Rarity and Rainbow fiddled with the cloaks for a little bit, then flapped them in the wind to clear them of dusts, bugs, or dirt before wrapping them around their shoulders.

Rainbow sighed. Rarity, at first, thought she was just upset that they were on the lamb, considered criminals of the worst sort, and having to scrounge everything to just to get scraps of clothing. After a moment, she realized it was actually because Rarity had just showed her assets to teenagers she had no romantic connection simply to get them clothes. It...it ruined the sanctity and soured the emotional value of their intercourse, somewhat. Of course, using "sanctity" and "intercourse" in the same sentence was somewhat contradictory in itself, but...

"I'm...sorry about that, Rainbow Dash." Rarity said as they marched through the forest, still without a clear goal or destination in mind. Their feet sunk into the swamp mud floor.

Rainbow Dash sighed again and shook her head. "It's...it's not that, it's...you've changed all of a sudden."

Rarity gasped. "Whatever do you mean, darling?"

Rainbow stopped walking, granting her a brief reprieve from having the dirt-water cling to her legs, at least until she started walking again. "Ever since you were arrested, you've been...warm to me."

"Yes...I realized I hadn't been treating you fairly for all the work you do for me, and I thought-"

"I don't like it." Rainbow cut her off. "I don't like you...warm. It's like- you warm is like...Fluttershy being mean. Or Twilight not wanting to read. Or...or...or Pinkie Pie taking something seriously."

"But..." Rarity said weakly, not expecting Rainbow Dash to say that of all things. Rainbow Dash continued walking, wrapping the cloak around her waist.

Rarity had no idea what to think. Rainbow didn't like her being warm? How did that happen?

Rarity rubbed her chin, thinking over it. A sudden climate change in an ecosystem would kill a species in a matter of days, and this was no different. Give them time to adjust slowly to the temperate change, and they would adapt and evolve to it. This was exactly what she did to Rainbow Dash; she presented a sudden shift in climate too quickly, so Rainbow Dash was disoriented and uncomfortable. She needed to stay cold for awhile longer, then slowly warm Dash up to her..., uh, warmth.

That revealed to her, Rarity sauntered over and wrapped her arms around Rainbow Dash's neck and whispered into her ear. "I know what will make you feel better...after we find somewhere to settle down."

Rainbow shook her head. "You say that like it's unbearable."

"Well, it is, isn't it?" Rarity suggested, pressing her chest into Rainbow's back, which made Rainbow freeze, her teeth chattering as familiar feelings of ice and cold returned to her. Rarity continued, fluctuating the amount of pressure she was applying to Rainbow's back up and down, making Rainbow's brain turn haywire, getting the mental signals to be turned on, but quickly losing that same signal, her wires crossing and uncrossing in ways they were not meant to. "It means...you...have to wait...for all this." Rarity whispered.

"That's the Rarity I know..." Dash stuttered, dazed from the seduction and smiling stupidly. She was happy the Rarity she was most intimately familiar with had returned, if only for a little while. "Teases me...taunts me...tortures me, all until I can't hold myself together anymore and have to throw myself to her in the, what do you call it, throws the passion?"

"Throes of passion." Rarity corrected, unwrapping her arms and slipping away from Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash, feeling her lust swell up to push the bad experience they had earlier today out of her mind to make room for thoughts of letting Rarity puppet her body. She whined and reached out to touch Rarity. Rarity giggled and daintily stepped away, Hand over her mouth and giggling to the point it drove Rainbow insane, Rarity leaped behind the trees and began jumping from one to another, as though she were a forest nymph from old bard tales.

"Get...back here." Rainbow panted, hands shaky from desire. "We need...we need to find our hide-out...so I can...violate you without Shining's goons barging in during the middle of it."

"You have a point..." Rarity said. Rainbow looked around, trying to see Rarity. She was standing by a tree behind Rainbow Dash. Rarity started to pull her skirt up, showing her legs. "But be honest, darling, do you really think you can stop staring at me long enough to do that?"

Rainbow's gaze affixed itself firmly to Rarity's knee. "No."

Rarity giggled again, again driving Rainbow Dash up the wall to the brink of insanity. No, no. That's not right. By now, Rainbow was well beyond the brink.

"For the love of...Rarity." Rainbow weakly pulled her leg free of the marsh and staggered towards the walking pile of lust and desire that just so happened to resembled Rarity. "We need to get somewhere to hide."

