Stratus shifted and turned as she dreamed in her hospital bed. Images assaulted her. Vivid recollections of a massive beast charging at her, visions of her attempting to pick up the ruins of her shop, an overwhelming sense of dread and despair...

The pegasus awoke with a gasp in a dark hospital room. Around her gleamed the silvery light of medical instruments reflecting the moon outside the window. She felt... cold, and alone. The room seemed much larger than it actually was, and filled with a crushing void that chilled and suffocated her all at once.

She glanced over to the other pony in the room, who may as well have been the only other pony in the whole universe. Scarlet Ember.

Stratus observed the earth pony's smooth musculature, the hard-won tone of her body beneath the thin hospital blanket. Stratus felt so cold, so alone... perhaps Scarlet, her savior, would be willing to help.

Scarlet Ember felt a calling. It pulled at her soul, and dragged her from the mire of deep slumber into the waking world. At first, confused as she was, she thought it was the voice of a princess.

"Scarlet? Scarlet?"

She sighed. That voice was heavenly. Soothing and warm, it made her giddy just to hear it so close... wait, who did that belong to?

Scarlet Ember sat bolt upright and stammered, "Y-yep! Here I am!"

Scarlet heard an adorable chuckle, and turned to view the mare on her right. Stratus' gorgeous body was fully outlined by the moonlight outside, while also being tantalizingly hidden by the sheets of her medical cot. The large pegasus looked at Scarlet with absolute trust, and the earth pony melted in an instant.

"Hey, Stratus... what's up?" she said lamely, cursing herself for not having a cooler response to the other mare's plight.

Stratus shifted on her bed sheets, pulling a thin cotton blanket up under her golden chin, "I'm... having nightmares. I really don't want to be alone. Would you mind if... I joined you?"

The phrasing made Scarlet feel like she'd just been punched in the gut. Her jaw fell open slightly as she beheld the moonlit curves of the mare she'd been lusting after for weeks, and she replied slowly, "Suuure Stratus, whatever you need!"

The pegasus' smile was dazzling, and Scarlet felt a rush shoot through her. Her blood felt like mulled wine as Stratus slowly extricated herself from the sheets, stretching and very nearly giving Scarlet a view of her most intimate areas.

Stratus stretched, feeling every aching joint and weak muscle complain. She was hungry, she realized. So very hungry. When had she last eaten? This morning?

Dark moonlight rippled across her golden flanks as she swayed towards Scarlet's bed, the Earth Pony mare looking a little dazed.

Concerned, Stratus leaned in and felt the smaller mare's forehead, "Are you alright, Scarlet? I wouldn't want my savior hurt on my account."

*My Savior*

Scarlet was not doing okay.

She beheld Stratus, who seemed somehow even larger now. The other mare took up the entire room, encompassing and surrounding Scarlet in her sweetly-scented embrace.

So she kissed her.

It was wonderful, it was magical, it was *bliss*. The full lips of the golden pegasus parted slowly, but eagerly.

*Celestia, her lips are soft*, Scarlet thought. All that tension, all two weeks of pent up longing, finally it had an outlet.

Scarlet moaned as her want, her desire for this mare poured out of her, and she gave it freely. She wanted to give everything to this mare, anything that was hers to give. The kiss broke apart. A beautiful, fleeting moment that Scarlet wished had lasted an eternity.

Scarlet's eyes, the color of rich honey, met the deep amethyst of Stratus', and suddenly she felt abashed.

"I-I'm sorry, Stratus, I j-just... you're so pretty an' all that... ah..." She trailed off, her heart thundering in her ears, feeling like she might be sick with anticipation.

Stratus, very calmly, asked, "Scarlet? Do you want to be mine for tonight?"

"Yes," Scarlet answered immediately, unthinking and uncaring, "please."

Stratus grinned, and Scarlet's fuzzy mind missed the fact that the other mare's teeth seemed sharper in that smile, "Then... perhaps... as a reward for saving me, I could help you in turn?"

Stratus slid smoothly on top of the sheets that Scarlet was under, pinning the smaller mare beneath her. She planted a gentle kiss on Scarlet's face, then her neck, her chest, and she looked up at Scarlet expectantly as she reached the blanket-covered region of Scarlet's lower half.

Scarlet was on fire. The places where Stratus had touched her burned like hot coals, and her nethers were practically molten with desire. She bit her lip and nodded desperately, red mane tossing in the cool white light of the moon.

Stratus slipped the blanket off of Scarlet's legs, revealing two relatively small, but swollen and pert breasts. Stratus' tongue slipped out, and gently teased the other mare's nipples. She took one in her mouth, gently pulling and suckling with her tongue and teeth.

Scarlet moaned, her head slamming back down onto her pillow. Celestia on high, how horny was she? Arcs of ticklish electricity dazzled her as her mare licked and sucked.

"W-wow," she mumbled in a state of half-conscious ecstasy, "Y-you're really good at that."

Stratus let go of Scarlet's teat with a slight pop and grinned, "If you thought that was good, honey, just wait."

Scarlet smiled nervously, feeling a bit of trepidation mix into the swirling pot of emotions that broiled within her.

Stratus' muzzle moved down further, breath brushing across the folds of Scarlet's soaked marehood. It smelled heavy, like the musk of pine treas and scented oils. Stratus gave the other mare one log, slow lick.

