Castaways

“NO!”

That was all Twilight heard as time slowed down. She looked into Rainbow’s eyes and could see the devastation in the rose orbs but the only feeling she could comprehend at the moment was simply shock as she fell from the ship. It was only when she made contact with the icy water did she feel a new sensation.

Pain.

Falling into the water from such a height felt like hitting solid concrete. The air was immediately knocked out of her lungs and there was an even sharper pain in her left leg. The pain only got worse as the churning waters thrashed her around like a ragdoll and the salty water began to invade her mouth and enter her lungs. She knew at that moment that she had begun to drown and it was the most excruciatingly painful experience of her life. No matter how hard she tried she couldn’t keep her head above the waters and she began sinking deeper and deeper beneath the waves. The darkness took over and the pain of water filling her lungs was beginning to make way for sheer terror.

She couldn’t breathe, she couldn’t see anything through the darkness and all she could feel was the icy grip of the water. She then began to slowly lose consciousness and as the darkness began to turn fuzzy she came to a realization.

It was not the icy waters she felt surrounding her.

It was the cold embrace of death.

There are countless stories telling of how when one dies that you see a bright light that leads to the afterlife. Twilight was never one to put much thought into these stories but in this moment as her eyes fluttered open and the only thing she could perceive was blinding light, she felt compelled to start believing in the stories. She reached her hand out toward the light, where she noticed that she could only make out the fuzzy outline of the limb. She felt a ping of irritation from the sight.

Great, even in death I’m still blind without my glasses.

A few other things started to feel off to her as well. If she was dead then why did she still feel a good bit of pain in her leg as well as the rest of her body being overall sore? She could also clearly feel a cool breeze gently brushing against her body. She probably would have put the pieces together a lot quicker if her mind wasn’t still reeling but even in her delirious state she couldn’t deny the scent of salt water and what it meant.

I’m still alive.

As the realization of her continued existence in the living world took hold she let out a pained grunt and looked away from the bright light, that she only now realized was actually the sun. With some effort she sat up and looked around. At least she tried to, but without her glasses it was still mostly just a blur.

“Twilight!”

Hearing a familiar voice, she looked in the direction it came from and even though the gray figure was as blurry as everything else she still knew exactly who it was and a smile graced her face.

“Rumble, I’m over here!” she yelled out while waving her hand to get his attention.

Rumble quickly ran over to her, “Thank God, I’ve been looking all over for you.”

“Really? How long have you been searching?” she asked while squinting.

“I’ve been searching since sunrise, also I found these while searching.”

A brief moment of confusion passed through Twilight as Rumble placed her glasses on her face and she could finally see clearly again. Blinking a few times to adjust her eyes she began looking around to take in her surroundings. She already figured they were on a beach, considering the sound of the ocean and the sand she was sitting in, but now she could see what appeared to be a dense forest connected to the beach. She also took note of the clear blue sky which was a massive departure from last night. She looked over at Rumble and took note of his ragged clothes and some new bruises but was relieved to see that otherwise he seemed in good health. She was about to say something but then noticed that he was looking away from her and there was a tint of red to his cheeks.

"Um, is something wrong?" she asked with a raised brow.

He glanced over at her quickly before just as quickly looking away and clearing his throat.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say wrong. Completely unrelated question, but you weren’t too attached to that dress were you?”

Trying to blink away the confusion, Twilight looked down at herself and froze. Apparently going for a surprise swim in the ocean during a massive thunderstorm wasn’t too good for a fancy dress. Her beautiful dress from earlier was completely shredded with the only remnants being some of the skirt that did little to hide her panties, which thankfully actually did survive the experience. This, however, meant that the only thing covering her breasts were the torn remnants of her bra, which was undoubtedly the reason for Rumble’s state. She just thanked the stars that there was enough of her bra left to prevent him from seeing too much.

“Eep!” she squeaked before wrapping her arms around her chest and looking away. She was confident that the heat she was feeling had to be from the sun. Seeing her embarrassment, Rumble frantically started waving his hands around.

“I swear I wasn’t staring or anything like that.”

