It was rather quiet the rest of yesterday after Celestia left Earth without another incident. Passed through the Portal. Sort had become a rather lazy day after dealing with the ex-princess.

Rachel did however contact the reporter and she had arranged to meet her the following day.

However, she didn't realize she was going to have a long day when around six in the morning came by.

The Portal was activated and a small group of visitors crossed over.

Rachel was still asleep with Spike and Iggy. They did stir a bit from the slight rumple the portal tended to make but all were still asleep.

Iggy did wake up to see the heavy stone chamber doors opened. He smiled at who came and ran to the end of his crib to greet them with cute critter noises.

Very slowly, he was then picked up quietly and carried out. However they came back soon and approached the sleeping couple.

Rachel began to stir as she smelled a familiar set of scents before…

POP!!

This loud popping sound scared the living shit out of them, confetti shot at them with champagne sprayed on Rachel. Both of them scrambled with a scream, followed by theirs!

“CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE!!!!” Ruby, Gemcity and a small handful of other sexlings had broken in, one of them wore a veil. Confetti guns, glitter bombs, champagne bottles, banners, the whole nine yards. Cheering and screaming loudly.

The urge to literally kill all of them was strong for the couple.

“The fuck!!??!” Spike shouted in anger. Reaching his limit of tolerance for the two slut bugs! He started to produce steam coming out off his shoulders and mouth.

“What the hell, guys?! Are you fucking nuts barg- where the fuck is Iggy?!” Rachel snarled, now noticing her son was missing again. “I'm about to kill you all!”

“Whoa whoa whoa, Rachel! Spike, calm down, Iggy's fine, he's with papa.” Gemcity said, then proceeded to blow a blower at them.

“Get out.” Spike warned with a growl, hands shook as he wanted to hurt them.

Rachel approaches them and just begins shoving them out. “Out out, I'll deal with you fuckbugs a minute now get out!” She then reached up to open palmed smack Gemcity upside the skull as she shoved them out.

“OWIE! That doesn't look like the blushing bride!” Gemcity whined as they were being shoved out the door.

The girls tried to talk but it just seemed to aggravate her more, slapping Ruby's arms like a cat would smack their owners before kicking the sexlings out and closing the door.

Spike growled, his body shook with anger. “Rach, can I please have five minutes alone with those two?? Not going to kill them but oh my fucking God!”

“I'll record that shit when you do, can't believe they did that!” Rachel had her hand over her racing heart. “There's two of them, we'll tag team.”

“We're sorry.” The twins spoke in unison. Rachel cracks the stone door with her knuckles to scare them off.

Once they finally scampered off, Rachel stepped back, shaking her hand and wrist.

“Are you alright?” Spike asked. Worried that she had hurt her hand again.

“Yes, yes I'm fine. Babe I do more damage to myself than that.” She responded, flexing her fingers to check for damage. None so far.. “Though my heart is currently in my throat.”

“Mine too,” Spike lets out a breathless chuckle, trying to get his heart rate to go down.

“You okay?” Rachel asked with a huff. She goes to rub her hands but realized she was very sticky from the champagne spray and confetti and glitter stuck to her. “Great, I look like a piñata.” She tried removing the confetti and glitter off of her.

So…much…glitter all over the bed, the couple, the floor.

Spike tilts his head to the side, looking at her up and down. “A sexy piñata.” Giving her a lopsided grin.

She snorted, causing him to giggle. The tension is finally fading.

“Right, okay, I'm gonna go take a bath and deal with our new company.”

“You might wanna hold off, it may get bloody later on, no use bathing twice.”

“Right???” Rachel giggled.

However, she went ahead and used the washrooms to clean herself, calming herself down before she goes ahead and greets everyone and tracks her baby down.

She followed by the playful laughs and roars so cute it almost sounds squeaky.

Coming around the corner on the common area, she stopped to see Brimstone was on the ground playing with the baby. Having his favorite squeaky toy and played Iggy with it.

“Rambunctious you are,” the older red stallion chuckled.

Iggy pounced the doll out of his hand, and had it in his mouth. the baby ruthlessly shook his head, having the doll squeak uncontrollably before the zoomies kicked in and he began running all over the place.

Twilight and the other girls and other leaders were there getting acquainted with the sexlings.

For their sake, they better keep it at pg.

A fly flew onto her shoulder, however, she recognized the scent.

“Thorax?” Rachel asked, looking at the fly.

“bzz bzz Shhhh, I can't let the girls know I'm here bzz bzz.” Thorax whimpered in the tiniest of voices. The fly King of the Changelings shook, trying to act like a normal fly.

“You got something against them?” Rachel whispered, gesturing to the newcomers.

“bzz bzz, I've been avoiding Queen Lilith's drones since the end of the battle.bzz bzz Please help me avoid them? I know it sounds mean an-”

“Okay, okay but why you-”

"There she is!” Gemcity's voice scared Thorax to fly away.

She and Ruby shuffled towards Rachel, getting the attention of the Professor.

When the girls got near the Queen, Rachel let out a sharp snarl. Immediately the two stopped, ears flattened.

“If you two ever pulled that bullshit and woke either of my Mate and I like that again, I will ship both you and your wings in separate boxes to your mother.” Rachel threatened the girls. The look on her face was enough for the twins to shrink.

“I told them it was a bad idea to wake you two up.” The professor sighed as he approached them. “But once again, they didn't listen.”

“We wanted to surprise the bride. How were we supposed to know they would react like that??” Gemcity asked.

Rachel stared at her. “You're a psychology major, did you forget the majority of those in this Temple are high strung and tensed because we nearly got vaporized by a bomb and the sun itself?”

Ruby made a face.

Rachel sighed heavily before turning to the stallion. “Hey there, Pops.” She greeted him, hugging the professor.

“Hello, my dear.” Brimstone greeted back, embracing her before pulling away. “Congratulations on the wedding.”

Rachel nodded and smiled at him. “Thank you, I'm really glad you are here. Even you two sluts.” She looks at the girls.

“I would never miss this for the world.” Brimstone responded.

“Can we hug now?” Ruby asked, offering her arms out.

Rachel sighed and hugged the two sexy moth-like creatures.

The twins smothered her in big hugs.

“Ooh our baby sister is getting married! So excited!” Gemcity cooed.

“We're so happy for the two of you, truly.” Ruby said before giving Rachel a kiss on the cheek.

They then pulled back and assessed what she was wearing. Rachel wore a long sleeve with it flared on the bottom purple blouse and a simple black skirt that was two inches below the knee.

