost having blurted out yesterday's events in public. "I was the one who was acting scandalous!"

"Ooh, darling, they weren't awful at all!" Rarity replied, not waiting for the blushing pegasus to finish. "And you didn't make me do anything I did not want to! I would simply have said no, had that been the case." She tried to tell Fluttershy that she did, in fact, very much want the things she had commanded, but a sudden pang of embarrassment made the statement come out in a muted mumble. The sudden, deep blushing told the pegasus everything she needed to know, however.

"Ooh... I'm glad that you enjoyed my..." Fluttershy paused, searching for the right words. "... sentences. I enjoyed it too. I, I mean... I enjoyed the other things too. I enjoyed the, uhm... kissing." She looked down at her hooves, biting her lip.

Rarity's spoon spun around erratically in front of her, enveloped in her magical levitation aura; a unicorn's way of nervous, idle fidgeting. "Mm, the kissing..." she said, a barely noticeable trembling on her voice. "And you're a very good kisser, darling..."

"Oh? I am?" Fluttershy asked in earnest surprise. "I don't have a lot of experience..."

"Would you like to get more experience?" Rarity asked, realising the unintended innuendo halfway through the sentence.Well, she thought, it's intendednow!

Fluttershy nodded slowly. "I would. I definitely would."

They stared at each other, both feeling a comfortable yet nagging, craving warmth welling up inside of them.

"I uhhh..." Rarity cleared her throat, standing up. "I think it's about time we went someplace a bit more private. To practice. For experience."

"Ooh?" Fluttershy looked at Rarity, then at the table. "Aren't you going to finish your coffee?"

"Buck the coffee, Fluttershy."

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The door to Fluttershy's cottage swung open and the two mares stumbled inside, only now breaking the kiss they had been locked in since well before even reaching the path leading up to the pegasus's home. Rarity panted, having all but forgotten to breathe during the excitingly lengthy kiss. She felt lightheaded, not so much from the lack of air as from the lust that was quickly flooding her mind. She watched as the pegasus in front of her closed her eyes and took a deep breath. As she exhaled, her mouth slowly formed a grin; the kind of devilish smile Rarity imagined Opalescence would have on her face before tearing a toy mouse to shreds, had she been a pony. It was a face unlike anything Rarity had seen before; the lustful, insatiably greedy smile of a mare who knew she could claim anything that she wanted. In public, the pegasus was still timid and quiet; no longer meek to the point of being a doormat, but certainly much less outgoing than other ponies. But now that the two were in private, however, Fluttershy could show a side of herself Rarity could not even have imagined a mere month ago. Being able to witness the transformation firsthoof was enough to make Rarity whimper, drool forming in the corner of her mouth. Though it was new, it was something Rarity could without a doubt get accustomed to.

"On your back. Now." Fluttershy commanded in an authorative tone that managed to surprise even herself, her gaze as she opened her eyes intense enough to make Rarity's back legs go weak. For a split second, the unicorn suspected that her lover had used the Stare on her, but quickly realized it was nothing more than a look of great confidence mixed with her own increasing horniness. Her body none the less seemed to move on its own, and she quickly lay down on the floor. Fluttershy glanced at her, and the confidence she had displayed seemed to suddenly evaporate.

"Fluttershy...?" Rarity moaned, receiving nothing but silence in reply. Curiously, her marefriend seemed to be frozen in place. "Fluttershy, darling? Are you alri-..."

It was only then that Rarity realised that unlike the day before, she had forgotten to cover herself. "Ohh..." She hastily pressed her tail against her stomach, drawing a barely audible gasp from the now furiously blushing pegasus. "I'm, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to... Do that..." she assured her.

"Rarity, th-... There's a... thing... on your..." Though trembling, she covered her face entirely with her mane with only a single flick of her head; a skill honed through decades of hiding from other ponies. "On... your thing..."

"A thing on my thing?" Rarity asked earnestly, believing for a moment that there was some embarrassing smudge or stain on her private parts, but quickly realized what Fluttershy was referring to. "Ooh, you mean my piecing?" It was something she had gotten years ago after reading an article in a fashion magazine. It had been a painful affair and she had barely been able to walk for days, although in retrospect she wondered how much of that had been purely psychosomatic. None the less, the little thing had proved to be highly distracting for weeks, filling her mind with nagging thoughts at the most inopportune times. However, as time passed, she often forgot that she was wearing it.

"Y-... That. The... pierc-..." the pink mane mumbled.

