“Shit, shit, shit, shit!” A mare muttered to herself as she stumbled through the thickets of a forest. She was covered in scrapes and mud. Broken twigs and leaves were tangled up in her colourful mane, and the puffy dress she was wearing was getting caught in every bush she passed. “Son of a bitch! This is why I hate dresses!” In the distance, she heard the rumbling in the trees and the barking of dogs. Her pursuers were getting closer to her and she could barely stay ahead of them. It was this damn dress and she had enough! There was a small tear by her hip. She dug her nails into it and tore her dress a new one down the side. Her long blue legs were finally free. “Why the hell didn’t I do this earlier?”

“Where is she?!” A voice called out.

“I think she’s over here! Hurry up and find her. We can’t lose her again.”

“Ahhh! Can’t they take a hint?!” The mare growled as she picked up the pace. She could run faster now, but those dogs were going to catch up to her within moments. The girl needed to find a safe place to hide. She needed to get out of this damn forest. Looking around, she saw the faint flicker of sunlight through the trees. Something new in the dank dark array of shadows of the woods. “Thank the goddesses.” She sighed, making a mad dash towards the light and burst out into the open. Out of the forest was nothing but grasslands, nowhere to hide... well, with the exception of the creepy looking castle at the top of a hill. But it looked like it was miles away. “Well... shit.”

“I think she’s over here!” The voices called out. They were getting closer.

“Screw it,” The girl said, reaching behind her back to the zipper of her dress. After a powerful yank, it came undone and two large wings were freed. The mare clutched her chest to keep her dress from falling off and took off into the air. “Woo hoo! Suck it, assholes!” She looked behind her, the ponies hunting her down just breaking the treeline with their canines. She laughed at them, flipping them off as she made her way closer to the castle. From below she could hear them shouting at her.

“Come back!”

“You can’t run forever!”

“Watch me, idiots!” She shouted back. “Enjoy the view of my ass!” With that, she zoomed off towards the castle. Now that she could fly again, there was no way they could keep up with her. She would go to that castle and lay low for awhile to catch her breath and think of her next move. It looked abandoned after all...

*****

“Hey Rarity...” Spike asked.

“Yes Spike?” The white mare asked.

“Tell me again why I’m carrying you...”

“Because my feet are sore,” Rarity beamed up at him. The two were within eyesight of Spike’s castle, and they were no more than a half-hour walk. The dragon and pony had changed clothes as well, with Rarity wearing her new green dress and Spike begrudgingly donning his new shorts and shirt. The rest of the dresses were neatly folded up and stored in a bag made by their old curtain cloaks and tied around the dragon’s neck like a knapsack. Curled up in his arms was Rarity, nestled comfortably as she was carried like... well a princess.

“I should drop you...” Spike leered. “I’m already carrying everything else!”

“Oh please, you’re strong enough to carry me and much more. Besides, I’m comfortable now. You shouldn’t have agreed to carry me if you were just going to complain about it.”

“I’m carrying you because you wouldn’t stop whining about your feet!”

“And unless you want to keep hearing about it, then you’ll keep carrying me,” Rarity grinned wickedly. “If it’s that exhausting, why don’t you transform into your giant form. You have wings when you’re like that, right? We could be home in a few minutes.”

“Yeah no,” Spike said. “Transforming like that really takes it out of me.”

“What do you mean?”

“Imagine your entire body exploding but you’re still alive afterwards,” the dragon said. “That’s what it feels like to grow. Now imagine after a while, just when the pain is gone from growing, every cell in your body decides to crumble up into itself to shrink you down. So yeah... we’re walking and praying that no pony else decides to attack us today.”

“Oh... I see...” Rarity looked down. She didn’t realize how much pain the dragon was in because of her... and here she was, complaining about her feet. “You know what? My feet are feeling better now.” she wiggled herself out of Spike’s arms and landed next to him. “Thank you for carrying me for as long as you did.”

“Umm...” Spike said. This was surprising... he didn’t peg her for the sympathetic type. “No problem...” He looked on ahead. Soon he would be home and he could finally have that nap he’d been dreaming of. Just him alone in his room with no disturbances. Normally when there were invasions on his home he could count on being left alone for a few more days as news of the army’s defeat made its way across the land. Today should be no different.

At least... that’s what he thought.

“Spike...” Rarity asked. “Is it just me, or is that a pony flying towards your castle?”