“Why are you looking like a school teacher?” Ruby asked. “Not really your style fit for a queen.”

Rachel rolled her eyes as Spike finally came in. Probably gave himself a few moments before he's able to face these two without fighting the urge to rearrange their faces. “I actually have a busy day today, I'm going in for an interview and have errands to run.”

“Girls….” Spike greeted the twins, gritting his teeth. He then looked to Brimstone before reaching a hand out to him. “Brimstone, good to see you again.”

Brimstone nodded, reaching out and grabbed his hand, briefly shook it. “Good to see you two again.”

As he said that, Iggy zoomed over to his parents, ran in circles between their legs, still had the toy in his mouth. He then launched himself on his father and climbed on his clothes.

Spike laughs as his little gremlin climbs up. Iggy used his father's neck piece to boost himself up on his shoulder.

“Are you done?” Spike grinned.

Iggy had a smile on his face and bit into the toy to make it squeak.

Rachel giggled, playing with Iggy's chunky tail.

The twins awed at that before inching towards Spike.

“We're sorry for waking you guys up, we're just so excited for the wedding.” Ruby said.

“And that both of you survived a nuke. Seriously, that's the most badass, sexyest thing ever.” Gemcity purred, a sensual hand slid along his arm. Eyes softly glowing pink.

Rachel latched onto her wrist, nails digging into her flesh.

“Aye aye aye!” Gemcity yelped.

“Gemcity, I love you girl, but I will break it if you ever look at Spike that way.”

Spike kissed her cheek as a sign of thanks.

The pink glow faded, Gemcity gulped. “Understood…can I have my hand back?”

Rachel narrows her eyes before letting go. “What's with the others?” looking at the other sexlings chatting with Twilight and her friends.

Ruby looked at them. “Oh, they aren't with us, Mother has businesses on this side and they need to report to them.”

Brimstone narrowed his eyes on them. “I shiver to know what kind of businesses.” He adjusted his black eyepatch.

“Just strip clubs, lounges and brothels.” Gemcity giggled in explanation. “Oh and occasional porn studios.”

“Since when???” Rachel's eyes widened.

“Since the portal first opened. It's all a business venture.” one of the other sexlings who overheard them spoke up. “Humans are one of the most horniest and easily most affected creatures we feed off of. It's a literal buffet here.”

Rachel looked at all of them, rubbing her forehead as a migraine was coming up. “Succubus-cunts….”

Equestria’s version of the succubus on this side….

“Remind me to…talk to Lilith when I get back from the honeymoon…about her ventures.” Rachel shivers. Not really wanting to go talking to that Queen, but also not wanna risk losing Spike if he goes to talk to her.

Thorax Fly flew on the tip of one of Spike’s horns. Spike blinked in confusion, getting the changeling’s scent off of this tiny insect.

Rachel glanced up at that fly. “Later.” She whispered to Spike as Thorax buzzed off.

The twins then latched on both of her arms. “Let's go, we have a day to do.” They said to her.

“What?? Who do you mean we??” Rachel asked them with wide eyes.

“Well duh, we got things to do today. Mother decided to gift you and Spike here for you guys' special day.” Gemcity giggled.

Spike's earfins shot up.

“Well, a few gifts, she decided to pay for the bachelorette party, we'll have to check out the place so we can set it up.” Ruby said. “the three of us go check it out after you're done.”

Knowing what Spike knows about Sexlings due to knowing who these twins were, these “gifts” were highly sexual…

He's even more excited for their wedding night.

“That actually sounds like a great idea. You haven't seen the girls in quite some time. Iggy and I are going to hang out with the Professor.” He suggested as Iggy leaped off of his shoulders and into Brimstone's arms. Seeing the old stallion chuckled, holding the baby. “We have all the time in the world, go have fun.”

“Thank you brother-in-law.” Gemcity purred.

“Let's go before I beat your ass.” Rachel growled, causing Gemcity to raise her hands to show she was joking.

The girls used their teleportation magic and poofed away.

“I don't even want to know what their plans are.” Brimstone sighed heavily as the other sexlings took off to do their thing.

“Rachel is going to come back unscathed?” Spike asked him.

“Why are we even asking these questions?” The professor sighed as Iggy went to grab his patch. “Igneous, that's not yours.” He said, moving his head out of reach.

“Yeah sorry, he's developed a habit of starting to grab everything that catches his eye.” Spike said. “He already grew large just with curiosity, we don't need him to grow again with greed.”

“What???” Brimstone's eye widened.

Since they left before she could eat, Rachel and the twins stopped by a fast food restaurant to grab some food.

Well, had the twins turn into their human forms - looking like a pair of supermodels with ivory and ebony skin tones with their colorful hair colors - going in to order food while Rachel waited nearby.

The twins soon came out with the food bags and walked over to her. “Here you go,” Ruby said, handing it over to Rachel.

“Thanks girls,” Rachel said, taking the bag from her and digging into the bag, pulling out a chicken and biscuit sandwich and hash browns.

“I just wanna know why we had to change?” Gemcity asked, looking at the dark skinned hand contrasted with her bright teal nails.

Rachel took a few bites. “Not everyone is used to seeing beings like us. I don't wantthrough the Portal just to slip back through the mirror to look human. All of us look like we're going to a furry convention. You two can change willingly.”

“Some humans are into furries.” One of the twins said. “walking around freely is their wet dream.”

“I don't feel like fighting those guys off when I'm happy with my mate.” She huffed.

After a few moments of devouring delicious fast food breakfast, the girls spoke again.*

“How are you and Spike?” Ruby asked. “When we heard what happened, we couldn't help but be worried.”

“You barely pulled yourself together when he just left, the thought of what you'll go through if he had died... we're glad things are well now, but how are you two?” Gemcity asked.

Rachel chewed on the hash brown. “We're adjusting, so far however, we're doing well.” She tells them. “It's been only three weeks…fuck only three weeks? Spike was out cold for two of them.”

“Any issues we need to know about?” Ruby asked.

Rachel gave the girls a look. “No. He did have a night terror yesterday but I handled him. What he had done to save us all, I'm not surprised he's having those, he was right in front of that bomb when he went off.” She felt her eyes swell before blinking away the tears. “I'm thankful he's alive now, that he's here.”

“How's the sex? Is he treating you well?” Gemcity asked her.

Rachel gave her a deadpan look.

“What? After saving the world and nearly losing his life, it's quite the aphrodisiac.” Gemcity explained.

“Or has he not touched you, it's fine, it takes time but you can't starve.” Ruby said.

