Eagle awoke the next day, still shivering slightly in Rainbow Dash’s grasp. The two had been cuddling the whole night after Eagle’s nightmare. He could only lie there on the soft, cloud bed and see those haunting images again. Those ponies reaching out for him. The destroyed city. His mother and sister. And worst of all, his father, wearing the armor of the Master.

‘It was just a dream Eagle… a really, really, really, realistic and scary dream,’ Eagle told himself. He slowly freed himself from Rainbow and sat up in the bed. He wiped his face off to get what remaining sweat was there. He then let out a heavy sigh, loud enough to stir the Pegasus next to him. Rainbow let out a cute little yawn before opening her eyes.

“Morning Eagle,” she said. He turned to her.

“Morning Dash,” he replied, lying back down and kissing her on the lips.

“Sleep any better?” Rainbow asked him. Eagle simply shook his head. “Well, you shouldn’t have to worry about it. It was just a dream, right?” Eagle could only nod at her optimism towards the situation.

“It was just so real,” Eagle said, letting out another sigh.

“I know, but it was just a dream. I’m real, so focus on me.” Eagle did just that. He stared into her beautiful, crimson eyes. She stared right back into his dark blue eyes. Before Eagle could say anything to her, she brought her lips to his for a passionate kiss. Eagle could feel himself getting into it, slowly sliding his tongue into her mouth. Rainbow let him continue, starting to wrestle his tongue with her own. She let out a few stifled moans before they broke the kiss. Eagle started to smile.

“Alright, I think I’ve got a firm grasp on what’s real again,” he said, giving her another short kiss.

“Good, cause I don’t want a crazy, psychopathic coltfriend,” Rainbow teased.

“Hey, at least I’m not egotistical,” Eagle joked back. She gave him a shove as the two started to laugh.

“Well, I guess we should get up now. I can make us something for breakfast if you want, or we can head down to Ponyville and get something at Sugarcube Corner,” Rainbow said, sitting up in bed over Eagle. He thought for a moment on what to do.

“Well, knowing how much you suck at cooking and baking and what not, I think we’ll be heading down to Sugarcube Corner,” Eagle joked.

“Hey, I’m not that bad.”

“I’ve seen you cook, and you most certainly are that bad.” Rainbow mustered up enough strength to shove the stallion out of the bed and onto the floor. She soon found herself rolling on the bed in laughter.

“Oh yeah, let’s see how funny you think this is!” Eagle said, getting back onto the bed. He got on top of Rainbow and started to tickle her.

“Haha! Stop it! You know I’m ticklish!”

“I know no such thing.” Eagle continued to tickle the cyan blue mare as she continued to laugh hysterically. Slowing down, Eagle started to peck at Rainbow’s neck. She couldn’t help but let out short, yet very sexy moans.

“Mmm, Eagle, stop it, it’s too early to do this,” Rainbow said, holding his head.

“Hey, I’m just kissing you.”

“Yeah, but you’re doing too good of a job.” Eagle decided to stop. He got off of Rainbow and sat beside her. “Anyway, if you want to head out for Sugarcube Corner, we should go now. Pinkie’s not as energetic in the morning,” Rainbow said.

“Well, when I met her, she presented herself as the kind of pony that is energetic all the time,” Eagle said.

“Well, she kind of is. She’s energetic in the morning, just not so much as during the day.” Eagle nodded and got out of bed. He gave his back and wings a stretch and then gave his neck a few loud cracks.

“Well that didn’t sound good,” he said, letting out a chuckle. He tried to walk forward, but found himself on the floor on his front knees. Rainbow rushed to his side and picked him up.

“Hey, hey, slow it down. You’re still in no condition to be moving so fast,” Rainbow said, leading him out into the hallway.

“I’m fine, honestly,” Eagle insisted, yet he kept walking with a limp.

“Yeah right, you got three huge cuts across your chest and two gunshot wounds, not to mention your injured wing. I don’t want you to go pushing it,” Rainbow said.