"I, uhm, I'm sorry if it shocked you, darling!" Rarity stuttered, berating herself for absentmindedly displaying herself in such a manner. "I can take it out if y-"

Fluttershy fidgeted nervously while mumbling something under her breath, still hiding behind her voluminous mane.

"Darling?" Rarity asked.

".... -nt to s-..."

"I'm... I'm sorry darling, you need to speak up."

"I want to... see it..." Fluttershy repeated, finally daring to peek out from behind her mane. Her face was an almost perfect crimson.

"Oh." Rarity paused. Though she was pleasantly surprised at this turn of events, Fluttershy's request had triggered some brattish part of her. Despite wanting her marefriend to feel comfortable, teasing her proved too tempting. Besides, she was not the one on her back on the floor about to display herself. "I'm sorry", she asked, "what do you want to see? I don't understand."

"Your... you know." Fluttershy answered, her voice barely audible. "Your... thing."

"What thing? My ear? My hoof?" Rarity asked with a wink.

"No, your..." Fluttershy's jaw dropped as she realized her marefriend had been messing with her. "Rarity! That's not funny!" she exclaimed, huffing, her face still blushing red. Despite her claim, she none the less chuckled. If nothing else the little joke seemed to have cured her embarrassment, at least partially. "Now go lie down on the bed! I want to see... it."

"Yes, miss!" Rarity giggled, skipping Pinkie Pie-like towards the bedroom.

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Rarity did her best to balance herself. Fluttershy had a cozy enough bed, her pillows the perfect balance between fluffy and firm and the covers soft without feeling flimsy. It was, unsurprisingly, covered in a thin layer of animal fur, but Rarity's own bed differed little in this regard as Opal had thoroughly been shedding all over it. But such was the reality of owning pets. The problem was simply that the bed was not very wide. Two ponies could fit in it, albeit not comfortably, and when Fluttershy after quite some time of gathering her courage had ordered Rarity to spread her legs just like before, the lack of space meant Fluttershy had to sit close. Very, very close. Close enough that Rarity could feel her breath on her pussy. Even to her there was something vaguely embarrassing about the situation.

"Oh... My..." Fluttershy commented, wide eyed and blushing furiously enough that even her ears had turned red. More than just looking at the most intimate parts of her friend's,her marefriend's,body, the piercing fascinated her immensely. It was her first time seeing anything like it... in real life at least. The piercing was simple yet stylish; a barbell through the clitoral hood, adorned with an amethyst. The image caused Fluttershy to shudder; partially from imagining the pain of such a procedure, partially from imagining Rarity's face upon receiving such pain. Why that thought caused her heart to skip a beat, she could not quite fathom.

"Fluttershy darling?" Rarity asked. Fluttershy had been looking at her for quite some time, and it was slowly making her feel self conscious. The lingering gaze felt more intrusive with each passing second, to a point where it was beginning to seem almost tangible; both teasing and tickling in its insistence. A need was starting to pulse through her body: She desperately needed to cover herself, alternatively masturbate. Either or.

"Mm?" Fluttershy kept staring, then suddenly looked up. "Oh! Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm..." She sighed, fascination fading from her face only to be replaced with an expression of shame.. "I'm sorry, I was staring wasn't I?"

"Maybe a little..."

"I'm, uhm, I'm sorry, I'm..." Nervous and inexperienced, she wanted to say, but found herself unable to. Fortunately her frustrated expression communicated her emotions perfectly.

"It's fine, Fluttershy dear." Rarity assured her. "Take your time, I'm here for you. What do you want to do next?"

"I... I don't know..." came the mumbled reply. "I don't know, what are you even supposed to do?" Her voice was breaking ever so slightly. Her confidence was far from shattered, but some ugly cracks had suddenly begun showing. "It's my... You know, my first time..."

Rarity smiled the kindest, most calming smile she could manage, sitting up to run her hoof through her marefriend's soft, pink mane. "Fluttershy, I don't mind if you're a... If you haven't done it before. It's natural to feel nervous your first time, maybe even a bit scared. I know I was."

"You... You were?" A look of genuine surprise on Fluttershy's face. The revelation that Rarity, of all ponies, had been nervous in the same situation made her feel marginally more at ease.

"Of course!" Rarity assured her. "It's all so new, you don't want to seem inexperienced... Especially if your first time is with someone much more experienced than you." Fluttershy opened her mouth as if to ask, then figured it was better not to pry. "Besides!" Rarity continued, "In a way it's my first time too. With another mare, I mean. So this is all new to me, too!"