“I know, I know. I was mostly just caught off guard.” she said while keeping the rest of her body turned away from the red faced young man. She then took a look around to take in their surroundings, “Where are we anyway?”

Rumble rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, “About that, do you want the good news or the bad news first?”

“What’s the good news?”

“It looks like some other supplies got knocked off with us and there also appears to be some good sources of food around us.”

“Ok.” she then narrowed her eyes which sent a chill down Rumble’s spine, “What’s the bad news?”

Rumble gulped nervously, “Well, I haven’t found a source of freshwater yet. Also, and I need you to remain calm when I tell you this, we appear to be stranded on an island.”

"WHAT?!" Twilight screamed while jumping up where she was immediately and painfully reminded of her hurt leg and face planted into the sand. There was a brief pause before Rumble walked over and began helping her up.

“Are you ok?” he was answered by a seething glare that could have made the sun jealous.

“Rumble, we are stranded on an island with no food, no water, no way to get help, I’m pretty sure my leg is fractured and I'm half naked!”

As she went on her rant her glare slowly morphed until she was huddled up in the sand bawling her eyes out, “What are we supposed to do?”

Rumble looked at the sobbing women and took a deep breath to calm his own nerves. Honestly he was freaking out about the situation just as much as Twilight was, the only difference was that he was hiding it better. She did make a good point though in that they needed a plan of action and it was obvious that at the moment he would have to be the one to come up with something. He knelt down so he could be closer to Twilight's eye level.

"I think the first thing we need to do is make you some clothing, it probably isn't a good idea for you to be so exposed to the elements." And it would be less awkward for the both of us. He thought to himself, "And then I recommend we try and find a source of freshwater."

Letting out a few more sniffles, Twilight looked up at Rumble and nodded, "That sounds like a good plan but what about my leg? I don't think I'll be able to walk anywhere quickly with how hurt it is."

"You're right, we should definitely do something about that too." He said while looking at said leg.

Thankfully, it didn't seem to be broken but it would still need a simple splint. He knew how to make one and he was sure he could find the right materials in the jungle, the only problem was what to do with Twilight while he gathered the supplies. Obviously she couldn't just follow him, but he didn't feel comfortable just leaving her there alone. There was one idea, but it might make their situation even more awkward. He looked at the jungle and then back at the injured young woman and finally let out a defeated sigh.

Guess there's no helping it.

He turned around and squatted while motioning Twilight to climb on. It took her no time to realize what he was suggesting and she felt the heat rise in her cheeks.

"Are you sure you can carry me? I mean you got knocked overboard too so you have to at the very least be exhausted."

He answered without looking back, "It's fine, really. I actually feel weirdly energized, so stop worrying and climb on."

Having no other arguments she made her way onto his back, being especially careful with her leg. Once in position she wrapped her arms loosely around his neck while he grabbed her thighs and slowly stood up. They both separately decided to ignore the fact that there were two large, squishy objects pressing into Rumble's back.

"You're sure you're ok with carrying me?"

"Absolutely, I can't just leave you here alone."

Twilight looked over to the side with a small smile gracing her face, "Thank you."

Feeling a smile of his own growing, Rumble made his way into the jungle with the lavender woman riding on his back.

"Ok, keep your eyes open for vines, dead wood and other material that can be used to make a splint and clothing." Rumble said as they continued through the brush.

"Alright, we should also be looking out for a place to make shelter. Preferably near a good source of water."

"Good call."

With their eyes focused on their objectives they made their way through the jungle. There were points when the brush got too thick that Rumble had to set Twilight down and clear a way through but other than that there was little cause for excitement. It didn't take too long for them to find some large palm leaves to make Twilight an impromptu tube top and some grass to make her a new skirt. They also were able to find the right materials for Rumble to make a splint for Twilight. He even found a large enough fallen branch that she could use as a crutch so that she could walk on her own.

Unfortunately, for all their success in finding supplies they had very little success in finding water and they were quickly starting to get tired and hungry. A fact made more evident by the loud rumbling of Twilight's stomach. She looked up at the different fruits around them with a look of longing.

"We've been searching for a while, maybe we should take a break and eat before getting back to searching." she said to Rumble in an almost pleading voice.