Rachel's cheeks burned red. “I'm a dragon, not a sexling. But for your information, we had sex when we crossed over here, so yes, he's been taking care of me and I have been taking care of him.”

“Not well enough since you're still walking around. We'll fix that.” The twins teased.

Rachel hissed at them, causing the two to laugh.

After finishing up her food and throwing the trash in the garbage bin.

“Okay, I gotta go meet this reporter and do this interview, meet up with Elizabeth to do my dress fitting, we can do your things after.”

“Sounds good to us. I hope your dress will make Spike want to rip it off of you.” Grmcity giggled.

Ruby looked at her. “Okay now that's enough.”

“I can be wearing a paper sack and he'd do me.” Rachel shook her head, even though it was true.

She'd wear anything and Spike would be on her in a snap, not that she minded at all.

“Where is this place?” Ruby asked.

Rachel digs out the phone she brought on this side and looks at the messages she and Scylla swapped over yesterday. “Okay she said we will meet at Park Central Hotel. She had booked a room to do the interview.”

“Is it televised?” The twins asked.

“I assume, which is why I'm dressed formally and like this. She wanted to know my story, see the real me, this is as real as it gets.”

And do damage control from them burning the Assembly hall.

“Then let's go.” The girls said, dropping their disguises to reveal their mothselves and they took off.

Rachel groaned. Then remembered they were in New York, it's common to see weird ass things walking around.

The three soon located the hotel and went inside.

Like outside, there were people hanging out in the lobby. They all stopped to see the three creatures entering.

The receptionist couldn't take his eyes off of the three as they approached the desk.

“H-hello?” He cleared his throat. “Hello, welcome to Park Central Hotel, how can I help you?” He asked them.

Rachel gave a look to the twins, silently told them to behave before looking down at the man. “Hi yes, I was told to come here and meet with a Scylla Fawn from Across Realm News. Is she here?”

“Uh, let me check. Scylla Fawn?” He asked, going to his computer, casting looks at the three as he did.

“Rachel?”

Rachel turned to see Scylla finished talking to someone on a couch before she approached.

“Scylla, it's good to see you again,” Rachel greeted, told the receptionist thanks before the three turned to Scylla.

“Likewise, who's your two friends?” Scylla asked.

The twins hugged Rachel. “We're her sisters.” They said.

Rachel sighed in defeat. “Not by blood obviously.”

Scylla chuckled. “Interesting, okay thank you for showing up. If you three follow me, the interview room is not that far.”

Rachel swat the girls off of her and they followed the reporter.

Having to get on a separate elevator due to Rachel ended up maxing out the weight scale. She looks deadpan at the numbers.

“Max level reached capacity 700 pounds, well fuck me.” Rachel growled. Reading the flashing signs. Having the other girls use the second elevator.

She is a dragon, dragons are naturally heavy. They did use the stairs when they went to the Assembly.

Hell, most of the Allies were literally animals, they are heavier than humans if going with the natural weight of normal creatures.

Still, seeing that she weighed that much, even when she was a kid, not wanting to reach that big.

She opted to go ahead with the stairs before the doors closed.

The elevator screeched and groaned heavily as it started to go up.

It was ten seconds later before the elevator went KA-THUNK!

Wires screeched when it came to a halt between the second and third floors of the hotel. Lights flashing red.

“Oh no.” Rachel reaches down and presses the help button. “Hello, help. The elevator is stuck.”

“Okay ma'am, we're coming to you, where are you at?” security asks.

“Uh, between the second and third hall, west side.” Rachel said.

“How many are in the elevator with you?”

“Just me. Don't be alarmed but I think I maxed out the weight. I'm from Equis….”

“Okay just hang out. We'll get you out. Damnit that's the third time this week~” and they trailed off.

The elevator shakes a little. “Great, just fucking great.”

Spike was following Iggy down the halls of the temple. Having his boy run out of energy that way and looking more of what it has in store.

When Iggy veered towards the lava pools, Spike quickly scoops him up. “Oh no, you're not going in there for now.” He said.

Iggy made critter noises, as he outreached his hand towards the pools.

When Spike followed where he was reaching out, he sees that someone was inside the lava pools.

It was Brimstone.

The red stallion stands near the edge of the rock way, looking down at the magma. He had a distant look on his face.

“Professor?” Spike called out to him.

Brimstone was brought out of his thoughts as he turned to Spike and Iggy.

“Oh? boys, sorry.” He said, quickly stepping away from the ledge and walked over to them.

“You're good.” Spike said, adjusting his hold on his squirmy son. “Are you okay?” He asked him. “You were just staring at the lava.”

Brimstone sighed. “Yes, I'm well, just…” He looked back in the lava pools.

“You know what happened there?” Spike asks.

“The supposed resting place of my variant’s demise. I was informed.” Brimstone muttered. “Let's go somewhere else to talk, getting a little too morbid in here for the baby.” He suggested as Iggy broke free of Spike and leaped to his arms. “Little rascal you.” He smiled at Iggy.

Iggy cooed, reaching up touched his snout.

The three left the pools, and decided to look at where the wedding would be placed. Taking all of them outside take a walk down the forest trail to the place.

Spike looked at Brimstone as they walked. When he learned who the stallion really was to Rachel, Spike didn’t say much. He'd figured since seeing how Brimstone treats his mate, but with the horror stories of that horrible variant done to her, it left Spike questions.

Since the variant Spike wanted to make suffer has already died, he'll make due to this one.

“You and Rachel,” Spike starts. “How did you discover you were her father's variant?” He asked him. Brimstone did what he could well by her, but Spike wanted to know how close he was to his malevolent version.

Brimstone lets out a sigh, looking right ahead, watching Iggy looking around at the woods with giggles and innocent curiosity.

“I suppose you have the right to know. I was wondering when you'd start asking questions.” Brimstone briefly lifts his eyepatch, scratches around the edges. Spike caught a glimpse of his milky blind eye before putting the patch down to cover it. “As I stated in earlier conversations, I knew Rachel was lying about who she was during the Application Trials. During the interrogations, I noted she acted like Lilysky when she got caught doing something she wasn't supposed to. Near identical body language, mannerisms. Though Rachel's voice is much gruffer than Lily, there were times they sounded just the same.” Brimstone's face softened, reminded of the 15 year old human staring down at him. It wasn't out of anger.

It was pushing an injured animal in the corner and was going to strike whoever got close.

“I was getting ideas but to be concrete, I had to run tests.”

“Like what kind?” Spike asks.