“Oh, so I can’t push it, but whenever you got yourself hurt, you were allowed to push it?” Eagle asked jokingly.

“Those injuries weren’t this bad you knucklehead,” Rainbow joked back.

“Whatever, I’m just hungry. Let’s go get some food,” Eagle said, as they made their way out the door and into Cloudsdale. The sky city was beautiful in the morning. Even at this hour, there were ponies flying all over the place. Eagle rarely ever saw this many Pegasi in one place at one time. Living in the city, he would see Pegasi, but they weren’t always flying. And aside from that, most of the ponies he saw were Unicorns.

“Man, I really wish I had a place up here. Almost like a vacation home,” Eagle said.

“Well, consider my place your vacation home in Cloudsdale then,” Rainbow said, nudging him a bit. He smiled and gave her a kiss. They started to slowly fly down to Ponyville.

“Man, you better heal up quick Eagle, cause I can’t fly this slow all the time,” Rainbow said. Her tone sounded a bit annoyed, but Eagle could understand that she hated flying at this pace.

“Well maybe if somepony let go of me and just let me fly, we wouldn’t be going this slow,” Eagle joked.

“Yeah, I could let go of you, but then you’d fall to the ground,” Rainbow responded. Eagle simply rolled his eyes as the two continued to descend to Ponyville. Upon landing on the ground, they were almost immediately greeted by Pinkie Pie.

“Hey you two! Wow, I haven’t seen you in a while Eagle Eye! How’ve you been? Where you been? How are things with Rainbow? Why do you look like you’re about to die? Oh, oh, let me guess! You… got in a bar fight… got mugged by bandits… oh, oh, you were captured by the Manehattan Guard because it turns out you’re the Assassin, but those big bad Dark Flames of Heaven attacked the station and you fought the First Lieutenant and the Master of the organization?!?!?!”

The jaws of both Eagle Eye and Rainbow Dash flew open.

“Um… no,” Eagle said dumbfoundedly.

“Oh, okay, just making sure. Anyway, you two look hungry. I’ll take you to Sugarcube Corner,” the pink pony said, bouncing on her way to the sweet eatery. Eagle and Rainbow looked at each other with the same, stupid expression.

“You don’t think…” Eagle started.

“No, of course not. It’s just Pinkie being Pinkie,” Rainbow replied. “And besides, if she did know, she wouldn’t tell. While you might not think so, Pinkie is really good at keeping secrets.” Eagle simply shrugged as he and Rainbow started to follow Pinkie Pie.

Arriving at Sugarcube Corner, Rainbow and Eagle took their seats at one of the tables inside. Eagle rested his back against the chair, while Rainbow started to casually sip at the chocolate milk that Pinkie had brought out for them. Pinkie was trying to make everything romantic, so she brought out one big glass with two straws in the cup for the two Pegasi to share.

“I’ll be right back out with your food,” Pinkie said, going into the kitchen.

“But, we didn’t order anything yet,” Eagle said, but Pinkie was already in the kitchen, baking away at the breakfast.

“Don’t worry, whatever Pinkie makes, it’ll be good. Trust me,” Rainbow said. Eagle shrugged, sat up, and took a sip of the chocolate milk. The taste was so relaxing for him. With everything he was going through, the taste of simple chocolate milk seemed to really soothe Eagle Eye. Rainbow took a sip at the same time, all the while looking into his eyes. He couldn’t help but look back at her.

“This is kind of romantic, isn’t it?” Eagle asked.

“Hehe, yeah, I guess it is,” Rainbow said, reaching across and giving Eagle a kiss.

“You know, Sharp Side is probably really worried about me.”

“Well, he’ll just have to wait, because until you’re fully healed, I’m not letting you out of my sight.” Eagle rolled his eyes and continued to sip away at the drink. A moment later, Pinkie Pie walked out with two trays of apple waffles.

“Damn, those look good,” Eagle said, salivating a little bit.

“That’s because they are good, numbnuts,” Rainbow joked. Eagle gave her a less than amused smile, then looked back to Pinkie.