He turned to argue that they should keep searching but his stomach had other ideas as it let out a loud growl, "Maybe a little food would be good."

Reaching to grab some fruit for them, Rumble nearly jumped out of his own skin when they were suddenly surrounded by what looked like a purple aura. He looked over at Twilight to ask if she was seeing the same thing but froze with his mouth agape when he saw that the same aura was surrounding her hands.

As Twilight continued to excitedly use her telekinesis to grab the fruit, she finally noticed the look on Rumble's face and realized that she had accidentally revealed her powers in her excitement. They just stood there staring at each other for a moment until Twilight spoke up.

"You're… probably wondering how I'm moving these without touching them."

Rumble just nodded dumbly, his jaw still hanging open.

“Well, not too long ago when me and the girls were visiting Camp Everfree and found these geodes that gave us different abilities and mine happened to be telekinesis.” she explained, “There was also this whole ordeal with the camp counselor getting possessed by an ancient forest spirit that we had to deal with. It was overall a very eventful trip.”

After hearing her explanation, Rumble continued to just stand there dumbfounded for a bit until eventually shaking his head vigorously while clearing his throat.

“You sure do seem to live an interesting life.”

“That’s one way to put it.” she said under her breath before picking up one of the fruits and offering it to the young man, “Shall we eat?”

Rumble nodded and graciously accepted. They sat down and bit into the fruit and were immediately overwhelmed with how juicy and sweet it was, it was unlike anything they had ever had before and they began to devour it with a ravenous vigor. It didn’t take long for them to fill their bellies and after resting for a second to let the food settle they began to prepare to get back to their search.

However, Rumble stopped when something caught his attention. Standing completely still, he listened closely which managed to catch Twilight’s attention and concern.

“Is something wrong?” she asked worriedly.

He stood there for another second before shaking his head, “I thought I heard something but I guess it was noth-”

He was cut off suddenly by something bursting from the brush and knocking him to the ground. Slightly dazed, he instinctively brought his arm up just in time to feel the powerful grip of jaws biting down on the limb. Feeling the warmth of his own blood starting to run down his arm, he let out an anguished scream.

During all of this, Twilight could only stand there completely frozen in fear and with a clear look at the beast. It seemed to be a large cat of some sort but she was too panicked and afraid to notice more than that. It wasn’t until she heard Rumble screaming and looked down to see his arm gushing blood that she snapped out of her frozen state. Thinking quickly, and pure adrenaline allowing her to ignore her injured leg, she grabbed the branch she had been using as a crutch and with all the strength she could muster slammed it into the large feline’s head and sent it tumbling off Rumble.

There was little time for celebration as the beast quickly got to its feet and set its hungry eyes on Twilight. She held the branch out in a defensive manner but if her trembling body was any indication she was scared out of her mind. The beast began to start circling the young woman and she made sure to always keep her eyes on it as it did so. It then stopped circling her and instead began approaching her directly with deliberate steps. She swung the branch in front of her to try and ward it off, but the beast just used one of its powerful paws to swipe the branch out her hands. Now without her only source of defense, the lavender women began fearfully backing away from the predator as it kept approaching. With her complete focus on the beast, she wasn’t watching where she was stepping and tripped on a root. Falling to the ground, the predator took the opportunity to pounce and was now looming over her with a drooling maw full of razor sharp fangs. Twilight felt tears well up as she once again found herself at death’s doors and she closed her eyes as she accepted her fate.

“Get off her!”

That was all she heard before her eyes shot open as Rumble tackled the beast off of her and they tumbled into the brush. She followed where they had tumbled and was surprised to find a drop off just past the bushes. She looked down and her eyes went wide with shock.

It wasn’t a large drop, maybe six or seven feet, so neither was hurt by the fall but what shocked Twilight was what she saw her companion doing. There was Rumble, blood still running down his arm and a fire burning in his eyes, fighting the massive predator with his bare hands. They were glaring at each other, sizing each other up, when the cat made the first move by pouncing at the young man. Rumble countered with a right hook that had far more power behind it than Twilight would have expected which sent the beast to the ground. He went for another hit but the beast used its superior agility to avoid the punch and swiped at his chest, ripping his shirt to shreds and leaving four bleeding gashes. Rumble cringed from the pain and fell to a knee while clutching his chest. The large feline took the opportunity to once again pounce on the young man and this time was successful and proceeded to sink its fangs into his shoulder.