“I was amazed about the human technology, the forensics I was using at the time is more than Equestria ever has. Took blood samples from both Rachel and Lilysky, following my quantum theories…. Besides the obvious stains of pony and human, the tests came back near perfect match.”

Spike remembers the thick binders Brimstone brought over to the Friendship Castle. “You published your variant findings based on your daughter and Rachel.”

Brimstone looks at Spike. “Rachel is also my daughter. She and Lily share DNA but they are not the same….. Did I publish my findings? Yes. It was too good of a discovery not to.” He looked back forward to keep his good eye on his grandson. “I didn't give off names, just say Subject Human and Subject Pony.” He then grunted. “I had hope when Rachel told me about her abusive father that her mother had remarried someone else after divorcing my variant.”

“Is that how you ended with your ex?”

Brimstone was quiet, thinking of what to say before speaking. “Lilysky's mother fell ill. This was years before the Portal ever opened. She passed away. My second marriage lasted eight months.” He huffed at it.

Spike looked ahead to see Iggy chasing and jumping after a butterfly.

“I followed my other self for a while, I was appalled to see how they had lived and how he was. Seeing his treatment with women…” Brimstone shuddered. “When I saw my test results, I was on my knees in tears, DNA matched. That monster and I are one….I admit I was strict with my children but I never lay a hand on them. I never made them feel less than or afraid. Seeing what I could have become…”

“Did you tell her?” Spike asked.

Brimstone lets out a laugh. “This is Rachel we know and love, she learned who I was on her own after reading my findings on multi variants. When I tell you she was mad, ooh boy, she was beyond mad.”

“Did she say outright?”

“No, but she completely shut me out, became argumentative and told me to piss off and other harsh words. Caused her to run from the Settlement.” Brimstone grinned. “Took some time to earn her trust and convinced her I am not going to hurt her. That I only want her to be safe, healthy and happy, what a normal father wants.”

Iggy makes a pounce to get the butterfly, misses and rolls in the dirt.

“Ouch, you almost got it son.” Spike calls out, seeing Iggy sit up, shake the dirt off before resuming roaming around.

Brimstone chuckled softly. “When she came back with her staff, she told me, I told her…was quite the relief.”

Iggy runs over to a rock. He made critter noises as he came up to it and sniffed it. He picks it up, looks at it curiously before looking at Brimstone.

He chunks the rock as hard as he could at his grandstallion.

Brimstone caught it with one hand.

“Hey, that's not nice.” Spike grunted, approaching him.

“Nono, it's fine, he did this to me all the time when I watched him.” Brimstone said, tossing the rock in his hand and catching it. “He likes it when I do this…”

Brimstone takes the rock, looks at his surroundings, sees a squirrel crawling up a tree fifty yards He eyed at Iggy, seeing his anticipation and waiting.

In a flash, Brimstone throws the rock as hard as he could, the squirrel did not notice before the rock hit it right on the head.

Blood splattered on impact and the squirrel fell to the ground.

Iggy, as excitedly as he was, was doing a happy dance before gallivanting over to the squirrel, grabbing it by the tail with his mouth and dragging it over to the adults. Tail flickering happily.

“Nice shot.” Spike commented. Seeing his son beaming happily with prey in his mouth. “So…you kill animals to make him happy?”

“He is a dragon, a bit furry than most but a dragon nonetheless. It teaches him how to hunt. Get him to nap easier.” Brimstone said as Iggy puts the kill at Spike's feet and looks up at him cutely.

Spike shrugged. He didn't start hunting per say until he went through the molt, but has caught the occasional rat as a baby himself. At least Iggy is learning early. “Good point…” his stomach growled at the sight of it.

He casually picks up the kill, pats his son on a good job before pocketing the creature for later eating.

“Still, good aim.” Spike looks at Brimstone.

“Who do you think Rachel gets her skills from?” Brimstone adjusted himself.

They soon came to a camp ground where the wedding and reception would be held. The backdrop of the altar was the snow capped mountains off in the distance. There was a woven arch made of vines and flowers, colors of blue, green, purple and yellow, chairs being settled in their place. Decorated Mordi, Dragons and ponies.

A large bonfire currently being constructed where the reception was going to be held.

“It's looking remarkable so far.” Brimstone commented, looking at the decoration.

Spike nodded. “It is, I'm pleased with it as well.”

“Do you have the rest of your groomfolk?”

“Discord and Big Mac should be here at any time now, if neither can't come, that's fine. This wedding thing was last minute. Mom and dad will be here in a few days.” Spike said, seeing Iggy going down the aisle. “Oh look, he's practicing.” He chuckled.

“You two picked out rings?”

“Planning to do that after Rachel gets back. That reminds me.” He digs into his pockets, hoping he didn't accidentally put his lunch in the same pocket as his phone.

Luckily he didn't as he pulled it out. He speed dials her and puts her on speaker.

A few short rings later she answered.

“Oh, uh hey babe, what's up?” Rachel answered. Hearing metal creaking sounds in the background.

“Calling to check on you, how's the interview?”

“Going good, good. Just taking a short break.”

“Yeah right.” One of the twins comments, then hearing his mate's sharp snarl.

Spike and Brimstone shared a similar look.

“Is everything okay?” Spike asked her.

“Eeyup, yup, everything is good. You know these girls, getting on my last loving nerves and whatnot.”

Brimstone narrowed his eyes on the phone, listening to her tone. “Rachel?”

“Oh I got to go, they are calling me back, I'll call you guys later, love you all, bye!” Rachel hung up.

Spike blinked. “She's lying, isn't she?”

“I can just picture her ears burning red at this point.” Brimstone sighed. “She'll be fine. We'll most likely know what's up when she comes back.”

Rachel's ears were crimson red at this point, lying through her sharp, pointy teeth.

She got the elevator doors to open, seeing the floor of the third floor but she can't squeeze through the opening. The twins and Scylla were on the third floor as crew members worked to get her out of the damned elevator.

“Try opening the hatch,” Scylla suggested.

Rachel easily reached up to the elevator ceiling. She gets it open and frowns, seeing the size of the maintenance hole and looks at her wings and down her body. “Can't believe I'm saying this but I'm too big to fit through.”

“Try using your firey, teleport magic thing?” Ruby asked.

“Why don't you all teleport my ass out of here?” Rachel asked as she pulled out her Staff from the pocket dimension.

The Blue Celestial hummed to her, causing Rachel to grunt. “Could potentially burn the elevator and the hotel down so it's a fucking no. Useless piece of crap.” She tosses it back in its pocket.

The girls frowned.