“A what now?” he asked, looking towards were Rarity was pointing. True to her word, there was a small speck making a beeline to his castle. “Oh come on! You’ve got to be kidding me!” He yelped, seeing that behind her were even more ponies, at least three, following her.

“Are they more invaders?” Rarity asked, looking worried. Had her father already sent another rescue party after her?

“No... it’s too soon,” Spike said. “If anything, your father just heard of your ex-fiance’s defeat. We’re dealing with a different party here.” He grabbed Rarity’s arm and scooped her back up. “Looks like you get a free ride still.”

“Huh?” Rarity blushed as the dragon started sprinting at full speed towards the castle.

*****

The blue pegasus had a hard time sticking her landing. Heels were the devil’s instrument, even when broken they provided zero friction. She was lucky that she didn’t end up falling flat on her face as she stumbled into a window.

“Stupid heels,” She growled, kicking them off and freeing her feet. The ground was cold and dirty but just being able to wiggle her toes again felt like heaven. The mare looked around her, seeing that she had landed in a cobweb ridden pantry that was severely lacking in anything edible. Well, this was an abandoned castle after all, and she was safe for now, that was all she could have asked for.

Of course there was no way that she was going to be staying here for long. All she wanted to do was lay low until she could find an opportunity to bypass her pursuers. Until then she needed to find a good place to hide and it certainly wasn’t here.

She opened the door to the hallway, peeking around to make sure she was alone. There was no telling who else could be squatting here. However the dark, dusty hallways gave the impression that she was quite alone. Still, she didn’t want to dawdle so she quickly and quietly made her way down the stairs and away from her tower. It was pretty creepy being alone in such a dark place, like something was just waiting to jump out and give her a heart attack. Every little noise made her jump, and every breeze sent a chill shiver up her spine.

“Just find a room,” she whispered to herself. “Just find a room to hide in for a few hours and then you’re home free.”

She finally made her way down the tower and to what looked like the main entrance to the castle. It was quite large and barran, although there was something rather unsettling about the room. The dust on the floor was a lot more scattered around than other places she had been in the castle. Which could only mean one thing...

Somepony else had been here.

“Crap in a handbasket,” she gulped. Had the ponies chasing her already caught up to her? Were they inside the castle looking for her right now? What was she going to do?!

That’s when she heard the thud. She looked around desperately to try and find the source of the noise, but the room was so echoey, it was impossible to tell. There was a creaking noise that soon followed, and a small ray of light cracked through the giant doors of the entrance. Somepony was opening the door.

She didn’t know or care who opened the door, she just knew she had to get the hell out of there. Quickly, she dashed down a random hallway and headed up a flight of stairs, not waiting to see who was coming in.

If she had stayed a little longer she would have seen Spike push open the doors with Rarity quickly running in from behind him.

“Close the door, quickly!” the unicorn princess commanded, waving for Spike to come in. The dragon complied, slamming the doors shut. “I can’t believe you were able to outrun those ponies.”

“Same... it’s weird... I mean they had wings from the looks of it and yet they were running along the ground.”

“I kind of want to know what guards from the Sky Kingdom are doing here as well,” Rarity said.

Spike gave her an odd look. “The what now?”

“Sky Kingdom,” Rarity said. “You know, the country in the clouds, some call it the first city of Heaven. It’s a rather peaceful country from what I can remember, since it’s so hard to get up to.”

“Because it’s in the clouds?”

“Not just that,” the princess said. “Even if you could get up there, living there if you’re not a pegasus is a completely different story. Something about their makeup allows a pegasi to walk on clouds like its solid ground, it’s a mystery how they do it! Not even they’re completely sure how it’s possible.”

“Huh,” the dragon wondered. “With a kingdom like that, you’d think that they would have taken over the world by now. Kind of surprised they haven’t now that you’ve explained them.”

“Well... that’s the thing...” Rarity chuckled to herself a little. “They live on clouds and it’s made the citizens just as soft. They’re a kingdom of pacifists, just like you! Their military’s a giant joke but you don’t really need one when no pony on the planet can reach you.”

“Sounds kind of nice... might have to check out this Sky Kingdom sometime, do they have any treasure?” The dragon asked hopefully. Targeting a whole country of pacifists was his dream! He could take all he wanted and wouldn’t have to reap any of the consequences!

“They’re not rich, if that’s what you’re thinking,” she said, crushing the dragon’s dreams. “That’s why I think it’s crazy that anypony would want to live up there when there’s so much beautiful gold and treasure down here.”

“Great...” the drake sighed. “ I’d rather not rob an impoverished nation.”