Rarity tilted her head upward in through, before a devious smile appeared on her face. "Why not do two things at once? I'll go find somewhere for us to hide, and you..."

Rarity turned and skipped off into the darkness of the woodwork, her skirt lifting up behind temptingly.

"Try to catch me!"

"Agh!" Rainbow made angry fists at Rarity's causal, flirty attitude. She cursed at herself a little, as for all her frustration and discontent with what Rarity was doing, she couldn't stop herself from giving and doing exactly as Rarity suggested. So she gave chase, only using her wings for small assists in her jumps, as flying out of the forest would risk her being seen and reported.

"Where did you go now?" Rainbow growled as she jumped over a protruding tree root. "You can't hide from me forever..."

A bush wiggled out of a narrow corner of Rainbow's vision. Rainbow quickly turned to it, and heard that giggle again, that seductive, sweet, absolutely maddening giggle. Rainbow arched her hands like claw on a raptor. "Get back here! … I want you."

Rainbow lunged forward the bush, getting herself poked and prodded by the leaves in several uncomfortable places. "Arg! She manged to flail her way out and stand upright on the other side of the bush, and she saw Rarity standing some distance in front of a cave. "There you are!"

Rainbow Dash jumped high into the air, using her wings this time, and landed forcefully on the ground next to Rarity. "You little...when we get done searching, I am going to do so many horrible things to -!"

Rainbow noticed Rarity didn't seem to make any note of presence. It was like Rainbow wasn't even there, and whatever Rarity was looking at was.

"Rarity?" Dash said softly, putting her hand on Rarity's shoulder. "Are you okay?"

Rarity turned to face her, and Dash could tell she been crying. Rarity shook her head back and forth, closed her eyes, then wrapped her arms Rainbow Dash, letting the tears fall freely as she stuffed her head into Rainbow's chest for comfort.

"Oh...um, okay. This is different." Rainbow returned the hugged and patted Rarity on the back. This was quite the opposite from their usual position where Rainbow Dash would her face into Rarity's chest for thrills. As their run-in with those teenagers would prove, Rainbow Dash had no problem admitting Rarity was much better gifted than her in that department. This, however, was entirely an emotional need and not a lustful one, so presumably Rainbow would do simply for the fact she was Rainbow. She wondered if maybe it felt better emotionally when the mare's chest was larger, or if that only helped the sensual aspects.

As it became clear Rarity wasn't going to stop sobbing and let go anytime soon, Rainbow looked around, hoping for something to keep her entertained, as well as something to distract from the feeling of Rarity's tears traveling down her chest before she lost herself again. Then she got a good look at the cave Rarity had been staring when Dash found her, and suddenly Rarity's condition made much more sense.

Plants were trickling out of the cave. Vines that were bumpy and grooved, with occasionally red, long thin-leafed flower buds opened on them. They were quite pretty, but Rainbow knew better. She knew what those flowers were for, what they did. The instant either one of them got close, they would spring to life.

This was the cave where the incident three weeks ago happened. Granted, it did lead to their -admittedly quite...satisfying- relationship, but it was still a horrible ordeal for a self-respecting mare to go through alone. Neither of them were sure whether the fact they were together made it better or worse, but one thing they sure of was that they were grateful to have somepony they already knew with them in the aftermath.

Who knows how many innocent townsfolk they could have spread the infection to if they didn't have each other to turn to.

"Come on, Rarity. Come on." Rainbow tried to coax her, still patting her back. "Maybe we can go around the mountainside and find another cave?"

Rarity feebly looked up from Rainbow's chest, tears still falling freely, but she gathered the strength to close her eyes and nod. With a little help from Rainbow's arms, Rarity manged to remove herself and stand up straight again. The beautiful mare wobbled a little on her feet, but she stayed standing.

"That's my girl." Rainbow encouraged, taking Rarity's hand. "Come on. This way. Ignore the smell."

The flowers in the cave did produce an enticing aroma, all the better to trap their prey with it. Sure, they looked pretty and nice, they smelled pretty and nice, but the fact of the matter is, they weren't pretty or nice.

As they tried to walk around the cave, the thought struck both of them that maybe they were being a little hard on the flowers. They didn't have concepts of privacy or decency, they were plants! They were just doing what they did by design. Of course, it was nature's design, so did that mean they should be mad at nature, or what?

