Chapter 7

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Other additional tags: Sets in 'Road To Friendship', slight alteration to the canon scenes, ~~rather boring and standard~~ desperation in the woods, with spitting fire pits and crocodiles involved, then casually peeing while sitting on a rock. Our favorite unicorn is also pretty darn desperate, no sexual acts/thoughts.

I made my way slowly through the forest in the direction we came from, mixed emotions running through my head. It was getting tired, moving this new carriage all by myself. I couldn't even comprehend how Trixie could do it for so many times, and by herself nonetheless. The unpleasant memory of our fight still lingered in my head and my heart, but there was another more... urgent issue that I really had to take care of first.

Due to our failure to properly coordinate and work things out, we ended up running out of beverages pretty quickly - and food as well for that matter. This meant that I had very little to drink in the past two days, and most of the water in my body had been lost through perspiration. I was now rather hungry and thirsty and no doubt exhausted, but the little liquid that I consumed prior to this moment was finally catching up to me.

To put it shortly, I needed to pee. Rather badly too, judging by the signals that my full bladder was sending me. I groaned as my hooves came into contact with muddy ground. This was hardly an ideal location for a bathroom break. I knew that outdoor activities such as camping and hiking will inevitably require ponies to answer nature's call in nature itself, but as a full grown mare who has never once relieved herself in anywhere other than a proper bathroom before, I still found the thought to be rather uncomfortable, to say the least. It was also something that I didn't knew how Trixie handled on her own so many times.

I was snapped out of my thoughts by a blur of green scales flashing in front of me. My horn instantly lighted up and teleported me to the top of the new caravan, where I was safe from the snapping jaws of the crocodiles. While I was glad that my survival instinct had kicked in just in time, the sudden jolt and unplanned use of magic was torture to my bladder, which I only now realized was filled to the brim. I heaved a sigh of relief that I wasn't torn to pieces by the reptiles below me, and that I didn't have an accident in the process.

Shakily, I leaned over slightly to look at the green-scaled creatures that climbed out of the bog and surrounded my caravan. "You... you seemed a lot less threatening when there were two of us," I muttered to those hungry eyes. Stranded without a solution, I realized that my only option was to use magic again, but now I had to teleport both myself and this now rather annoying caravan with me. Even if it was going to possibly put unnecessary strain to my holding muscles and make me lose control, I had no other choice.

Well, actually there was. Technically, I could just squat over the edge of the roof and let my golden liquid spill down below... there was nopony else around to witness this, and desperate times called for desperate measures, no?

But I quickly saw the flaws in this option. The roof of this blasted caravan was slanted, meaning that my liquid waste would definitely get all over it (not that I really minded at that moment, though). Secondly, the crocodiles might not have pounced on me yet, and they were rather clumsy - but I was pretty sure spraying urine all over them was one way to get them mad and send them into action immediately. And, of course, there was no guarantee that I wouldn't lose my balance when I peed and fall into their open mouths below.

So I took a deep breath, told myself that I could do it, and channeled magic to my horn again. Come on Starlight, you can do this! You once stole the cutie marks of ponies from an entire town... surely you can do a simple teleportation spell! Even when you're really desperate to pee and you have a really large caravan with you...

The rest of my thoughts were left unfinished as the turquoise glow of my magic enveloped both me and the caravan and sent us straight to the opposite of the bog, where it was luckily free of crocodiles, this time with me appearing directly on the ground. I was prepared to continue to move forward, dragging the heavy caravan behind me until a sudden thought struck me.

The caravan! Of course. How could I be so stupid? This thing was so large that Hoo'Far could have easily installed a bathroom within. Trixie may not have space in her tiny little carriage, but I wasn't stuck with hers anymore. I was so tired when the unicorn stallion offered me to sleep in this caravan last night that I immediately accepted the offer without even surveying much of its insides.