“We kinda used up our juice. We gotta feed to recharge our magic. Planned on catching a quickie while you guys have your interview.” Gemcity smiled nervously.

Rachel started to smoke, burning holes in her blouse. “Go fuck somebody and come back and get me the hell out of this elevator, please.” Rachel growled, exhaling black smoke from her mouth.

The girls yelped and quickly ran to find some sap to feed off them.

Rachel groaned deeply.

“Don't worry ma'am, we're working on it.” One of the workers said as they worked.

“Next time, I'm flying right up to the place!” Rachel growled deeply.

“Hey, I know this seems fucked up, let's try and get your mind out of this situation.” Scylla suggested, sitting near the elevator door, taking her notebook and phone out and setting the recorder app out.

“You want to go ahead with the interview??” Rachel asked, getting herself comfortable and sat down. “While I'm stuck in the elevator??”

“I had reported in weird places. Before I joined Across Realms, I did a scoop at this shithole in the wall tattoo shop. People were getting sick when they got a tattoo of this place. It was actually a front for a gathering of rich politicians. Think Speakeasy but add a sex dungeon. ”

Rachel lets out a laugh. “Oh don’t get me started.”

“So??” Scylla waves the phone.

Rachel sighed. “Got nothing better to do. Record away.”

Scylla presses record. “Okay, we're recording. Thank you Queen Rachel for allowing this interview, even though we're in a unique circumstance.”

Rachel huffed. “Thank you for having me, even though I'm stuck unfortunately in an elevator because of my fat ass apparently.” She chuckles, causing Scylla to chuckle as well.

“For someone like you, it was probably known you may gain weight from changing, is that right??”

“Oh I knew I probably added more weight, I also gained some from giving birth so that's a factor. Worse case scenario when you go on elevators and forget you weigh a lot now.” Rachel sighed.

“And yet you look good either way. For the past year alone your name gets around. From fighting the former Mordi Queen, saving prisoned civilians, managing the Portal, becoming not only the New Mordi Queen, but you became Queen of the Dragons, going from human to dragon, tell me, how do you feel about all of that?”

Rachel sniffed. “Quite surreal if I'm being completely honest. I never knew crossing to Equis would lead me to this life I'm living now. A small part of me sorta thinks this is somehow a dream and at one point will go away and I will wake up.”

“A dream worth staying, huh?”

Rachel nodded, her knees bunched up to her chest, her arms wrapped above her knees. Fingers idly messing with her engagement ring.

“Why don't you tell me what your childhood was like? How does a human find themselves in the land of talking ponies?”

Rachel lets out a chuckle, shaking her head. “Oooh boy.” She takes a deep breath. “Well, I'm originally from Manhattan, Hunts Point. Not the most friendly place. My mother was a dance teacher, owned a dance studio, and we lived above it. My dad,” she sucked in her teeth. “He was ex-military and worked as a mechanic.”

“Was homelife okay? How did your parents take the news of you migrating to Equis?”

“Quote this: mom died when I was a kid and my father was an abusive monster that made life extremely hell to those who come in contact with.” Rachel grunted.

Scylla wrote notes in her journal.

“That bastard liked hurting people. He was a terrorist interrogator before the army canned his ass. I'm not going to give him any more clout so I'm not gonna say more about him, may he rot and suffer in Hell.” Rachel spat out.

Hoping that sperm donor is being violated repeatedly by the same demons tormenting Rarity.

“Okay, what about your mother?” Scylla asked.

“My mom…” Rachel paused for a moment. “My mother was the most…amazing woman I ever met. She did what she could to protect me from the abuse up to her end. I miss her daily and wished she was here to meet her grandchild and son-in-law. I know she's in a better place and isn't hurting anymore.” She wipes her face, feeling emotional again before continuing. “We all know when the Portal first opened it was a shock to all.”

“And there was a year of talks between worlds before the initial Treaty was there. Where were you when it all happened?”

Rachel had to think about it, being some time since she thought of it. “I had just turned fourteen. I actually was with my old best friend when the portal opened. We were at our hangout, doing dumb shit trouble teens were doing when the portal opened. I felt the air shifted but didn't know why.”

“When did you cross over?”

“During the Two Hundred Application Trials. A program to send two hundred humans over to the world as an experiment. I was actually fifteen when I joined the trials.”

Scylla’s eyes widened. “Fifteen? So you lived in Equis for nearly ten years??”

Rachel nodded. “Ten of the best years of my life, my greatest decision, one I do not regret.”

“How did a Minor slip from those handling the transition? Did you pay someone, slip in undetected?”

“No, I was part of the application. I had help, his name is Professor Brimstone, he was one of three ponies who oversaw the Trials. He knew I wasn't who I said I was pretending to be the first moment we lay eyes on each other. He helped me because he knew if I got sent back to my own personal hell, I would have died.”

“I heard of him, he made headlines for his findings of multi Variants and was the head researcher in the Mother Cell study. Certain humans discovered that in their DNA had traces of cosmic energy, magic if you will.”

“Mother Cells is the most ridiculous name I ever came across. The humans found with those traces happened to be Mordi. Hell, he discovered that because of my blood sample.” Rachel admitted. “Did I like the fact I was a lab rat for a lot of that? No, made me hate hospitals for the rest of my life.”

“Are you close to Brimstone now?” Scylla asked.

“He's the grandfather of my baby and is about to walk me down the aisle so yeah, we're close.” Rachel giggled. “If he hadn't taken a chance and helped me, I never would have crossed over.” She smiled fondly. “I would never have found my real family if I had stayed on this side.”

“Like you found your sisters?” Scylla asked, couldn't lift her smirk off her face.

Rachel sighed heavily. “Including the twins. To sum up my relationship with those two: I am a stray feral cat they found in the dumpster behind the strip club they worked at and decided to adopt me.”

Some of the workers smirked and others found it funny.

“What kind of creatures are they? They look like Changelings.”

“Changelings have beetle and scarab designs, the girls are a species cousin to them. Called Sexlings. You got the hint what they feed off of by meeting them and their namesake.” Rachel said with the most deadpan tone she could muster. The men working in the wiring made noises, causing her to roll her eyes.

“So I'm assuming you were exposed to sex that early.”

“You assumed correct. However they did try to not include me in their feedings and their work. They provided me with a home, a warm bed, food I can eat, my education and a job. They gave me stability I desperately needed. For the first seven years of living there, Brimstone and the Twins became my world.” Rachel shook her head. “I love those girls but if I'm being straight, I want to sock their heads sometimes.”