“Can we eat now, I’m hungry?” Eagle asked.

“Sure, here you go,” Pinkie said, placing the trays on the table. “I’ll leave you two to your romantic breakfast,” Pinkie said, hopping away.

“Uh, it’s not exactly romantic…” Eagle said, but Pinkie was gone.

“And why not?” Rainbow asked.

“Eh, I dunno. Let’s just eat, huh?” Rainbow simply smiled and started to eat. Eagle took a bite out of one of his waffles, and he immediately felt his taste buds being overrun with flavor.

“Damn, these are good!” he said, more than willing to gobble down the first waffle. Rainbow chuckled and continued to eat.

“It’s almost like the first time I tried pizza up in Cloudsdale,” Rainbow said, giggling a bit.

“Yeah, except you couldn’t gobble the pizza down cause it was too hot,” Eagle joked. Rainbow gave him a little shove as she continued to eat. Within a few minutes, both Eagle and Rainbow were finished eating. They both let out little burps, laughing a bit afterwards.

“Wow that was good,” Eagle said, sitting back in his chair.

“Yeah, one of Pinkie’s best batches by far,” Rainbow added, taking the last sip of the chocolate milk. “Anyway, you wanna get going?”

“Shouldn’t we pay first?”

“Nah, Pinkie gives her friends special discounts, which basically means free food. At least, she does when she doesn’t get in trouble for it. Which means, we should scoot now before the Cakes figure out.”

“Who?” Eagle asked.

“The owners of the place,” Rainbow said, standing up. “Pinkie, we’re going now!” she called back to the kitchen.

“Gotcha,” Pinkie said, walking out and quickly grabbing the trays and dishes. She sped back into the kitchen and started to clean everything off. Eagle looked at Rainbow with another dumbfounded look.

“That is one weird mare,” Eagle joked. Rainbow giggled a bit as she led Eagle back out into Ponyville.

Eagle just had to take a long breath of the fresh air. He had been living in the heavily industrial city for so long, he practically forgot what fresh air smelt and tasted like. He started to look around to see all the ponies of Ponyville just going about their business. Some ponies were at the market, little fillies and colts were playing about the streets, other ponies were tending gardens, and there were a few Pegasi flying around and racing. There was so much life to this town, life that Eagle rarely saw in the city.

“What’s up?” Rainbow asked, taking notice of Eagle scanning the town.

“Nothing. It’s just that this town is so lively, and so early too. I don’t really see a lot of things like this in the city. Most of the time, ponies are just trying to get to work, or are in some hurry or another. This place has a different feeling to it, and I love it.” Rainbow let out a little giggle, making Eagle turn to her with a confused look.

“What?” he asked.

“That was so sappy,” Rainbow joked, now laughing outright. Eagle gave her a little push and ran off away from her. At least, he tried to run, but the pain he was in stopped him from going very fast. He started to think to himself on making the pain go away. Using a lot of concentration, he did just that. In a few moments, all the pain he was feeling was numbed to a certain degree. Now, Eagle was running off at a much faster speed.

“Yeah, nice try tough guy, but you’re not getting away that easily,” Rainbow called to him, now chasing after him. They passed a few ponies on the streets, but those same ponies didn’t look surprised or frightened by the chase. They looked happy to see it in fact. Two ponies that are in love were having a fun little chase. It wasn’t frowned upon, and it wasn’t thought of as childish or stupid. Well, maybe it was childish, but not in a bad way. Eagle needed to get a place in Ponyville.

Eagle continued to flee from his rainbow-maned marefriend, but Rainbow was quickly gaining some ground on him. Eagle decided to take to the skies, unfurling his wings and taking off the ground. Rainbow did the same almost immediately, and now she was gaining on him even faster than before. Eagle picked up his speed as best he could, but his injured wing wouldn’t allow him to fly very fast. He started to descend to the ground in pain, but Rainbow could care less. Finally catching up to him, Rainbow tackled Eagle to the ground as easily as she could. They tumbled over each other in laughter. When they stopped, they were lying side by side.