“How very kind of you,” Rarity said. “But it’s lucky for us, since they’re pacifists, there’s no possible way that they’re here for you or me.”

“Yeah, I guess that’s true... but then, why are they here?”

“I have no idea,” the princess said, shrugging as she started heading up the stairs. “In any case, if they do decide to invade the castle, they shouldn’t be too hard to scare off.”

“Wait, where are you going?” Spike wondered. “And what about this giant ass bag of dresses?”

“Oh, put that in the cleanest room in the castle. I’ll be making that my bedroom from now on,” she beamed, skipping down the hall. “As for me, I’ll be retiring to the treasure chamber for a little rest and relaxation with my special sometreasure. Don’t wait up!” With that, the princess disappeared, humming happily as she left the dragon there in disbelief. She had far more important things to do, after all. Even in the short amount of time that she had been at the castle, she had memorized the location of the treasury. Who would forget the home of their love, after all? Rarity gave the large doors a strong push open and was greeted with the sparkling glimmer of millions of gold coins, the subtle gleams of a hoard of gemstones and a single pony staring at the trove with amazement.

“So much... shinies...” the mystery pegasus was in total awe. She was physically trembling at the sheer sight of all that gold. “H-how in the hell did they...”

Rarity was stunned. There was this... intruder ogling her treasure, her treasure! In her own damn home! She would not stand for that! “Hey!” she snapped. “Just what in the hell do you think you’re doing?!”

The stranger gave out a shrill shriek as she bolted up into the air and nearly hit the ceiling. She landed with a heavy thud at Rarity’s feet. “What the heck...” She rubbed her head and tried to collect herself.

Rarity finally got a good look at this new mare as she got up. Her fur was a fine sky blue, though covered in dirt and scratches. Her mane and tail were a crow’s nest of twigs, rocks and bright colours, and she was wearing what at some point was a very nice frilly white dress. That was several tears and a walk through a swamp ago though. Rarity backed off a little, she could feel just how dirty this girl was.

“Umm... sorry if I was a little loud, dear. Are you OK?”

“Back off!” the girl spat at her, getting her footing and swinging a blind fist at Rarity. “You’ll never take me alive!”

“Hey! Watch it!” the princess yelped. “I’m not attacking you! I’m just asking if you’re hurt or not. Why on earth would I want to take you alive?”

The rainbow-maned mare held her fists up, not letting her guard down. “Uh-huh, yeah sure, keep telling me that but I ain’t going to believe you. But tell you what. You see that giant treasure pile behind me. You can have it if you never saw me, capiche?”

That almost made Rarity laugh. “Darling, you can’t give away what’s not yours. Especially when it’s already mine.”
“No it’s not.”

“Yes it is.”

“No it’s not.”

“YES IT IS!” Rarity snapped. “Now I have no idea what you’re doing here, and frankly I wasn’t thrilled of the way you were looking at my gold but if you’d like to explain what you’re actually doing here then I’m all ears.” She folded her arms, waiting for the girl to reply.

“I...” the mare sighed, slowly letting her guard down. “You really aren’t after me? What the hell are you doing here then?”

“My question first, dear,” Rarity said.

“Fine...” she groaned. She took a deep breath. “My name... is Princess Rainbow Dash of the Sky Kingdom... and I ran away from home.”

Rarity’s eyes widened a little. She certainly wasn’t expecting that answer. “Huh... are you sure?”

“Of course I’m sure!” Rainbow frowned. “I know what kingdom I’m a princess of!”

“It’s just that you don’t... well, look like a princess. You look like you’ve fought a bear and lost.”

“Yeah, running around a forest will do that!” the dirty princess muttered, looking down at her drabby and torn dress. “Trust me, I’m a princess...”

“Well...” Rarity said. “Then that’s that.” This was bizarre. How on earth did ANOTHER princess find her way in this castle?! “So what brings you to this... humble castle.”

“Just hiding out,” the rugged princess sighed, stretching her arms as she took a seat on the ground. “There’s a few ponies from my kingdom hunting me down to bring me back home because I’m a... you know, runaway.”

Rarity nodded. As a fellow runaway princess she could only imagine what hardships she had to endure back home. “If you don’t mind me asking... what made you leave home?”

“Why would anypony want to split from their home?”

“Love?”