“Like a cat to their human pet?”

“Yes.”

Scylla smiled. “Now to what most, most certainly some of my colleagues want to know, how did you and Dragonlord Spike meet? What drew the ruler of all dragons to you?”

Rachel's heart flutters hearing her mate's name, her hand reaches and fumbles with her Blood necklace. “Even our meeting was surreal, and yet so, so simple and really, kinda cliché. But we all love a good cliché, most romances are.”

“How did you two meet?”

“We met on the same zeppelin cruise ship. Our paths crossed while the ship began its week voyage.” Rachel said gleefully.

“A week long cruise??? So it was a whirlwind romance?”

“Oooh yes. This is before I ever knew who Spike was. He was with Princess Twilight and her friends and I was with mine. Haven't left the docks when we met.” She giggled. “I had brought my art supplies with me, was walking up the stairs, my stubborn ass thinking I can carry everything, my boot slipped on a can of black paint, bounced down the steps, burst open and paint got on all over one of his friends.”

That invoked some laughs.

“Oh no!! I'm sorry but what a meeting.”

“It was. I was mortified, embarrassed, and apologized quickly. Spike did give me a warning snarl, Dragons do that if someone they know thinks they are being threatened. I worked as a bartender at this bar where dragons sometimes visit so I had some knowledge of what to do if I didn't want to invoke an apex’s wrath. Natural response. And since humans technically are the bottom of the food chain in comparison to them, be wise on how you say.” Rachel explained. “Anyway, I apologized. The unicorn was fine for the most part and everything quickly settled down. Spike actually stayed behind and helped me clean up my mess. We talked, found some common things and…I wanna say we just clicked after that.”

“Like what?”

“Similar tastes in music. It's how relationships begin. We hung out for that whole week, we fell for each other rather quickly. I have never been in love with anyone else like I'm in love with him. Spike is brave, courageous, funny, strong, loving, compassionate, heroic, the most amazing being I ever met. Romantic, charming as all hell, incredibly sexy as an added bonus.” She slyly smirked.

“Have you been with anyone besides him? Are any of them human?” One of the crew members asked while working.

The elevator jolted, caught Rachel to yelp, hanging off of the bar. “Don't you fucking dare you fuck.” She tells the elevator.

“You alright?” Scylla asked.

“I want to get the fuck out of this damn can.” Rachel grunted. “To answer your question I dated one human, it didn't last long when they moved back to Earth. Have I ever thought I'd be into interspecies sex? No, but when living in one place long enough and not being around humans, you get interested in the locals. One thing I learned from the twins.” Rachel's cheeks burned. “Spike and I have been together for awhile, we have done a lot together that brought us closer and closer. We moved in together after six months.” She then looked up to see Scylla. “He was there when I started my transformation.”

“What was that like?”

“Painful and slow.” Rachel admits. “Like a lot of things that happened in human kind, my curious ass touched a powerful Equestrian artifact and accidentally absorbed its magic that kickstarted my transformation. I was given dragon magic to offset pony magic, this is the result.” Rachel waved at her body. “Spike took care of me while I underwent the change. it was painful, I threw up, my body ached, tasting sulfur with everything I ate, it would have been a total and complete nightmare, I wouldn't make it if he wasn't by my side. Making sure I was okay, tended to my wounds, never asked anything in return, he took care of me while I was at my lowest and I'm grateful for him. Saw past my demons and I saw through his. And now, we're a family, we have an amazing, Tasmanian devil of a son and I wouldn't change anything. Becoming Queen was never in my cards, it just happened. And to tell the truth, getting there was a situation that is straight out of a horror flick. But I would do it all over again for him and our child.”

“Mind explaining what went through your mind about the nuke? It was mentioned that the majority of all of you including the baby were at the site, it had to be terrifying.”

“The absolute worst feeling was the unknown, wondering when the bomb was going to go off, that we all would have died for nothing…Spike was at the scene…when it went off, we were just off in this tiny sandy island, those who survived went there. We all saw the explosion. Seeing that cloud…. The shockwave knocked everyone out. I swear to God, I thought we were all dead. I was… not expected to wake up at all. We all, those who survived, were not expecting to live.”

“I had received word that the Dragonlord was missing for a certain time, in fact he was keeping his status a secret, only showing up to stop the nuke while you and Guardian Ember who was acting Dragonlord did all the work. Does it feel irritating or make you feel like nothing you did mattered when he took the glory?”

“Lemme stop you right there. Spike had his reasons why he didn't reveal himself in the past.” Rachel grunted. “What he had done was not for glory, for fame, bragging rights, none of that ever came to mind. Sombra held him captive and we didn't know where he went, for ten whole months, the entire duration of my pregnancy. He was found, and brought home. Sombra and Blueblood both forced him to come out who he was, when we needed him the most. Almost costing his life by using his powers and changing the molecular structure of the radiation itself as the bomb went off.” Rachel blinked away the tears from her eyes.

“Spike saved all of us. He saved me, he saved his son. Glory and fame had nothing to do with it, he did it because it was what it took to save the world. I'm grateful for being his Queen, his mate. He gave me the greatest thing I could ever want and that is becoming a mother. To have this life I never knew I would be able to have.

“If you go back in time and tell fifteen year old me that running away from an abusive home ended up having the life I'm having now, I'd laugh at your face and ask what drugs you were taking. Now yes there were bad moments in the past ten years, that's life. Relationships come and go, miscarriages happen, bad things do happen, but none of the bad matters because in the end, the good moments, the wonderful, the silly, loving, chaotic days and moments make up for it all. If I had to do it all over again, I would, because I would not change a single thing of what I have now. My family is alive and thriving and that's all I care about.”

“We're here, we're here!” Ruby calls out as she and Gemcity who was still redressing herself raced over to them.

“Thank you, now get me out of this thing.” The elevator jolted, making her yelp again. “Please!”

“We're actually done with the interview so I think we can wrap this up, thank you again for answering my questions and for your time, as strange as we're in now.” Scylla says. “This interview was good.”

“You're welcome.”

Ruby, Gemcity and Rachel were soon poofed off in a red aura. The elevator was instantly working again.

After a moment of taking in fresh air and the need of new clothes, the three headed to Elizabeth's boutique.

Rachel turned to the girls. “Heads up, Elizabeth is Rarity's variant, but Elizabeth is actually cool and I like her…behave.”

“We will, we will!” Gemcity waves a hand.

“We know how to behave, babe.” Ruby said.

Gemcity gets a tingle, moth wings fluttered before looking at her twin. “Smell that?” She asked with a knowing grin.