Fluttershy giggled, looking a bit more confident. "I guess that's true."

"Just tell me what you want us to do. I promise I won't judge." She quickly gestured a Pinkie Promise.

"Uhm, well..." Fluttershy smiled again. Also, her face was yet again quickly turning a luminous red. "In that case... I want you to show me what..." Her voice trailed off mid-sentence, losing volume until she spoke in less than a whisper. She cleared her throat, trying again. "Rarity... show me what it's like when you m-... touch yourself."

Rarity swallowed hard, then nodded. Her tongue very suddenly felt large and dry, and trying to answer would surely lead to nothing but mumbled nonsense. She moved her hoof between her legs after only a moments hesitation. As Fluttershy watched intently, the blushing unicorn begun to touch herself, slowly and softly at first, just enough that she had to stifle a moan.

"D-do you... like it?" Rarity squeaked, working herself with one hoof, the other gently rubbing at her nipples. For some reason, she wanted to press a pillow over her eyes. The physical closeness to her marefriend felt comfortable and intimate, but also inescapably embarrassing. Why, she could not fully comprehend. She had always thrived on attention in her everyday life, and her sexuality was no different in that regard. With all those stallions, she had displayed her body without shame, yet with Fluttershy, she felt like she was a blushing virgin again. None the less, she fought the desire to hide away behind a pillow. Besides, ruining her flawless makeup would be nothing short of a crime.

"I do..." replied Fluttershy, audibly panting, her gaze not wavering for even a second. "D-... Does it feel good?"

Only a satisfied "Mmm" in reply. Though she could not quite look into Fluttershy eyes, Rarity's eyes were fixated on the pegasus's chest, slowly working their way up. With each passing second the embarrassment subsided, slowly but surely, and what had started as gentle touching soon grew wilder and more intense, the unicorn caring less about whether her panting and moaning sounded silly, or if her increasingly frantic masturbation caused any embarrassing sounds. Had she shown any restraint, she no longer wanted to, especially as she noticed that Fluttershy's hoof was now firmly planted between her own legs, rubbing and teasing with great intensity. Deciding to give her marefriend a better look, Rarity pushed up with her hips while spreading her legs as much as she could, trying desperately to find hoofhold on the awkwardly narrow bed. It was not remotely comfortable, but thigh aches was future Rarity's problem.

"Rarity... Please, I want t-..." Fluttershy mumbled, lust-drunk, leaning forward to kiss her lover, pausing just long enough for the two to feel each others breaths on their lips. Her hoof, sopping wet with her own juices, pressed against Rarity's chest, eliciting a surprised gasp from the pinned-down unicorn. The other swatted Rarity's own hoof away from its eager work. A disappointed whimper turned into a loud, guttural moan as the pegasus quickly replaced Rarity's hoof with her own, demonstrating skills honed by hundreds upon hundreds of hours of masturbation. Moaning and whimpering, the tastes of each others saliva in their kiss were simply intoxicating. By the time they broke the kiss, both were panting for air.

"I want to... I want to try something..." Fluttershy whispered in a slurred tone Rarity could not tell whether it was commanding or pleading.

"Anything!"

There was no answer or explanation, instead the pegasus began to turn around in bed, awkwardly lifting her leg over Rarity's head to position herself as the top in a sixtynine. Rarity swallowed hard as she laid eyes on her marefriend's soaked sex, heart beating faster with both excitement and nervousness. Though by no means inexperienced with the position itself, cunnilingus was new territory. She had never seen a pussy up close before, especially not one so slick and dripping with juices. Despite assuring Fluttershy that there would be no judging mere moments earlier, she was now gripped by insecurity herself. Despite the fact that her belief that she was entirely heterosexual had turned out to be quite wrong, thinking of herself as a lesbian was still new and unfamiliar, and to some degree even faintly frightening. Especially when viewing somepony's dripping wet pussy up close. Even ignoring her own worries about how it would feel and, oh Celestia, what the taste would be like, was she really up to the task of pleasuring another mare? Stallions were simple enough to read, but how would she tell with a mare? A few concerns had to be dealt with before she could continue worrying about her lack of experience however, chief being her current inability to breathe.

"F-Fluttershy? I, uh, I hate to complain but..." she groaned, writhing uncomfortably.

"Uhm? I'm sorry, am I...?"

"You're kind of pressing down on my stomach." Rarity gasped, doing her best not to sound too distressed. "Slightly hard."