“Rumble!” Twilight screamed out, which only managed to bring the beast’s attention back to her.

Leaving Rumble in a painful heap, it began slowly climbing back up to her with a hungry look in its eyes. Twilight watched as the beast made its way closer and closer until it was only a few mere inches away from the top when it was suddenly ripped back down. Twilight looked back down to find Rumble holding onto the beast’s tail with a furious look.

“I thought I told you to stay away from her.” he snarled with a low voice.

With his hands firmly gripping the beast’s tail, he used all of his might to swing it into a nearby tree. The feline hit the tree with such force that there was an audible crack and it crumbled to the ground. When it tried to get to its feet it had a very noticeable limp in its front leg. The beast faced Rumble and let out a mighty roar, which Rumble met with an intense stare and not a hint of fear. Man and beast stared each other down until, finally, the beast decided this hunt was no longer worth the trouble and limped away to lick its wounds.

Twilight let out a sigh of relief and began to slowly make her way down to Rumble. Once she got a close up look at the young man she let out a surprised gasp.

He was even worse than she thought.

His left arm, right shoulder and entire chest were drenched in blood with noticeable bite and claw marks. His left arm seemed to have received the worst of it, as it seemed to have a small chunk missing from it. Twilight thought it was a miracle that he was able to fight back at all with an injury like that and yet he did and was even still standing.

She looked around and, thinking quickly, used her powers to grab some large leaves and wrapped his wounds.

“Ok, that should at least stop the bleeding, but we really need to clean those wounds before they get infected.”

“Thanks Twil-”

SLAP

He was cut by Twilight slapping him in the face. He brought his hand up to his stinging cheek and looked to see the young woman angrily staring at him.

“Don’t you ever scare me like that again.” she scolded while getting in his face.

However, she couldn’t hold the angry expression for long and collapsed onto him and entangled him in a tight embrace while weeping into his shoulder. He cringed a bit as the sudden pressure against his chest sent a shock of pain but he ignored it after seeing the state his friend was in.

“I-I was so scared. I thought I was going to die. That we were both going to die.” she then brought her face out of his shoulder and looked into his face with puffy eyes, “And you saved me. I can’t thank you enough for putting your own life on the line just to save mine, but please, I beg you, don’t be so reckless next time.”

He could see all the fear and anguish in her lavender eyes and was quick to return her embrace.

“I’m sorry for worrying you, but I saw you in trouble and my body just acted on its own. I’ll try to be more careful in the future.”

“That’s all I can really ask for.” Twilight said before burying her face into his shoulder.

They sat in each other's embrace simply taking in the other person’s presence. Twilight didn’t care that he was covered in blood and grime, she was just happy that he was there with her. She could hear the calming beats of his heart through his body. She took it all in and when listened even closer she swore she could hear the flow of his blood through his veins.

Wait a minute.

It should be physically impossible to hear blood flowing through someone else’s body. Though, if it wasn’t Rumble’s blood she was hearing then that could only mean…

“Water.”

“What was that?” Rumble asked before being surprised by Twilight shooting up and grabbing his face.

“I hear water!” she yelled in his face before trying to pull him up to his feet.

Seeing the excitement in her eyes, Rumble stood to his feet and helped to keep her stabilized as she led him in the direction of where she thought she heard the water. As they continued on their way, Rumble heard the undeniable sound of rushing water and picked up the pace as much as he could. Within moments they broke the brush and froze at the beautiful sight.

Before them was a thing of pure natural beauty. A roaring waterfall more than one hundred feet high crashing water into a crystal clear lake. The water was so clear and clean that they could even make out fish of all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors swimming around. More fruit trees spotted the lake edge and were complimented with the most vibrantly colored flowers either one of them had ever seen. There was even a small clearing near the edge that was the perfect size to set up a camp.