“This feels kind of familiar,” Eagle said playfully, still laughing as well.

“Yeah, a little, but still fun,” Rainbow replied. They were now lying together out in a field of green, just on the outskirts of Ponyville. Eagle was aching in pain a bit, but it wasn’t too bad for him. Rainbow decided to sit him up.

“What are you doing?”

“Helping you.” Rainbow sat behind him and started to preen his feathers. Eagle cringed a bit at the sudden pain, but it started to go away as he started to relax a little. Rainbow’s hooves running over his wings felt good to him. Eagle was now fully relaxed and at the mercy of the soothing massage his wings were receiving.

“How’s that?” Rainbow asked.

“Really nice,” Eagle responded. Rainbow turned his head around and kissed him. They broke the kiss and looked into each other’s eyes. And then, they kissed again. And again. And again. And before they knew it, Eagle Eye had forced himself on top of Rainbow Dash. He smiled down to her, and she smiled back up to him. She was giving him a bit of a seductive smile.

“You know, there are better places to rut your mare,” Rainbow joked.

“Very funny, but contrary to your belief, I do not abuse mares.” Rainbow rolled her eyes and pulled Eagle’s head down for another kiss. She reached around his back and continued to play with his wings. She received low groans of pleasure from her coltfriend, so she increased her efforts. The pleasure he was receiving caused Eagle to break the kiss.

“You know, if you keep doing that, I just might be forced to rut you where you lay,” Eagle joked.

“I wouldn’t stop you,” Rainbow joked back, letting out a giggle. Eagle simply shook his head and rolled off onto his side next to Rainbow. She turned on her side as well and stared at him.

“I could stare at you forever, and I don’t think it would ever get old,” Eagle said.

“Right back at ya,” Rainbow replied. They nuzzled each other as Rainbow cuddled up against her stallion. She nuzzled her head perfectly under Eagle’s chin, resting herself in his forelegs. He placed a kiss on her head as he held her against his chest.

“I could fall asleep right here, and I wouldn’t even mind,” Rainbow said. Eagle let out a little chuckle as he kissed her head again.

“Yeah, but you do realize that it’s not even noon yet?” Eagle asked jokingly. Rainbow pushed herself away from Eagle, causing him to roll over.

“Way to kill the mood,” she said playfully, standing up and fluttering her wings. “Anyway, wanna head to the lake for a while for a swim?”

“You bet.”

Eagle and Rainbow made their way to the lake. Once they arrived, Eagle took notice of a lounge chair that was already in place, and two towels that were on the ground next to the chair. He looked over to Rainbow, raising an eyebrow.

“Why does it seem like you planned this?” he asked her.

“I didn’t. I just always keep a chair and a few towels out here. This is my one of my prime hang out spots.” Eagle raised his eyebrow even more. “What?! A mare can’t be prepared?!” Eagle simply started to laugh as he walked over to the water. He dipped his hoof in to find that it wasn’t too cold for him.

“Wanna join me?” he asked Rainbow.

“Nah, I’ll watch you for a bit.” With that, Rainbow walked over to her chair and lounged out, watching her coltfriend take a few steps back. Eagle ran as fast as his body would allow him to. He leaped into the air and landed in the water with a huge splash, managing to soak Rainbow Dash as well. She looked at him as he surfaced from underwater.

“Did you really just do that to get me wet?” she asked him.

“I would be lying if I said no,” Eagle responded. Rainbow started to laugh as she ran into the water after him. Eagle started to splash water in Rainbow’s direction, trying to slow her down. But, it was to no avail, as Rainbow was quickly right next to Eagle. She started to attack him with a torrent of waves and splashes, which Eagle quickly returned. They were both laughing all the while.

Eagle unleashed one powerful splash onto Rainbow, causing her to fall back into the water. Eagle jumped over to her, picked her up, and managed to toss her a few inches away. He then fell back into the water himself, starting now to laugh. Rainbow got back up and rushed him, tackling him into the water. She tried to keep him under, but she was quickly pushed back by Eagle. When she sat back up, the two were just laughing.