I trotted happily into the huge compartment, only to have my hopes crushed immediately. There were the familiar beds, chairs, shelves and a lot of space to store supplies and items, but no indicator that a bathroom was at all present. A quick walk around it confirmed that. As much as I found the beds comfortable, I couldn't help but marvel at how useless this thing I traded for was. A surge of regret came into my heart as I thought of my friend out there again.

However, any lingering thoughts of Trixie were quickly wiped out as my desperation started to prevail again. I was starting to find it difficult to stand still on four hooves without lightly tapping them at a steady tempo, or putting a hoof against my crotch to prevent any unwanted leakage. I looked around the caravan and, to my annoyance, it was still rather empty. There were only a few packages of food on the shelves, but no containers that stored water or drinks. The idea of downing a glass of juice right now was tempting, but I was more focused on the fact that I might have been able to find something to pee into.

I moved out of the caravan again, feeling more and more desperate by the seconds that passed by. I wondered if I should just give in and find a bush to pee behind, but the act which was considered to be rather uncivilized made me cringe and reconsider. I didn't even notice that I was stepping too close to a fire pit, which spewed out bright flames the second I came close to it.

"For Celestia's sake!" I quickly attached my carriage and ran around the pit, my bladder aching with every move I made. Halfway through dodging the hot, unforgiving fire, I was forced to stop before I wet myself in the middle of the woods surrounded by dangerous, spitting fire holes. "This place is awful! Why didn't I see it before!?"

As much as I didn't want to use magic again, I realized that I had no choice. It was my best bet right now, and if I lose it in the process... well, screw it then. At least I'll be getting out with my fur intact.

I closed my eyes and prepared for the worst, casting the teleportation spell again.

Fortunately, this time I reappeared in a completely safe location. The sound of the cascading waterfall behind me told me that I was near a stream, although the crashing of the water against the surface was torture to my bladder. Miraculously, I managed to stay dry through the process, but I knew it wouldn't last long. I was constantly shifting on my hooves now, unable to keep still at all, barely stifling the pain in my lower abdomen from the sheer amount of liquid I was carrying.

I debated just letting go right where I was standing, but I was glad that I ultimately decided against it as I spotted two pegasus ponies not far up ahead. Their manes and coats seemed rather familiar to me, but before I could recognize them, one of them spotted me and yelled, "Hey, look! It's one of those travelling ponies!"

I moved a little closer to hear what they had to say. It was unlikely, but maybe, just maybe, they would know of a bathroom somewhere around here that I could use.

"Your song really inspired us! We decided we need to head off on the road to friendship, too!" I only realized that the two of them were climbing into some sort of makeshift boat that was floating in the stream, which actually looked more like a discarded box than anything. I could only nod mutely for a second, with all of my attention focusing on preventing me from wetting myself.

"Um, I'm glad that I could help. Is, uh, is there a bathroom somewhere around here?" I quickly asked. The two mares blinked in surprise. "I-I mean, more like a toilet, rather than anything. I really need to tinkle, if you get what I mean." My face became a rather vivid shade of beet red, and I thought that my constant fidgeting was already a clear enough sign.

"Oh, yeah. We had that problem too. My partner here has a really small bladder. She would have to stop us on the road so many times just because she needed to take a leak. Travelling together is so hard sometimes!" Both mares giggled at that.

"Yeah, it had been a long road to deliveries. Unfortunately I can tell you that since we are really, really far away from any proper town, there won't be any proper bathrooms, either. We've been using trees and bushes all the way."

"If you really need to water the flowers, I'd suggest finding a spot over there," the violet mare said, her hoof pointed towards a location behind me. I looked behind and saw her outstretched hoof gesturing towards a cluster of rocks which were a great distance away from the stream. "It's a rather private location, if you asked me, with the rocks and all, and it wouldn't damage the clear water. Win-win."

I didn't really know what to immediately say to this offer, but since I really needed to be away from the mares' attention, it would be best that I pretended like I took it. I nodded stiffly and managed a weak smile. "I'll take it."