Rumble felt something grab onto him and looked down to find Twilight burying her face into his chest. He could tell that she was crying but to his surprise, she looked up at him with a smile on her face.

“We did it.” she said softly and he returned her smile.

He then looked back at the glorious sight and only thought of one thing as a single tear streamed down his face.

We are not going to die here.

Unfortunately, it was at that moment that his body decided to remind him that he had just been on the wrong end of a set of jaws and teeth. He groaned in pain and would have fallen to the ground if Twilight hadn’t been holding onto him. It was enough to break them out of their stupor.

“Ok, first things first, we’re bringing you to the lake and cleaning those wounds.” she said in a tone that left zero room for argument, not that Rumble was in much of a position to argue anyway.

She led him to the water, which somehow looked even more clear up close. Once they reached the edge, Rumble began stripping off his clothes, causing Twilight to turn away with a blush. She only looked back when she heard him enter the water and her worry only returned when she saw how quickly the clear water turned a dark shade of crimson.

Rumble, also seeing this, was quick to put her mind at ease, “Don’t worry, that’s just the dried blood, as far as I can tell I’m not bleeding anymore. In fact, now that I can see them, these cuts don’t seem nearly as deep as I thought.”

He gestured for her to take a look and she saw that he was right. Though that had bled a worrying amount in the beginning, it was clear that the claw marks were shallow. Only the bite mark seemed even slightly serious, though as long as they kept their eyes on it, it shouldn’t have been a huge worry. There was something Twilight saw when Rumble turned around that made her eyes widen in shock.

“R-Rumble.”

“Yeah?” he asked without looking back at her.

“Do you by chance feel something strange on your back?”

That was a strange question, but then when he thought about it something did feel slightly off. Reaching his hand, he felt up his back and immediately felt something soft and silky. Now worried, he twisted his head to see what was there and froze in place as he clearly saw two appendages that absolutely should not be there. After twitching the limbs that should not be a couple times he looked back at Twilight, who seemed just as appropriately shocked.

“Twilight.”

“Yes?”

“I have wings.”

“I can see that.”

Rumble suddenly burst out of the water and grabbed Twilight by the shoulders.

“Why do I have wings?!”

As he freaked out, said new appendages flared out and Twilight got a good look at the, admittedly impressive, wingspan. She probably would've been paying more attention to the wings if it wasn't for the fact that there was a very upset, and very naked, Rumble a mere few inches away from her. It took a great deal of willpower to just keep her eyes from drifting down.

"Rumble, I don't know why you suddenly have wings but you freaking out is not going to help us figure it out."

Still freaking out, Rumble squeezed his eyes shut and began taking deep breaths to calm himself down. It took some time and effort but eventually he managed to calm his nerves to a manageable level.

"Better?" Twilight asked, still forcing herself to keep her eyes up.

"Yeah, I think so."

"Good, then can you please put on some clothes?"

He looked down and finally noticed that his most private parts were there in full view. He quickly and embarrassingly covered himself before jumping back in the water, “Sorry about that.”

“N-no, it’s ok.” Twilight stuttered out, slightly amused by the situation.

She made her way over to the edge of the lake and sat down. She took in the moment of peace and savored it as if it would be the last one she would feel for a while. There was still a lot for them to do in order to survive but she finally felt some confidence in their ability to get through this. She watched as Rumble continued to enjoy the cool water and, with a deep breath, jumped into the water to join him.

There was still work to do but for now they could just enjoy the peace.

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Several weeks later

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They had been on the island for quite a while now and the events of the storm were nothing but a distant memory now. They had created a small camp in the waterfall clearing they discovered, at first with separate tents but eventually they decided it better to simply share one and they used the second one as a storage room for food, which consisted of a mix of fruit gathered from the jungle and fish captured in traps that Twilight set up.

At the moment Twilight was at one of said traps gathering the catch of the day. Meanwhile Rumble was at the beach tending to their rescue signal. As much as they were successfully surviving they were still waiting for that day when they would finally be rescued.