“You ever think we act too much like children?” Eagle asked jokingly.

“Nah, I think we’re fine. Besides, we’re love struck ponies that are just trying to show our affections towards each other. What’s wrong with that?” Rainbow asked. Eagle couldn’t help but fall back laughing. “What?!”

“That sounded so stupid!” Rainbow got up and pounced on top of Eagle, still laughing. He pushed her off again and flew to get out of the water. Rainbow followed after him though, once again tackling him to the ground. She rested on top of him as they both continued to laugh.

Once the laughter died down, the two Pegasi were left staring into each other’s eyes once again. But, what caught Eagle Eye’s attention even more so now was Rainbow Dash’s glistening mane and coat. He really would have been lying if he said he didn’t want to get her wet. Rainbow was gorgeous when she was soaked like this, but Eagle hadn’t seen her like this in years. Her mane was dripping from the water, and so was her tail. Her coat seemed to sparkle a little bit in the sunlight, almost giving off a little rainbow itself. She was absolutely beautiful.

Rainbow Dash looked at Eagle Eye in the same way. With his mane as wet as it was, it was simply slapped against his head, but it looked so attractive to her. Even his little chin hairs were wet, sticking to his lower chin. His tail was laid against the ground, soaked just the same as his mane and coat. Even Eagle Eye’s coat seemed to sparkle in the sunlight.

This moment was perfect for the two Pegasi. Their lips met once again in a heavily passionate kiss. Eagle could feel his hooves moving up Rainbow’s body, heading straight to her soaking wings. He started to rub her wet feathers around, managing to get a few sexy moans out of her. Eagle had his wings sprawled out against the ground, so Rainbow took advantage of this and started to play with them as well. The two were now both moaning into each other’s mouths as they kissed and played with each other’s wings. As they broke the kiss, they stopped playing with their wings.

“Man, we really need to stop getting all horny in public, don’t we?” Rainbow asked playfully.

“Technically, we’re not in public. But, I guess you’re right. If we’re gonna do stuff like this, we should do it somewhere more private,” Eagle responded, sitting up with Rainbow in his lap. He reached over and grabbed one of the towels. He wrapped the both of them in the same towel, which was quite large for one pony. Rainbow nuzzled Eagle as she let the towel and his warmth dry her off. Eagle fell back on the ground, letting Rainbow rest on top of him.

“I love you Eagle Eye,” Rainbow said, planting a kiss on his cheek.

“I love you too Rainbow Dash,” Eagle replied, kissing her on the lips. As early as it was, the two decided to take a mid-day nap. They most certainly had earned it.

Eagle awoke from his slumber with Rainbow Dash cuddling with him. The two had now spent one whole week together, and Eagle’s wounds had almost completely healed. He was certainly much better than when he arrived in Ponyville, but he was fully healed just yet. He could now move as well as before though, with his injuries not hindering him in the slightest.

The slight stirring that Eagle had done also managed to wake Rainbow Dash up. The two Pegasi had a… fun night, and Rainbow had slept quite heavily. She woke to the smiling face of Eagle Eye, kissing him on the lips.

“I never knew you could rut like that Eagle,” Rainbow said with a giggle.

“I never knew you could talk dirty like that,” Eagle replied.

“Hey, when you make a mare beg, she’ll say anything to get it.” Eagle couldn’t help but chuckle at that. Their session of love-making was more than eventful. Of course they were safe while doing it, but it was still an eventful night for the two. Even the day before was eventful.

Pinkie Pie had decided to throw a huge party in celebration of Eagle Eye’s and Rainbow Dash’s relationship. All of Rainbow’s friends attended, and Eagle got to know each of them really well. He was particularly interested in how Twilight Sparkle knew Princess Celestia, and was a personal student to the Princess. Eagle had already met Rarity in the city that one day, and he knew Fluttershy from way back. Applejack seemed like a truly hard working pony at heart, and Eagle knew just by listening to her tell her stories that she was a family mare. Rainbow Dash certainly did have a wide array of friends.