The pegasi proceeded to climb into the little box before floating it down towards the stream. "Thanks again for reminding us that we could have some fun while on the road! It would really be unbearable, if we hadn't learned to joke around like both of you do. Good luck!" They then followed the flow of the stream with a chorus of laughter before finally disappearing.

I sighed, partly out of relief that I was alone once more, and partly because I knew that I messed up. I chastised myself for doing something so stupid as trading away my friend's wagon without asking her (not that she'll be much use in this situation anyway), and for not using the bathroom before I left Saddle Arabia. I only had myself to blame for getting caught in this really tired, lonely and desperate situation.

However, it was too late to fix anything, and I knew better than to cry over spilled milk. At this rate, my only choice was to heed the mares' advice and find myself relief before I did anything else. My mind was too preoccupied with keeping my bladder in check to think of anything else at the moment.

With a final sigh of acceptance, I detached myself from that cursed caravan and trudged over to the pile of huge rocks that the ponies had pointed me to. They were all irregularly shaped and had fascinating patterns, but most importantly, they were tall and wide enough to provide cover for a pony to relieve themselves. To make it even better, there was a cluster of bushes which obscured the view of anypony that might walk by from behind. The ground was covered with quite a number of grass, unlike the stony expanse around my hooves. I smiled slightly as I realized that there was little to no chance of anypony ever finding out. Well, maybe except those two pegasi, but given the situation, I was pretty sure that they had been in the same boat as me before, and I felt no sense of embarrassment of them having knowledge of the act I was about to perform.

Taking a quick look around once more to make sure that I was truly alone, I took a deep breath and prepared myself mentally for what I was about to do. I didn't recall ever peeing outside since moving to Ponyville. I vaguely remembered doing it one or twice when I was planning my village of cutie markless ponies, but of course, I didn't have any friends back then and I always did it in rather remote locations, such as the desert plains of where I found the "Staff of Sameness."

I briefly considered to just squat down like how mares usually do to do my business, but a few smaller rocks laying nearby gave me another idea. There was a way to avoid getting my hooves dirty. As gently as I could, I sat down on the grey surface of the rock, slowly easing my rump onto it and letting my tail rest on top of it. I moved closer to the edge to make sure that none of my mess would end up splattering on the surface, my hind legs stretched apart as far as they could, and my front hooves gripped the sides for support.

My face was engulfed in a massive blush as I realized that my marehood was fully exposed, but another sharp pang in my bladder reminded me that I had no other choice, no matter how embarrassing it was. I just hoped that no one would ever find out about this, even though it was highly unlikely that I would be seen or heard at the moment.

I sucked in a few calming breaths, even if I'm still sweating, perhaps more out of anxiety than heat. Come on, you can do this. It's just a biological need, there's nothing more to it, there's no one else to see you and your bladder is gonna burst if you wait any longer... Indeed, the pain my strained bladder was bringing upon me was almost unbearable now. Seeing that it was only my mental obstacles holding me back, I tried to let the floodgates open.

Nothing happened. Not even a single drop of urine escaped my urethra as I gave my muscles a push. I grunted, pushing against them a second time. At that moment, I felt that urinating was a harder task compared to taking on a thousand crocodiles. I didn't understand - I typically didn't even need to use any force to allow my bladder to empty. But today, no matter how hard I tried, my bladder muscles wouldn't comply at all.

I sighed in frustration, no longer caring that I was heard by somepony else. Oh yeah, very funny, Starlight Glimmer, the dictator who once enslaved an entire village of ponies without their cutie marks is unable to piss in public because her nerves are getting the better of her. After a few more futile attempts at letting loose, I finally gave up on trying to force my urine out, the little tension I had worked into my muscles dissipating. This day couldn't be any worse. I had a falling out with Trixie, suffered a few nights of terrible sleep, was hungry and thirsty, and was currently having trouble with relieving myself.

