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Confusion

Equestria 1611-5119-21185

Rarity Belle and Fluttershy Breeze were on an outing, seeking edible greens and fish. Contrary to some versions of Equestria, common sense dictated that, as in this one, that not eating meat was illogical, as muscles themselves were meat, and by extension, they needed protein to remain intact and whole.

In some families, meat was more prominent than in others. True, the majority of ponies and especially Pegasi were leery about eating heavy red meat, and more often ate fish or similar leaner meats. Rarity, herself, was quite fond of tuna.

She knew that Fluttershy's paternal grandfather was an Earth Pony, which showed up in the veterinary mare's preference for remaining on the ground as well as her weaker wing muscles. She, however, suspected it was more likely that she had never truly pushed herself to tap into that heritage and even merge it with her Pegasus heritage which could feasibly make her even faster than Rowena Dash, or as she preferred, 'Rainbow'.

As she crouched near their usual fishing hole, roughly four hundred yards beyond the edge of the Everfree Forest which, unfortunately, had all but consumed Fluttershy's former cottage, she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. It was something glinting in the sunlight. She knew that their friends stood at a respectable roughly six and a half feet tall, even Rowena, who stood at 6'4" whereas she stood 6'7", dear Fluttershy was just under her height by half an inch, whilst Twilight stood 7'1" tall and was still growing as she had recently Ascended to Alicorn status.

Applina Jacqueline Pumila stood 6'9" tall, whilst Rose Quartz Pie, or 'Pinkie', as she preferred, stood 6'3" tall.

She noticed Fluttershy, out of the corner of her eye, setting up fishing lines along the shoreline of the broad, deep pond. As she heard rustling, seeing Angel Bunny grabbing blueberries from a nearby bramble bush before a glint caught her eye. She squatted near the glinting object and was startled to find it was some sort of forearm bracer upon a lightly tanned forearm. She took a soft breath, trying to scent whatever it was as the majority of males were precious as, in the past couple of centuries, the male births had decreased sharply.

Her head turned before she heard a low masculine groan which made her eyes widen. She noticed that Fluttershy's ears twitched at the sound before the fingers curled in the rich soil before retreating into the bush. She heard a second groan before a low, accented voice grumbled.

"How in the bloody hell did I end up in a bloody blueberry bush? Ugh… I feel like I got tossed into a… ugh… that fucking idiot…" he growled as he yelped as she focused magic through her horn, a pale cornflower blue aura shifting the branches and brambles aside. Her eyebrow rose at the dreadful and shredded outfit the male wore. Her eyes widened slightly, noticing they were also soaked with a certain life sustaining crimson fluid.

Her tailor's eye gauged him to be roughly 5'9" in height. She carefully focused before he slowly levitated out of the bush before she winced as she noticed one branch broken and stuck to his right hamstring by its brambles.

She noticed that the bracer she'd noticed was one of a matching pair. "First thing we are going to do is, after getting our fish," she started before blinking at a loud grumbling sound.

"Wh-what was that?" Fluttershy said softly, her gaze sweeping around nervously before she spotted Rarity and the unknown stallion. "O-oh my…. is he hurt? Does he need a bath and manebrushing?" she said quietly but quickly, her countenance concerned.

"Wait…. what? I don't doubt…. well… that I probably do need a bath… but… a few questions…. as in where the fuck am I, who are you, and what the fuck is going on?!?" he barked sharply.

Rarity blinked, surprised before she carefully turned so he was no longer above the brambles of the blueberry bush before depositing him on the ground on his left side. Almost the moment she did, she saw no less than three of the five poles bend over.

She spun to grab one, Fluttershy grabbing a second. She saw a hand grab the last pole before her magic could. To her mild surprise, it was the stallion, through his countenance was pinched with a pained look. "Fuck me… ugh… body is aching worse than after my black belt exam… and I'm starving... but ugh… I… ain't… staying… down!!" he muttered.

She focused, channeling magic through her muscles before she jerked twice, feeling the tension on the line.

"Hook's set, luv… let the fish tire itself out, but keep the line tight. The bigger the fish, the longer it'll take to tire… but once it's exhausted itself… drag the fucker onto shore and put it down mercifully," the stallion commented. "Dunno the strength of the fishing line, so it's better to keep it tight enough the fish can't escape but not so tight it snaps the line and escapes," he sighed; she got the sense that was intended for himself, however.

Within twenty minutes, she could see something in the water. "Got color… damn.. looks like a yellowfin tuna… I'd guess… thirty five or forty pounds… so more than eating size… nice catch, darlin'," he complimented, making her blush slightly. His accent seemed similar to AJ's yet seemed to roll certain sounds, such as softening the 'R' sound so it sounded closer to 'ah' and stretching the 'I' sound slightly so it sounded slightly like an 'uh' sound.

She heard a sharp pop as she heard Fluttershy yelp before she landed hard on her quite round ass. She started slowly backing away from the lake's edge before, to her surprise, the fish leaped out of the water, squirming. "Faster, keep the line tight or he'll spit the hook!" she heard the stallion bark sharply, making her jump as she did just that before she was startled as, despite numerous bleeding scrapes, he flung a fallen log that tagged the tuna in the head with a dull thud. The fish went from fighting to floating in a matter of seconds before a second tuna, easily half again the size of hers but a darker blue breached the surface.

The stallion grinned as he started jerking his pole as the fish breached a second time. "I don't think you're getting away, you beautiful bluefin… must be a cavern linking this pool to the sea," he commented thoughtfully. It wasn't long before the larger fish was swimming from side to side close to the surface, the stallion watching closely. He sighed softly, setting the pole aside and walking into the water, following the line. The fish seemed surprised, though all he did was gently remove the hook. "Where I come from, a fish like you would be released… too small to keep. Not to mention, you're a fighter… like me. Go on, mon ami… live, make little tuna. Besides… a forty pound yellowfin… even if someone ate a pound a day… it'd last a month. For three… at least two, maybe three weeks, give or take," he murmured.

He got the sense the bluefin understood as he dove for the deeper water in a matter of seconds. He completely missed the look the two mares shared behind him as he swam back to the edge of the pond, wincing as his aching muscles tightened immediately. He ignored the feeling like red hot needles were poking into his muscles as, though the water was quite chilly, his body was close to giving into exhaustion.

He felt his legs weaken before two pairs of soft hands caught him. He absently noticed both had subtle calluses, showing they weren't afraid of putting effort into their lives.

He felt his eyes drifting half-lidded as he heard a soft breath before a soft voice murmured "Oh, my… he is quite thick there. Should we… release his tension before taking him home with us?" he heard the soft spoken voice say.

"And, of course, bathe him… he does smell rather awful,"he heard a voice that made him think of Richmond or Boston comment, before he felt his clothes shifting before he heard a soft sigh as his consciousness faded away.