Sitting up and wiping his eyes off, Eagle gave his neck a few cracks before looking down to his marefriend. He let out a sigh.

“What?” she asked him.

“Well, I figure since I’m feeling a lot better now, I think I should head back to Manehattan. Sharp Side has got to be worried about me, and who’s to say what my father will say when I arrive home like this. I don’t want to leave you, but I think it’s time I get going.” Rainbow gave him a little frown.

“Are you sure. With everything that we did this week, I would think that you would want to stay a little longer. I mean, come on, just last night we made love like we never have before, and you just want to leave?” Rainbow asked, now sounding a little aggravated.

“Dash, come on. You know I have other responsibilities now to handle. I can’t just stay with your like this forever, at least not until my work is finished. With the attack that just happened, I feel like I should get back to being the Assassin, and tracking down the Dark Flames of Heaven.” Rainbow gave him a frustrated look.

“You don’t have to be such a bummer about it,” she said, turning on her side away from him. Eagle let out a sigh and pulled her back over.

“Hey, you know I love you, and that I would never leave you like I did all those years ago. I will never leave you again. I just want to get back to hunting them down. I’m close to ending it all, I can feel it. Hell, the Master could very well be the stallion that’s living with me in my own home. I just need to get solid proof. And then, once I’m done, I’ll come live with you. We can be together, forever.” Eagle’s words seemed to soothe Rainbow Dash into a sense of calmness. She gave him a nod and a smile.

“Alright. I guess you have a big job to do. Just… don’t stay gone for too long, okay?” Rainbow said. Eagle kissed her on the cheek. “And you can expect me to be visiting you a lot in the city now, cause I’m just gonna take a wild guess and say that you won’t be coming here a lot.” Eagle smiled and gave her a kiss on the lips.

“Who knows, maybe my work will bring me to Ponyville at some point. I actually had a mission that sent me to Fillydelphia at one point,” Eagle said.

“Really? How’d that turn out?” Rainbow asked.

“Well… fun, to say the least.” Rainbow giggled and gave Eagle one last kiss. “Alright, I guess I’ll get going now while it’s early. Hopefully, Sharp Side is awake and at his computer or workbench right now,” Eagle said, getting out of the bed and stretching his limbs. Rainbow got up as well and went to gather Eagle Eye’s gear and equipment. She helped Eagle put on his robes and strap on the rest of his gear. Before Eagle flipped up his hood and put on his mask, he looked into Rainbow’s eyes one more time.

“You have the most beautiful eyes, you know that?” Eagle asked. Rainbow could feel a slight blush coming on.

“Just go already, would ya,” she said playfully. Eagle pulled her in and gave her a long, passionate kiss on the lips. As they broke the kiss, Eagle smiled to her. He put on his mask and clicked it so that it unfolded to cover up his mane.

“That is so cool,” Rainbow said. Eagle Eye smiled and nodded his head.

“I know. All of this is really thanks to Sharp Side. But, anyway, I guess I’ll get going then,” Eagle said. Rainbow flipped up his hood for him.

“I love you,” she said.

“I love you too. I’ll see you soon,” Eagle replied, as he headed for the window. Rainbow watched as he stepped up onto the windowsill. He looked back to her and winked his right eye. She smiled to him as he jumped out and flew off for Manehattan.

Author's Notes:

Wow, and it only took me so long to get this out. Hooray for my laziness! But, anyway, I don't view this chapter as a filler chapter. I view it as a chapter that really helps emphasize the relationship between Eagle Eye and Rainbow Dash. I didn't write this for the sexual stuff, or just because I had nothing else to write. I wrote this to show how important these two are to each other. Basically, it was all in the name of love.

Oh, and it is because of this chapter that I will be adding a sex tag to the story. I really wasn't intending to have all the sexual stuff, but from what I did write, I realize that it would be useful to put the tag on the story. That, plus, a few times earlier in the story, they did sexual things.