Just as I was about to set a nearby bush on fire out of the sheer frustration I was going through, a soft but clearly audible pattering sound pulled me back to reality. I looked down to see a tiny trickle of piss dribble out of my marehood and slid down the rock before finally landing on the ground. I let out a breath that I didn't realize I was holding, before finally realizing the trick to letting go. It wasn't about pushing your muscles or using brute force to accelerate the process - on the contrary, it was relaxing your entire body and numbing all your senses that did the trick.

And that was exactly what I did. In that moment, I let all the thoughts that had been plaguing my mind since this trip started leave my mind, and all the built up tension in my entire body disappeared like a cloud of smoke. The task became easier as I got lost in the now melodious sounds of the waterfall crashing down somewhere near me. I felt the world around me melted away as the dam broke.

I could hear the light pattering turn into a very much audible hissing noise, now that my stream had grown in size and strength, and was arcing down to hit the ground directly instead of spraying onto the rock I was sitting on as I had hoped. As the initial wave of pleasure hit me, I didn't even had the ability to keep my eyes opened. A loud moan of pleasure escaped my lips as I felt the burden I had been carrying around leave me at last.

When I was conscious enough to open my eyes again, I was shocked by the thickness of my golden stream. The liquid waste was a vivid gold color, emitting quite a strong smell due to the tiny amount of water intake over the past few days. I had no intention of waving my hoof to clear the stench, though, as the gentle breeze was already carrying it away from where I was sitting, allowing me to continue enjoy relieving myself in silence.

My initial pleasure-filled moans turned into a contented sigh as the euphoria of finally having relief after holding it for so long was over. My rationality started returning to me, allowing me to fully process this situation again. Oh Celestia, I'm peeing in public. How long has it been since I had done this? Apparently, it had been long enough for me to feel uncomfortable about doing it again, but once I got into action, the task became much easier than it looked a moment ago. If someone peeked into the area where I was sitting, they would get quite the view indeed, a pretty mare urinating freely with a look of pure relief on her face.

It didn't matter if I was the famed Princess of Friendship's student, or that I was a powerful unicorn who had a standards to maintain. I was still a normal pony, a pony with her own needs that were just as important as anypony else's. With that revelation, and the fact that those two pegasi earlier had reminded me that I wasn't the only one who ever did this, made the efforts those intrusive thoughts made to stop the process of urination futile. The feeling of relaxation that went through my sore muscles was too good to resist.

My powerful stream slowed down after about 20 seconds, and it was no longer hitting a ground at a distance. The grass had did its job in covering up most of the liquid waste I had dumped on the floor, and unless someone deliberately stared at the spot where I currently was peeing on, they would completely miss the glistening patch that laid there. The final dribbles of urine that I was able to produce came into contact with the slanted surface of the rock and the process ended after about 30 seconds.

Making sure that my bladder was indeed empty after a few more squeezes, I slowly heaved myself off the rock, my rump feeling slightly sore from being seated over the rough surface for quite some time. I didn't want to take another look at the mess I've made, but the wet trail that I left on my makeshift toilet was definitely unmistakable. Blushing slightly, I quickly stepped away from the rocky area and back to my caravan, prepared to start my journey again, this time with a destination in mind.

Suddenly remembering my parched mouth, I trotted over to the stream and took a long drink of water. I managed to crack a smile as the liquid soothed my dry throat. Despite the process of relieving myself being rather stressful and more drawn out than necessary, I still did it and everything turned out fine. Now that my brain functioned normally again, I knew that I had to get back to Trixie and apologize for my foolish actions.

Quickly fastening the caravan onto myself once more, I galloped back towards the direction I came as fast as possible. The thought that the water I drank at the stream would eventually make me feel the need to piss again crossed my mind, but seeing that my mental obstacles had been cleared, it didn't bother me at all for the rest of this journey.

Author's Note

Sorry if this seems a bit rushed, have been plagued with headaches recently

If you want to see Trixie's part of this episode, tell me~

See you next time, and no, I don't have any indicators for what the next chapter may be.

~Frosty