Scarlet's back arched, and her jaw clenched as fire roared through her. Her hooves weakly gripped the sheets around her as the other mare began to speed up, Scarlet holding on for dear life. Stratus licked again, a little faster this time, but still achingly dragging out every drop of pleasure she could wring from this beautiful flower.

"A-ah!~" Scarlet chocked out, her voice hoarse and wet, "St-tratus, please... no more teasing... I can't stand it!"

Stratus, muzzle now wet with Scarlet's juices, looked up coyly, "Oh? And what would my little hero like me to do?"

The taunting words made Scarlet shudder again, small pinpricks of tears beginning to form from the sheer overload of sensation.

"I don't know...." Scarlet said with a hint of embarrassment, "I've never been with a mare before..."

Stratus actually laughed, a light and husky thing that did nothing to ease Scarlet's tension.

"Well, Scarlet," she continued, standing so that she loomed completely over the other mare, "then I guess I have one other secret to tell you..."

And Scarlet saw. beneath the other mare's belly, tucked behind a gorgeous pair of golden teats, was a horse cock. It was like Scarlet's senses simply... hadn't been permitted to see it before. There's no way she could have missed it otherwise, right?

Scarlet swallowed thickly, and her nose twitched as she unconsciously began to lean forward.

"You're a..." Scarlet's brain wasn't working well enough to finish the thought.

Stratus chuckled, "A hermaphrodite, yes. Please, keep this between us."

That simple request may as well have been an ironclad order for Scarlet. She moved on hooves and knees, the other mare tall enough that if she pressed herself low to the bed Scarlet could crawl right up underneath. It was warm and dark under Stratus' wings, and Scarlet took the time to return the favor given to her earlier. She gently and shakily kissed Stratus' neck, feeling the strength of the muscles beneath.

Scarlet worked her way down the mare, kissing and gasping for breath, until she arrived at the mare's... well, her cock. Scarlet sat enraptured by it. It seemed so... perfect. The length just right, and wide, exactly how she liked her stallion. A thick translucent glob began to pool at its tip, and without thinking Scarlet took the head of the shaft into her mouth.

Stratus grunted, feeling the buzz from the warm, wet, submissive mare beneath her reach all the way from her crotch to her shoulder blades. She instinctively gave a little thrust, pushing the first few inches of her shaft inside Scarlet's mouth and throat.

Scarlet couldn't think anymore. Her mind was a haze of chemicals, pheromones, emotions, and desires. She took the length of Stratus' shaft not only without complaint, but she actually moaned in pleasure at the taste that now completely filled her.

Scarlet had been with her fair share of stallions, and this wasn't her first time at this rodeo either. But while most of them had been clean, some not so much, none of them had ever tasted so sweet.

The precum she swallowed was like a thick nectar, and she could feel its heat and weight rolling down her throat. The sensation carried all the way to her belly, where the warmth began to blossom and feed the fire that had all but consumed her already.

Scarlet popped Stratus' shaft from her mouth, a silver line of drool connecting the two for a moment before it separated and clung to Scarlet's fur.

"Lie down, Scarlet," Stratus said, and Scarlet did. Her body knew what it wanted, and her tail flagged immediately, her legs naturally parting to relieve some of that devilish heat that had driven her mad for weeks.

Stratus looked down at the red-maned, brown coated mare. Her eyes were glazed with sheer lust, and her breathing was quick and shallow. She'd barely said a word for minutes while happily glucking on Stratus' cock. She was ready.

Scarlet realized, sometime later, that she was being fucked. The hard clapping of balls on soaked fur resounded through the room, and she felt so magnificently full. She was surrounded by a pegasus' embrace, Stratus' wings completely enfolding her in their downy softness. Pleasure radiated from her deepest, most secret places. Pleasure like no lover had ever conjured before sand in her bones, and her yielding hips and firm ass provided an excellent support for the ruthless pounding her pussy was receiving.

"Ah..." she said, voice cracking from disuse, "ah... AH! Ungf..."

Her pitch warbled and peaked as she cutely whimpered and squeaked. All thoughts of the stoic earth pony abandoned, her whole being was alight with the pleasure of serving her Mistress.

Scarlet came. She wasn't sure how many times it had been. She'd blacked out a little when she'd first been penetrated, until her body could handle the pleasure Stratus was forcing into her with every thrust. Places that Scarlet hadn't even known about sang with delight, and her limbs felt like lead weights for all the strength she had left to move them. She was completely helpless beneath her mare, and her soul squirmed with delight.

Suddenly, there was a change in Stratus' movements. The thrusts became less focused, more frantic. Her breathing was shallower and more rapid. Scarlet could feel one spot within her that wasn't filled. One spot that had never seen a lover's mark.

She had never let anypony finish inside her before, and especially not without protection.

"It's okay darlin," she whispered into the ear of her lover, holding the other mare in an embrace, "let it out in me. Please. I want to you to..."

"GahhH!" Stratus grunted, slamming one final time into the earth pony beneath her. She hilted, the tip of her flare pressing directly against the cervix.

Seed poured out of her, painting Scarlet's insides a pearlescent white. It was boiling hot and thick. Scarlet's eyes rolled back in her head, and she lay there completely content as she was filled to the brink and more with this wondrous, rich sensation.

"I love you..." she whispered, eyes slightly crossed. Scarlet felt only a single negative emotion in the end. A small one, nothing compared to the overwhelming tide. A sharp pinprick of pain, right at the base of her neck.

Author's Note

Poor Nurse Redheart. This is neither the first nor the last time she's had to clean up something like this.