“Freedom!” Rainbow shouted. “The Sky Kingdom is a friendly, encouraging and safe environment and everyday I stayed up there I wanted to slit my own throat but I can’t do that because guess what? We don’t have knives or anything sharp in a kingdom made of clouds! We don’t have anything in the bloody skies! It is so. Mother. Fucking. BORING! I’ve been on the ground for less than a day and I feel more alive than I ever had before!” The cyan mare was heaving with excitement, like a cat in heat. “My heart hasn’t stopped racing since I’ve touched the ground. There’s so much cool crap down here like.. Like this!” She pointed to the treasure hoard. “Look at this! This is insane! And look at me! I’m covered in... I don’t know, poop for all I know. I smell horrible and it’s great!” She rolled onto her back. “I don’t ever want to go back...”

“Ah...” Rarity mumbled. At least she knew where that smell was coming from. There was a good chance that Rainbow was covered in... droppings. “As happy as I am for your... liberation. You may want to look into a bath in your future.”

“What’s a bath?”

“... you’re kidding, right?” Rarity asked. The other princess just gave her a funny look. “Really? You don’t have baths in the Sky Kingdom?!” What do you do to stay clean?”

“Fly through a raincloud, what else?”

“I...” She was at a loss of words. “No! That’s unacceptable! As a princess, you must learns the ins and outs of proper bathing!” Rarity grabbed the pegasus by her cleanest finger and pulled her off the ground. “Come with me, we’re going to find the bathhouse.”

“There’s a whole house for these bath things?”

“Oh sweetheart, I have so much to teach you,” she said, leading her towards the door. “While we’re at it, we have to get you a change of clothes.” the white mare swung open the door. “Lucky for you I just--” her sentence was cut short as she bumped into Spike, who was standing just outside her door. “Oh, sorry Spike.”

“Hey Rarity, we have a- who the hell is that?”

Rarity eyes widened. She had forgotten that Spike hadn’t met Rainbow yet... and Rainbow hadn’t met the dragon. Rarity turned to the other mare.

The colourful pony was stunned. Her jaw was dropped as she tried to understand what she was looking at. Rainbow had never seen a dragon before... or a lizard... or any reptile really. So to the sheltered mind of this rebellious princess, it was nothing more than a nightmarish abomination. A mix of all the carnal fears embedded into one’s very instincts and self-preservation. There was only one thing a girl could do when facing such a sight.

She screamed and punched him in the throat.

Rainbow’s punch was surprisingly fast and accurate and even though Spike’s scales were tough, they did little to suppress the crushing of his windpipe. The dragon gargled as she clamped his throat. Dropping to his knees in pain.

“W-Why...?” He cried, coughing and gasping for air.

“What the hell is that thing?!” Rainbow cried. “It’s like a... I-I don’t even know what-- is that thing even a pony?!”

Rarity dropped to her knees, doing the best she could to help Spike, although she didn’t really know what to do and was just... helping him morally. “Spike, are you all right?” Spike shook his head. “Well... just keeping trying to breathe.” She turned to Rainbow. “Why would you do that?!”

“It scared me!”

“He...” Rarity frowned. “Is harmless. He’s a dragon, a friendly one and the co-owner of this castle.”

“Co-owner?” Spike grumbled, his throat feeling a little less inflated. “What do you mean co-owner?”

“Well naturally since I’m living here I’ve inherited partial ownership. And be thankful for that, I was planning on claiming the whole palace,” Rarity said matter-o-factly.

“Yeah I don’t think so, princess,” Spike growled. “Just because you live here now, doesn’t mean you’re entitled to jack. If anything, you owe me.”

“What are you talking about?” Rainbow asked. “I don’t owe you anything, I don’t even know you!”

“I wasn’t talking to you...” Spike said confusedly.

“But you said princess...” Rainbow slowly said as she and Spike both grew quiet. Rainbow turned to Rarity. “You’re a princess?!”

“You’re a princess?!” Spike screamed at Rainbow. “Oh goddess were you hiding in the gold too?”

“No I came from the sky,” Rainbow explained. “I ran away from my kingdom so I could be free from a boring, mundane life.”

“Well that’s just swell,” the dragon said sarcastically. “Now get the hell out of my castle! I already have one too many runaway princesses living here, I’m not looking for anymore. Besides, we don’t have time to argue about this! There are ponies; armed ponies, in my castle.”

“Our castle.”

“Can we not do this right now?!” Spike said in a panic. “I came up here to hide while they look around and to warn you. We don’t know what these ponies want so it would be best to just let them poke around for a bit and get on their way.”