Fluttershy shifted around, allowing Rarity to finally draw a deep breath. "I'm sorry, is this... better?" she asked. It was not. The weight was now instead on her thigh, causing quite a lot of pain.

"No, let me just..."

"How about this..."

"....."

"....."

Eventually, after several minutes of awkward shuffling and mumbling, the two maneged to find a comfortable position that put a minimum of pressure on Rarity and would not cause too much strain on Fluttershy's muscles. Rarity sighed under her breath. Erotic literature always made this position seem so easy!

"Can I?" Fluttershy asked, breath ragged and voice saturated with lust, anticipation, and just a hint of the tone of fear and worry that Rarity had learned to recognize in her friend's voice over the years.

"Of course darling," Rarity replied, "you go right aheaaaahhhhhhh-oh sweet Celestia!" Fluttershy wasted no time, her eager tongue immediately licking and lapping, sheer enthusiasm filling in where experience was lacking. Her sensitive pussy under vigorous attack, Rarity had no choice but to press her face directly against Fluttershy's crotch to stifle a loud yell. Body tensing, she decided to give Fluttershy a taste of her own medicine. Drawing a deep breath, which filled her nostrils with Fluttershy's scent, she prepared herself mentally for her first go at licking pussy. Trembling and panting, she let her tongue explore, lips nuzzling and sucking. The sensation made her mind swim, her thoughts flooded with the excitement and novelty of performing such a lewd, queer action. She could barely believe what she was doing, feeling simultaneously naughty and proud of herself. Growing bolder with each passing second, she alternated between stimulating the parts she herself enjoyed giving attention, and simply mimicking what Fluttershy was doing. Judging from the pegasus's whimpering and moaning noises, it seemed to be a winning method. Both had already forgotten why they had been nervous to begin with, lost as they were in a whirlwind of tastes, scents, yelping, moaning and trembling.

Grabbing onto Fluttershy's flanks to bury her snout deep in her pussy, she caused the pegasus to do the same to her. It was then that Rarity got a reminder of an oft forgotten fact about her friend and lover: Fluttershy looked meek and gentle on the outside; her shrinking violet demeanor often causing ponies to mistake her for somepony who could be knocked over by a soft breeze. And certainly, her lack of wingpower lent some truth to that assumption, but that was only true for her flying. In all other respects, Fluttershy was closer to an earth pony than a pegasus; among Rarity's closest circle of friends only Applejack possessed greater physical strength, and even then not by a great margin. Her soft coat, her gentle voice and pink, flowing mane all hid the fact that underneath it all was pure muscle. Fluttershy was the kind of pony who could, and had, wrestled bears into submission.

And now, that strength was holding Rarity in place. There was a split second of panic, a shudder going through her body as she reflexively attempted to break free, but Fluttershy's tremendous strength did not allow even for flinching. Combined with her tongue eagerly licking at her pussy, Rarity felt suddenly overwhelmed, her mind swimming with a pleasure she had never felt before and could only partially understand. All she was certain of was that, for whatever reason, she wanted Fluttershy to hold her tighter, to envelop her more completely. She imagined being a snake's prey, being tightly constricted, and the lack of mobility somehow turned her on. And the better Fluttershy felt, the tighter her grip would become. If she could be brought to orgasm, surely something wonderful would happen? Rarity had no idea what her lust-hazy mind was even thinking, but felt that pursuing that hunch was more important than anything else in all of Equestria. Utilizing what strength she could still muster and ignoring her rapidly numbing tongue, she licked Fluttershy as intensely as she was capable, stimulating her more and more. And sure enough, with each kiss and nuzzle, with each lick and flick of her tongue, she caused Fluttershy to gradually tense up. Just a little more and she would be brought over the edge. Drawing a deep breath, inhaling that wonderful, musky scent, Rarity went all in. Attacking all her most sensitive spots, Rarity managed to get the pegasus to moan, then shudder, then writhe. Her breathing a series of ragged gasps, her body begun to tense up, then relax, tense up, then relax, as if building up to an explosive orgasm. Soon enough, a violent shudder coursed through her body, Rarity's untiring ministrations having brought her an intense climax. Rarity came mere moments afterwards, but was brought to orgasm through entirely different sensations. Though the simulation certainly helped, the feeling of being held in place tightly, being painfully squeezed, was a greater source of pleasure. As the orgasm pulsed through her lover's body, Rarity's own climax was heightened by the feeling of being nearly crushed in Fluttershy's powerful arms, her head squeezed to an almost painful degree between the pegasus's muscular thighs. Had she felt any more pleasure, she would surely have passed out, her eyes already rolling back into her head.