However, rescue was not the only thing on Twilight’s mind. They had both freaked out when they discovered Rumble’s wings, but that had apparently only been the beginning of their changes. Not only had Rumble’s new wings gotten large enough that he could actually use them to fly for short bursts but his body had also gotten noticeably more bulky and muscular, something Twilight was fond of taking glances at. Her own body had started to change as well. Not only had she also gained some muscle mass, actually being on par with Applejack now, but she had also gained some curves in both her hips and breasts. Her tits were already large but now they were downright gigantic, to such an extent that she had to make brand new clothes as the old ones could no longer contain her bountiful chest. Her new curvaceous body was not the only change she had gone through though, but this new one was far less visible.

Starting about two weeks ago Twilight suddenly began feeling urges. It started out with her having to “relieve” herself every couple days but it had now progressed to where she now had to find privacy to take care of them every few hours.

And right now it was about to reach its peak.

As Twilight bit her lip and rubbed her thighs together she looked up to the slowly setting sun. She still had some time before Rumble returned.

“Just a quick one.”

Rumble was on his way back to the camp, another day with no luck finding rescue. While the lack of success had frustrated him at first, it slowly started bothering him less and less until it was basically just a part of daily life. He was actually heading back a little early today, having decided he wanted to take a long, relaxing dip in the lake today. That plan was completely shattered once he saw what waited for him at camp.

“Holy shit.” he whispered in awe at the sight.

There in front of his eyes was Twilight with her face down and her bare round ass sticking in the air. She had three fingers inserted into her absolutely drenched pussy while another two were jammed into her puckered asshole. What caught him the most off guard was that she was looking straight at him with a kind of primal lust that he didn’t even think was possible.

Looking him straight in the eye, she removed the fingers from her pussy and sucked off her own juices, all while her other hand continued to finger her ass. At this sight something overtook Rumble and he was overcome with the same primal lust that had clearly taken hold of Twilight.

Going on pure instinct, he ran over to the horny woman and decided to sample the meal set before him. As the young man shot his tongue into her honey hole, Twilight let out a loud moan as she removed the fingers from her ass. Her juices tasted absolutely divine, fruity with a bit of tang, but as he felt the building pressure in his own loins he knew he needed more. He stood up and ripped off his grass skirt, revealing his erect cock.

Twilight felt pleasure as she felt the head of his cock poking against her waiting pussy, but that pleasure quickly changed to confusion as she felt it leave her folds. She looked back at Rumble and grew more confused at the mischievous look on his face. Her confusion was immediately replaced by a surprised scream as Rumble buried his entire nine inch cock deep within Twilight’s ass, having used her own juices as lubricant. He only gave her a second to adjust to the largest object she had ever had in her rectum before he began roughly fucking her ass. The pain and pleasure of having her virgin asshole roughly and thoroughly stretched had Twilight nearly catatonic. She had only recently started playing with her ass while masturbating so this brutalization was a shock to her system, but not unwelcome. She began rubbing her own pussy as Rumble kept ruining her tight ass, loving the firm grip it had on his cock. With another lustful scream Twilight came and sprayed her juices all over Rumble and he took the opportunity to exit her ass with a plop and stared in satisfaction as the women’s once tight hole was stretched and winking at him.

He only took a second though before he decided to finally get to the main course and Twilight’s eyes rolled into the back of her head as he inserted his length into her pussy and proceeded to somehow fuck it with even more vigor than he had her ass. While it wasn’t quite as tight as her ass, Rumble couldn’t deny that the warm, velvety hole felt even better.

As he continued to ravish her insides, Twilight managed to come another three times until Rumble felt like he was about to burst.

“Twi, I’m about to cum!”

Hearing this, Twilight removed herself from his cock and began sucking it with vigor. The taste of her pussy and ass were still fresh and mixed into a flavor that she could only describe as interesting. It didn’t take too long before a third flavor joined the party as Rumble released his entire load down Twilight’s throat which she happily swallowed down every drop.

Rumble and Twilight collapsed into each other’s arms from exhaustion. They both had a smile on their face as they were absolutely glowing. They then shared a deep and passionate kiss before sleep took over.

They fell asleep in each other’s arms, no longer caring about rescue as long as they had each other.