"They do smell rather nice..." Rarity murmured, falling under the aroma's spell. Being a very picky pony about her perfumes, Rarity had a better appreciation for good smells than Rainbow did.

"No!" Rainbow grabbed Rarity's arm and jerked it. "Fight it, Rarity! We're not going in there again!"

"Are you sure?" Rarity dazedly questioned. "I'm sure it can only feel better a second time..."

Rainbow pursed her lips. "Probably. But..."

Rarity manged to slip her arm out Rainbow's grasp and walked towards the vines. "I'll just take a quick little nip and be right back."

"No!" Rainbow shrieked. She started looking around for a weapon, something she could use, a tool. Anything. She found a loose branch, likely discarded from the tree it was resting at, and dashed straight to it.

Sensing the entranced Rarity draw closer, the vines began to stir. Becoming active, they started to lift off the ground and reach towards Rarity, wrapping around her legs and arms. Rarity giggled at their touch. "Hahaaa..." More of them lifted up and snake towards her. One vine in particular presented its flower bud to her, sticking it right under her nose and letting the smell waft in. Then, without warning, the vines tightened around her legs and arms and lifted her into the air, and a few of them shoved themselves inside her shirt to gain access to her plentiful chest. The flower buds on the vines closed up on her body and began popping like lips, which was fitting, as they felt like little kisses on every part of Rarity's body. Rarity didn't notice that the ones inside her shirt were kissing her chest much more...vigorously than the ones on her legs and arms.

"Let go of her!" Rainbow Dash snarled, charging through with the branch held high like a sword, snorting every three seconds to keep the vines' aroma out of her nose. She began batting at the vines, bludgeoning at them all with her acquired branch. At first, batting the ones on Rarity's arms and legs, each one she hit reacted and immediately pulled off Rarity, but the ones in Rarity's shirt on her chest stubbornly refused to let go.

"Ooooh...!" Rarity moaned, and Dash was fairly sure she knew why, as she heard sounds like saliva bubbling up, which she knew meant the vines were kissing her very thoroughly.

"I said get off!" Rainbow raised the branch and began smacking the vines even harder. By now, they got the hint and pulled out of Rarity's shirt, letting her drop to the ground.

"Rainbow!" Rarity exclaimed, eyes half-lidded. "What's.. gotten into you? There was... no need for all the violence."

Rainbow Dash sighed, tossing the branch to the ground, not sure what to do or how to do it. Reluctantly, figuring it was the only option, Rainbow embraced Rarity and kissed her with a goo-coated tongue. Rarity's eyes widened, but Rainbow pushed her off before she could return the kiss.

Rarity turned away and cleared her throat. "Ahem...oh my. That was- that was unladylike of me, wasn't it? To almost give myself to the vines like that..."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Rainbow dismissed. She would rather focus less on the fact that Rarity let it happen and more on not letting the vines get it to happen again. "Let's move it."

So, after picking the branch back up - it was a good tool, and they could probably use it for something- Rainbow Dash and Rarity held hands as they ran away from the cave...away from their experience, and away from their nightmare.

But they hadn't truly outrun their nightmare, not yet. There was still a long ways to go before they were free of that.

"I..." Rarity stuttered as Rainbow guided her around the mountainside where the cave was in. "I am so sorry for that, Rainbow Dash."

Rainbow Dash grumbled something.

Rarity put her hand over her mouth. Between flashing those two teenagers, and nearly giving herself up to the plants, it was starting to look like she didn't care for Rainbow Dash at all. She found this extremely upsetting, as she found that her love-making was just – inexplicably better when high, buried, restrained emotions like the ones Rarity induced in Rainbow Dash were running behind them, fueling the fire.

"I...understand that you must be upset with me." Rarity said, still walking breezily along as Rainbow Dash continued to pull her around. "No, no, let me rephrase that, I am upset with myself, as it feels as though I'm giving myself up to whoever happens to be near by."

"I'm used to it." Rainbow attempted to assure Rarity, but Rarity found this more horrifying than reassuring. She put her hand over her mouth in shock.

"Oh, goodness, darling! That is- is unacceptable!"

"Can we talk about this more when we finally find somewhere to lie down?" Dash snarled.

"Oh...of course." Rarity feebly answered, looking down at the Everfree's unnatural grass. She didn't want to wait to talk about this with her beau; this was her girlfriend she was talking about, and she deserved everything Rarity could give to make her feel better...