The two panted and gasped as they recovered from their respective orgasms, clumsily pulling themselves into in a tight embrace, lips locked in a greedy, sloppy kiss.

"Th-... That was..." Rarity gasped, stroking a strand of hair out of her sweat-damp face. She found herself giggling, unable to stop the feelings of happiness bubbling up in her after experiencing something so new, so exciting. Despite her joy, however, she found herself unable to think of a way to finish the sentence. Judging from the look of bliss on her lover's face, however, there was no need to.

"It was..." Fluttershy agreed, nuzzling Rarity's neck. "So you did, uh... You enjoyed it?" she asked, worrying purely out of habit. "I mean, I've never, you know..."

Rarity's face exploded into furious blushing. "I... I've never felt anything quite like it!" she confessed. "Frankly I thought I would never stop coming."

"Oh..." Fluttershy replied, unsuccessfully attempting to hide her pride as she snuggled a little closer to her lover. They kissed, then simply lay together silently, embraced in a state of shared happiness.

In Rarity's mind, however, was a jumble of hundreds of thoughts. Confusion would have taken her over, except only one thought really mattered: A need she had not even been aware of had been sated. She sniffed at her frazzled mane, a tuft of hair was damp and carried a particular, easily recognizable scent. Normally she would have rushed to the shower, but nothing seemed less important at the moment. She placed a quick peck on her lover's lips, feeling for perhaps the first time in her life completely and utterly at ease.

"Darling...?"

Fluttershy nuzzled her cheek. "Mmm? Yes, Rarity?"

"Could you... hold me a bit tighter?"

Fluttershy didn't reply, but after a few moments wrapped her legs tighter around Rarity, eliciting a content sigh. Soon, satisfaction turned into relaxation, and cuddling into napping. Embracing each other, they soon snoozed together in Fluttershy's much too narrow bed.

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Angel Bunny peered in through the bedroom window at the mares happily resting in bed. As soon as he had spotted the two lovebirds walking towards the cottage earlier in the day, kissing like they were attempting to eat each others faces, he had hastily debated with himself the pros and cons of yelling at them to stop their foolishness and instead see to more important matters, such as serving him lunch. He had, however, quickly decided to leave them alone. After all, he was not an unreasonable rabbit, and his hapless, perpetually attention-starved owner did not exactly bring home mares on a weekly basis. Or at all, for that matter. As such, he figured that she could be treated to some privacy, at least this once. He had hastily shooed the critters out of her cottage through the back door, coming up with an explanation on the spot that they were all going on a picnic. They had, reluctantly, agreed to do so, but now that they all were back, it was clear that things had gone a little beyond the simple smooching and cuddling he had suspected would take place. Even with the window closed, he could still smell what the two had been doing. Looking down at the animals gathered beneath him, he shrugged and jumped down, landing on the soft, fuzzy shoulder of Harry the bear. He grabbed onto his ear, then leaned forward and whispered to him exactly what had been going on. The bear snorted, a look of embarrassment on his face, then looked at the critters surrounding him. They were all wondering what was going on, some of them growing increasingly annoyed with each passing moment. Angel realized that something had to be done, and stealthily opened the door to the cottage, sneaking inside and across the floor towards the chaise lounge at the far end of the room. There, propped up against the arm rest, was Fluttershy's saddle bag. Quickly glancing towards the stairs leading up to the bedroom to make sure nopony noticed him, he dove inside the bag, shuffling through its contents. An apple, some tissues, a brush, a book (Pone Piece, volume 7), some broken sunglasses, and... aha! Fluttershy's coin purse! He poked his head out of the bag. Listening for movement but only hearing quiet snoring, he dashed outside, purse tucked under his arm. The moment he had gotten through the door, he held purse triumphantly over his head, explaining to the critters that Fluttershy was feeling very much under the weather and had told them all to go to Ponyville and buy themselves whatever they wanted to eat for dinner, her treat! The animals looked at him quizzically for a moment, then nodded with pleased expressions on their faces as they started walking towards Ponyville.

Angel patted himself on the shoulder as he followed them, proud of his quick thinking. Having shown such kindness and consideration towards his owner, he figured that he had earned the XL salad with extra diced carrots at Ponyville Cafe.

Author's Note

In the next chapter: Fluttershy and Rarity attract the attention of the terrifying Shadow Moose after playing with an Oujia board, and grow increasingly desperate to find a way to break the curse before it's too late.