Ruby waits a moment before getting the same grin.

Rachel looks at the two before goes in and immediately understands why the twins were reacting.

All Rachel saw walking through the boutique doors was Elizabeth herself and her boyfriend Kol.

However, this Kol wasn't the human Rachel had seen in a picture.

This Kol was the zebra Rarity tried to be with!

Both were on her lush bench, now registering that the curtains were closed. Elizabeth was on her hands and knees, the dress she wore, the top and bottom portion was bunched up the midriff, her boyfriend working on her from behind with both of their pants down around their ankles.

Elizabeth screamed when she heard the door opening and saw who it was. Causing the couple to disconnect and Kol grabbing a pillow to cover himself and his girl fixing her dress at lightning speed. His zebra patterning pure red.

“Oh my god!” Rachel turns away blushing.

The twins grinning ear to ear slid their heads in to get a peek. Rachel used her wings to obstruct their viewing pleasure.

“How did you get in, I thought the door was locked!?” Elizabeth asked as she frantically fixed herself, pulling her underwear up and Kol dressing himself as well, both equally embarrassed.

“D-door was unlocked. Wow I am so so sorry Liz.” Rachel apologized. “I didn't mean to barged in.”

“You're good.” Kol coughs in his hand awkwardly. “Uh love I'll just be upstairs….” He quickly leaves up the stairs. Hooves clopping loudly as he ran.

Rachel watched him go before looking at Elizabeth who had an unamused look with blazing red cheeks.

“I am so sorry…”

A moment of letting the awkwardness out of the way, Elizabeth was helping Rachel get ready for the fitting. Rachel changed out of her holey burned clothes and into a black robe waiting in the changing rooms.

The wait wasn't long when Elizabeth came in with the dress. It wasn't finished but, not having the lace and beading yet. But it had slits on the side, a corset laced backing on the bust, the sleeves had a ring hole for her middle fingers. There was a top portion of the dress that has clasps to hold it in place.

“Wow, it's looking good so far.” Rachel commented.

“Thank you, now let's see if the measurements are right.”

Liz gets in position as Rachel drops the robe and gets in the dress. Stepping into it, she helped Elizabeth pull it up. The slits were crucial to getting over her hips and having her tail move freely.

“How does it feel?” Elizabeth asks as she laces the back up.

“Feels comfortable.” She responded as she held the bodice up. There was a sweetheart neckline with the plunge an inch below the breasts.

“And…. There. Take a look.” Elizabeth said.

Rachel smooths the sides of the dress before turning. She lets out a gasp.

The dress fitted perfectly, even though it was unfinished, it still looked gorgeous on her.

“Elizabeth, I love it so far.” Rachel said, checking herself out. “I'm at awe that you managed to get this done in such a short time!”

“What can I say, I love weddings.” Elizabeth said satisfied. “Plus it's not every day that I get to design for a Queen. Though I am surprised.”

“How come?” Rachel asked, unable to take her eyes off of the mirror.

“When designing for both you and your Spike, it's a mix of traditional and modern. Trying to incorporate styles from what I saw in the Temple to now, it's very much becoming my best work.”

“So far it seems. You know, we still need to have a spa day, tomorrow's my bachelorette, why don't you and the girls come?” Rachel offered.

“Oh??”

“I~”

R-R-R-R-RIIIIIP!

Rachel goes to turn to look at her, one of her talons got snagged on the bottom of the dress and accidentally tears a big hole in the fabric, ripping part of the neckline a bit.

There was complete silence. Rachel did not want to look down, trying so hard not to get angry and burn holes. Silently tears cascading her face.

Her eyes soon fell to look, body shaking with dread, seeing the damage. Glaring at her hooves.

“I hate my hooves…so much.” Rachel whispered.

First having that harsh wake up surprise, getting stuck on an elevator for two hours, now she damaged her dress.

“Oh no! Oh sweetie, it's okay!” Elizabeth gasps, quickly trying to console her. “Darling, it's okay, it's still early for repairs. That's why we have fittings.” She said as the dragoness cried.

Elizabeth quickly looked at the damage. Having Rachel sit down.

“I'm sorry Liz, i-I didn't mean to.” Rachel said.

“It's okay to be emotional, after what you've been through.” She said, “It was an accident, you're alright.”

“Hey, what's going on in there?” Ruby then asked on the other side.

Elizabeth decided to open the door. “We had a dress malfunction, the dress got damaged.”

“Oh no, Rachel!” Ruby ran over to Rachel, Gemcity not far behind.

“What happened?!” Gemcity asked.

“I ruined my dress!” Rachel bawled, hugging the girls.

“This really has not been your day, baby girl.” Ruby hushed. Petting her head and arm. “I'm sorry.”

“It's gonna be okay. Sissy.” Gemcity said, petting her other arm.

“It really is, accidents happen, dearie” Elizabeth said as she got the talon out of the hall and began repairing the hole with her needle and thread at hand.

“Can I go home now?” Rachel asked with a whimper. She then looked down at Elizabeth. “I thought you were with a human??”

“I am….he's okay with the situation.” Elizabeth blushed when explaining. “it just….happened.”

“Is he good?” Gemcity asked out of curiosity. Resulting glares from her two sisters. “What? You were thinking about it too.”

“Both are marvelous ... .though I do have to say the Kol you saw is bigger…” Elizabeth giggled.

“I want Spike.” Rachel whimpered.

She wants her mate, her baby, and go home.

“Wedding is in three days, I just want the day to be perfect for him.” Rachel buries her face in her hands.

“Darling, I had shorter time lengths before, this is nothing, it'll be like nothing happened once I'm done.” Elizabeth says as she sews.

After getting the dress off, the twins gave Rachel some new clothes since the blouse and skirt she was wearing were getting burnt and holey. Giving her a cute black halter top with string and clasp on the back so the wings have freedom and a much shorter skirt, being a few inches above her knees, looking like something from their closet. Assuring Rachel that the dress was going to be finished before going down the aisle, the three make one last pit stop.

With a poof, the girls ended up in a large, extravagant penthouse on the very top floor of a building. The exterior of the place was mostly glass walls, exposing a gorgeous skyline where many tall, interesting architectural towers were as tall as they could see. Some of the buildings broke past clouds. A much drier air hitting them.

“Oh god, where are we now?” Rachel asked.

“Dubai. Mom owns this penthouse. Before you shut the portal down, this is where she would have her drones have the usual parties. Was used as the main hub,” Ruby explained as the girls looked around.