There was a sudden gurgle, and Rarity clutched at her chest in pain as she collapsed to her knees. Rainbow instantly noticed Rarity's hand slip off hers and turned around to check on her.

"Rarity!" Rainbow Dash got on her knees and held Rarity's shoulders tightly. "Are you okay? Here, let me-" Rainbow moved to pull Rarity's shirt down, but Rarity held out her hand for her to stop. "What-"

"No, no, I have been much too...loose over these last few hours." Rarity told her. "I'd like to make it up to you...I'll let the pressure build for a while you go find us somewhere to rest, and when we're comfy, I'll let you it take it all away."

"Rarity..." Dash said sincerely, holding Rarity's cheek and rubbing her thumb over it. "The pain you'll be in..."

Rarity grabbed Rainbow's arm and pulled it down off her. "Go. I'll be fine."

"No." Rainbow shook her head and closed her eyes. "No, you won't. I know you won't. I was there. I know what happened, and I know what happens when it doesn't get treated the right way..."

Rarity pinched Rainbow's cheek tightly. "You will go right now and let me build pressure, you will let me please you in the method I have chosen, or I will tie you to the ground and work you up until your lust is unbearable, and this time, I won't help you with it."

Rainbow's mouth opened, meaning to object.

"Can you honestly tell me you're not aroused by the idea of pressurizing your drink?" Rarity said with a raised eyebrow.

Rainbow looked down. "No..." She sadly got up, and turned to continue on without Rarity, following her instructions and letting her 'build'. For a moment, Rainbow Dash turned around to see if Rarity would change her mind, but Rarity waved her hand and shooed her away.

Rarity sat there, feeling quite pleased with herself. The horrible activities she and Rainbow would engage once Rainbow returned and took her to an acceptable place would feel wonderful after such a long time for her to build.

"Oooh...hurry back, soon, Rainbow Dash." Rarity muttered, clutching at her chest as it let out another gurgle. "I may have bitten more than I can chew...no, no, this will be worth it." Rarity reminded herself. She would make it, Rainbow Dash would drink it, and then while Rainbow slept, overwhelmed by its taste, Rarity would steal away and scavenge the forest on her own to find some materials for disguises for them to go into town and purchase food in.

"Ooooh..." Rarity groaned again and tilted her head back as another gurgle surged through her. She didn't have to put up with much longer, as Rainbow Dash came marching back, branch held in her hand like a militant's sword.

"I found another cave not too far from here." Dash said, though she was still clearly upset that Rarity had insisted on Dash leaving her alone to fight her condition herself. "I moved every rock and poked every crevice to make sure there was nothing in there, so it should be fine."

"Excellent." Rarity concluded, before gurgling and groaning again. One eye closed from discomfort, she offered hand to Rainbow Dash. "Help me up, would you?"

Rainbow Dash grumbled, but helped Rarity get to her feet.

"Now take me to this cave," Rarity ran her fingers through Dash's hair and whispered. "So this will all be worth it."

Rainbow Dash was doubtful, but obliged, helping the suffering Rarity walk as she brought them around the mountainside's area, where there was another cave just like the one with the vines, only foregoing the vines. Rarity regarded it for a moment, having second thoughts there may be plants, or some other thing, that Rainbow just hadn't found during her search. But as Rainbow began moving towards it, and Rarity was having to use Rainbow Dash as a stand, she was in no position to argue.

They finally caught a break in their running low luck, as in the cave there was nothing of note, except for a large rock that, though slightly crooked, was wide and flat enough they could lie just like a bed. It wouldn't be nearly as comfortable, of course, but they could try. They could use the cloaks as blankets to keep warm.

"All right..." Rainbow Dash continued to carry Rarity, eventually bringing her to the flat rock and gently letting her down on with all the delicacy of a prim and proper prince. "Easy does it...there."

"Just like a proper gentlecolt." Rarity swooned.

This made Dash uncomfortable. "Eh-heh...yeah." Rainbow Dash lifted herself up onto the flat rock bedspread and made herself as cozy as she could be. "Cozy, ain't it?"

"I suppose..." Rarity mumbled. "Perhaps we could pluck some grass and use it soften the rock up a bit."

"You know, that doesn't actually sound like a bad idea..."

The two of them laid there in silence for awhile, staring at the ceiling, before Rarity raised her eyebrow at Rainbow Dash. She cleared her throat. "Are you...ready to talk about it now?"