Rainbow raised her hand. “Oh, they’re looking for me. My parents sent them to bring me back home. But you guys are nuts if you think I’m ever going back up there!”

“Then I guess I’m nuts,” Spike said bluntly. “Now get out there or else.”

“Or else what?”

“I...” Spike started to say, eventually drawing a blank. He... didn’t have a follow up to that. He had just hoped that Rainbow would be scared enough to leave but despite being a bit of a featherbrain she was rather... stubborn. If there was one thing a pacifist like Spike hated it was stubbornness. “I’ll... umm...”

“Spike...” Rarity said, grabbing the dragon’s hands and holding them close to hers. “Please kidnap her as well.”

“Huh?”

“WHAT?!” the pegasus gasped. “I don’t want to be kidnapped! And what do you mean ‘as well’? What sort of stockholm syndrome shit is going on here?!”

Before Spike or Rarity could give her an answer, the door to the treasury was kicked open. In poured four guards and several... poodles? Why were there so many rabid looking poodles? Each of the ponies were cladded in thick, leathery looking armour and held the leashes of two dogs. The four of them were shaking a little and were out of breath.

“That was a lot of stairs...” one of them said, breathing heavily while wiping away some sweat. “Wait, is that the princess?”

“Princess Rainbow Dash!” Another one said. “Will you please just come with us? The King and Queen are worried sick about you! Your father won’t stop crying and it’s really bumming the rest of us-- what the heck is that thing?” He pointed at Spike.

“Has no pony ever seen a dragon before?” Spike sighed. Although in a way this was perfect timing. From what they just said they were here just for Rainbow Dash, not Rarity. And from what Rarity said the Sky Kingdom didn’t care about treasure, so they wouldn’t be coming back. This was great! He could just explain to these guys the misunderstanding and give Rainbow Dash back.

“Oh thank the heavens you came to rescue us!” Rarity cooed with a dramatic flair. She wrapped her arms around Rainbow Dash and pulled her close. “This nasty dragon is holding the two of us captive against our will!”

“WHAT?!” screamed Spike.

“Huh?” gasped Rainbow Dash, about to protest more before Rarity clamped her mouth shut.

The unicorn shushed her before turning on the dramatics. “Yes, he’s such a vile beast! You should have heard all of the dirty, embarrassing things he said he was going to do to us!” She leaned into Rainbow’s ear and whispered. “If you don’t want to be rescued play the part of the damsel. Got it?” Rainbow gave her a weird look as Rarity flung her head back stylishly. “Woe is us, two poor defenseless princesses!”

“ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!” the dragon gawked. Was Rarity seriously doing this right now?! After making such a big deal about not wanting to be rescued here she was playing the damn victim? He looked at Rainbow, praying that she would set this all straight.

The pegasus princess looked at the dragon, all the worry and panic in his face. She almost felt bad for the guy. Then she looked at the four ponies and their war poodles and realized... there was no way in hell she was going back to the Sky Kingdom, and if that meant getting ‘kidnapped’ then so be it.

“He’s a monster!” Rainbow cried in the girliest, most innocent voice she could muster. “I’ve only been his prisoner for less than an hour and he’s already confessed all the nasty things he’s going to do to me. Like butt things! Lots of butt things. And feet too. Pretty sure he said that a foot was going to go up someone’s butt.”

One of the soldiers gulped in horror. “By the goddess, that’s disgusting! This beast is beyond redemption!”

“I think I’m going to be sick...” Another one said.

“How could anypony get off to sticking their entire foot up somepony’s ass?”

Spike was at a loss of words... there was literally nothing he could say. He just slowly looked towards the two mares, a petrified face of defeat plastered all over his face as if to ask ‘Why? Why would you do this to me’? These two girls were going to be the death of him, he just knew it.

“Soldiers, now more than ever must we bring the princess back, as well as rescue this other mare!” One of them said. “Men, release the hounds!”

The four of them released their dog’s leashes, and soon the dragon was swarmed by poodles. The puffy little monster started gnawing at the drake’s ankles to... little effect. Truth be told, poodles were not the most vicious dogs. These ones in particular had rather dull teeth, and the biting barely even hurt. It was more annoying if anything.

“Uh... I’m not sure what’s happening.” Spike said, watching the dogs try and get through his thich scales. “Are these supposed to be attack dogs?”

“By the goddess...” One gulped. “He’s bested our mightiest war poodles!”