There was a wide open floor plan, in which a sunken pit in the shape of a heart was lined with white couches, a fire pit in the middle. A fully stocked bar, large expensive TV on the wall, lounge couches. White walls with gold accents and columns, there was a bedroom across the way, glass stairs up to the second floor with more bedrooms, and a balcony in the master room. Outside was a pool for swimming. All of it was clean, no trace of it being used. The penthouse was tall enough for all the creatures to walk around without issues.

“Lilith is letting me use this for the party tomorrow?” Rachel asked, seeing all the expensive items.

“Yup!” Gemcity hugs her, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. “This will be the best party you'll ever have!”

“No strippers, I had my share with you two.” Rachel chuckled but was serious.

“Rachel, we know you, of course it won't be all that.” Ruby said as she looked around. “Don't worry baby girl, we got you.”

“Thank you, ladies.”

They went through the other rooms, so far it looked like a normal penthouse. Bedrooms were relatively normal, some beds go from regular size to large heart shaped. The total of six bedrooms, an office, and a small library.

The last room however was something exactly like comes out of Lilith's hive ship. A full on sex dungeon. Divulging in any fantasy anyone could have.

“Whoops! Someone forgot this room.” Ruby said, quickly closing the door.

Rachel's cheeks burned.

Though she instantly got ideas she would want to try with Spike later.

With the day she was having, Rachel is looking forward to her mate.

After taking time to see the preparations underway, Spike was making rounds, talking to other allies, seeing Twilight and the girls, his brother, wife and niece. Brimstone was good to be around.

Slowly getting into a swing of things now he has to take Role of Dragonlord. He does feel bad to be piggybacking on his mate and Ember but he knows it won't be for long.

After the Wedding, that will change.

Iggy was enjoying time with dad, not really leaving his side, though he enjoyed giving him the runaround.

By the time the baby was found, he was in their shared chambers. Sitting on the ground and had Rachel's sketchbook and pencils, mindlessly scribbling some of her pages.

Wanted to draw like mommy.

“Iggy??” Spike calls his name as he enters the room.

He sees his son playing with the book, recognizing the cover of it. “Iggy! What are you doing, little dude??” Spike walked up to him.

Iggy tears one of his scribbled pages, scratching out a drawing his mother made to have his own take on it and held it up for him to show off his work.

The sketchbook did make a blank page appear, the book being enchanted.

Spike rubbed his snout. “Ooh son, you wanna be like your ma?” He picks his son and book. “Okay, okay I'll get your own, but this is your mother's.”

Iggy showed off his artwork with big wide eyes.

The baby had drawn all over the page. What was a sketch of a sea serpent. “Oh bud that's….good.” He sighed, looking at his young gremlin. “You…have her skills.”

Iggy giggled.

Spike puts the baby in the crib. “nap time.” He tells him before looking at the book.

A couple of pages had scribbles done by the baby. Spike goes through it, flipping it to other done pages.

A lot of landscapes, comic book characters in her style, portraits of those in the Temple. Spike flipped the pages and he frowned.

The sketch was of the nuke exploding. Seeing the large mushroom cloud gulfing everything. Seeing figures bracing themselves for the impact.

He sees two other figures, what he could only depict as his mate and child. Seeing his love shielding the baby.

Spike shuddered, looking away from the book to look at his son. Iggy was near the edge of the crib, looking up at his father.

Spike bent down and kissed his baby's head, giving him a hug. Iggy made critter noises as he hugged him back. “Love you Iggy. Love you and your mother…so so much.”

Iggy cooed, tugging on Spike's earfins.

Spike chuckled, petting his son's head before settling him back in the crib, Iggy getting curled up and ready to sleep, holding his squeaky toy with a purr.

Spike stood up and looked at the book again, flipping the next page, and what he saw got him smiling.

Rachel had sketched all three of them out, to his surprise, it was all of them in their more primal, larger forms.

Drew Spike when he got big, the form Iggy had days ago, and of herself. Well an idea Rachel thinks about what she herself would look like. Her brown head spikes were larger and prominent, her hair was gone. Taking on the body type of a pony but she still takes on a dragon form.

There was text written above that says Can't beat em, join em. With hearts drew above all three.

“This woman,” Spike chuckled. His heart fluttered.

He closes the book and puts it back on the nightstand. Looking back at his son who was closing his eyes, he quietly leaves so his boy could get a nap.

He strolls back to the common area and stops, seeing that Rachel had returned, wearing different clothes, slumping on the couch.

And looked completely worn out. One of the twins giving her a drink for which she drinks it.

“Hey girls. Wow Rach, are you alright??” He asked, approaching his mate and sat down next to her.

“Oh, our lovely bride did not have a good day.” Gemcity said as she pet Rachel's head. Trying not to giggle.

“What happened??” Spike asks, looking at Rachel.

Rachel rolled her head to look at him. “You're gonna laugh.”

“No I won't.”

Rachel sighed heavily. “Well, first off, I got stuck in an elevator, apparently I'm too fat.” Ruby proceeded to flick the Queen's snout. “And I accidentally got my hoof tangled with the wedding dress when I was trying it on and it ripped the dress.”

“Oh no!” Spike looks at her with a disbelief look, trying hard not to chuckle. “Oh baby, are you okay??”

“I'm fine, just my pride got bruised.”

“Oh honey. I'm sorry you're having a bad day.” Spike couldn't hold back a chuckle, wrapping his arm around her to comfort her. “Why didn't you call me?”

Rachel lay her head on his chest. “I didn't want you to worry.”

“You know how stubborn she is.” Ruby said.

“Did the interview even happen??” Spike asked.

“It did, while I was stuck in the elevator.” Rachel grumbled. “That went well.”

Spike kisses her temple.

“Oh hey, welcome back,” AJ comes in with Twilight and Rainbow Dash amd Fluttershy.

“Oh wow, you look like you went through the wringer.” Dash said.

“You okay?” Twilight asked.

“Rachel got stuck in an elevator, ripped up her wedding dress and accidentally walked in on Rarity getting it on with a sexy zebra.” Gemcity tells them.

“What??” Twilight and Spike asked.

“Oh well there's that.” Rachel grunted.

Dash bursts out laughing. “Oh sweet Celestia!”

Rachel flips Dash up as Luna, Thorax, Pharynx, Shining, Cadence and Brimstone come in to see what the fuss was about.

“What on earth is going on?” Brimstone asked.

The girls told the story again and Rachel just buried her face into Spike's chest.

She is done.

Author's Note

Rachel had a bad day

Here is her good night