“Not really, it’s just that rottweilers would be a little more scary... or even pugs. These aren’t even the big poodles! They’re teacup poodles!” Spike exasperated, trying to shoo away the dogs with his toes. “Besides, I’m just trying to explain-”

“You might have bested our dogs, you vile creature! But lets see how you fair against the strongest iron of the Sky Kingdom! “With that, the four ponies charged at Spike, drawing their swords and raising them high overhead before striking down with as much force as they could muster against the dragon. Spike covered his face, not wanting to catch a blade to the eye as the swords bounced harmlessly off his scales. The resulting recoil shook several of his attackers to the bone. One even screamed in pain while clutching their wrist.

“I think I just sprained my hand!” One cried.

“My sword just cracked!” Another said.

“It’s broken? That sword was five percent of our military’s arsenal!”

“Wait, really?” Rarity asked.

Rainbow bowed her head in shame. “My country has a really shitty military.”

Spike turned around angrily, pointing at the princesses. “Both of you, zip it! Now will the rest of you please li--”

“Retreat!” the pony with the hurt hand cried. “This beast is too much for us!”

“Forgive us, princess!” Another one wallowed as he ran out the door. “We’ll be back, and with the full might of the Sky Kingdom’s forces!”

“That’s only like forty ponies!” Rainbow growled as the intruders all disappeared from the room. “You don’t even have enough swords for all of them!” the scattering of their footsteps dissipated behind the slamming of the castle’s doors. “Holy crap my ponies suck ass...”

“But we did it!” Rarity beamed. “Spike was able to stave them off, so you’re now officially captured by the fearsome dragon! Welcome aboard, fellow captive!”

“Woo hoo! I’m a prisoner!” Rainbow cheered. “I’ve never been so happy!”

As the two princesses rejoiced in their victory of not being rescued, Spike stared at the door where the ponies had ran fled from. He just wanted to clear things up. He didn’t want to kidnap another princess! He didn’t want TWO kings pissed at him! He didn’t want anything to do with Rainbow Dash!

He turned around violently, glaring at Rainbow. “YOU. OUT. NOW!”

“Huh?” Rainbow asked. “I don’t think that’s how kidnapping works.”

“You are not kidnapped!” Spike roared. “You’re just some rebel princess who needs to get out of my castle before I make her get out of my castle.”

“OK.”

“OK... what?”

“Make me leave,” Rainbow said with a cocky grin. “Or are you too much of a pussy to make me leave by force.”
“I...” Spike started to tremble a little. “I will if I have to!”

“Doubt it...” she took a few steps closer to the drake, looking him dead in the eye. “... pacifist.”

“Hah-I’m not a--”

“My kingdom is basically one giant vagina, Spike,” Rainbow said smugly. “So I know a pussy when I see one. And you, dude, are such a pacifist that I can smell the estrogen fuming off of you. So you’re going to let me stay, and I’m not going to kick you in your big boy parts. Do we have a deal?”

“I...” Spike started to say, but stopped short. He was beat, and didn’t want to get beaten anymore. Even a dragon’s grapes were sensitive. “Deal...”

“Yay!” Rarity cheered, running up to Spike and giving him a hug. “Thank you, Spike! You really are just a big sweetheart, stealing us damsels.”

“Don’t remind me...” he said, trying to look away. Again, his cheeks were burning up a little. What was this mare’s deal anyways? What made her so affectionate over stupid little things like this? “I just didn’t want to get beaten up by a girl again.”

“Again?”

“Don’t want to talk about it!” Spike said, breaking their hug.

“Fair enough,” the white unicorn shrugged. “Now I believe before we were interrupted, Princess Dash and I were going to the bathhouse.”

“Oh yeah, I was wondering what smelt like deer shit,” Spike chuckled. “Guess it was the Princess Ass over here.” He felt a sharp kick in his shin. “Ow! Watch it!”

“Shut up, Spike! And I don’t smell like deer shit,” she leaned towards Rarity and whispered. “What’s a deer?”

“I’ll explain later, dear,” Rarity smiled. “Now come along. Spike, draw us up some water and warm it up as well. Also, show us where the bathhouse is because frankly I have no idea where it is.” She flashed Spike a few eye flutters. “Pretty please?”

The dragon sighed. “Yeah sure, why not?!” All this privilege was getting a little annoying... though to be fair he was also the only thing in the castle that could boil water... Plus, after all the crap that had happened in the last few days, a bath sounded kind of nice.

Author's Note

Well here we are! Introducing a new Princess. I hope you guys enjoy her character in this.
Next update Friday.