"Ugh!" Rainbow Dash groaned. "What's there to talk about? I convinced to seduce those boys so we could get cloaks, and then you nearly got seduced by those plants, and almost have to go through that thing again..."

"I know." Rarity said. "I know..." Rarity rolled over and put her hand on Rainbow's cheek. "And for that, I am so sorry. You are mine, and I am yours."

"The only thing you can really say that I'll take is a promise you won't show herself like that again..." Dash grumbled, crossing her arms.

"But you just admitted you talked me into showing those teens-"

"I know! I thought it would be okay! It...wasn't. I thought wrong." Dash admitted.

"I promise I won't show myself like that to anypony ever again."

Dash looked away. "Do you...Pinkie Promise?"

Rarity giggled. "I would, but I'm fairly certain Pinkie would sense it, and then lead Shining Armor and his men straight to us. How about this; I promise, when possible, to Pinkie Promise that I won't show myself like that ever again."

"Good enough for me!"

Rarity continued rubbing Rainbow Dash's cheek, smiling warmly and every so often, making an occasional coo Rainbow Dash found extremely disarming. Their sweet moment of tender union was horribly interrupted by another gurgle.

"AH!" Rarity clutched at her chest. "I completely forgot!"

Rainbow Dash scrambled to get up. "Hang in there, Rarity, I'll-" Rarity took her finger and pressed it to Rainbow's forehead, then pushed Rainbow back down onto the bed.

"No." Rarity firmly insisted, pulling her shirt, exposing herself. She rolled over, climbing on top of Rainbow, presenting her chest to Rainbow's face. Rainbow started feeling hot, beads of sweat forming and her cheeks blushing, even though she had been in this position many times before. "This time, you are going to go slowly, and you are going to enjoy...every...last...minute of it." Rarity breathed at her slowly.

"I..." Dash stammered. "I want to drink you. I want to drink you all up."

"And you will." Rarity assured her, lowering her right breast to Rainbow's mouth. "What I don't understand, is why that vile creature's magic has made me produce constantly, requiring your constant attention, while you only produced once, I drank it, and then you were done."

"Maybe it's because the magic liked your chest better?" Rainbow suggested, which, given the nature of the horrid thing they were talking about, didn't seem impossible.

"Not a bad suggestion, actually..."

Rainbow Dash, having Rarity's threatening to burst chest so close to her, started to drool. Rarity chuckled and bemusedly wipe the saliva away with her finger. "I hope you don't expect me to drink that."

"No..." Dash answered. "Now come oonn, already, Rarity, I can't stand it..."

Rarity finally let Rainbow have it, lowering her breast's tip into Rainbow's mouth, where the chest fluid of her condition, the primary effect of her disease, began pouring into Rainbow Dash's mouth. For three weeks they had been doing this. For three weeks, Rarity's chest had been producing, even though she was in no way pregnant, because of the incident in that other cave... every time her chest gurgled, it was because of this illness, this disease that not only produced it, but also demanded Rarity feed it to somepony. It was good Rainbow Dash did what she did, or Rarity would've infected half the teenage populace of the town like a vampire to medicate.

But none of that mattered to Rainbow Dash right this moment, as she was enraptured with the feeling of having so much fluid go down her throat so quickly. They had never let Rarity build up this much before. Dash's knees started bending, and her eyes turned into swirling, beating hearts. Rarity gasped a little when she felt Rainbow Dash's heartbeat practically pop out of Rainbow's chest and punch her in the gut.

"There...now." Rarity sighed and moaned and breathed heavily, nearly enjoying feeding as much as Rainbow as enjoying drinking the chest fluid. Not only was the fluid induced by magic, but also by drugs, and as a result, was drugged itself, making it especially addictive to the drinker in the relationship. "Wasn't this...worth... leaving me alone...for a few minutes?"

Rainbow Dash, having to contend with drinking all that fluid and swallowing it as well, could only nod quickly before returning to her swallowing.

"I did promise you some one-on-one time between my breasts and your face, didn't I? Although, I'm sure you were imagining your face between them, rather than underneath...of course, you don't mind, do you?"

"Mmmm!" Rainbow Dash started to cry...from the pleasure. Shakily, her brain overloaded and overdosed, Rainbow reached her hand up and clawed it into Rarity's back, making Rarity wince slightly, but she didn't move. Rainbow began squeezing and clawing, as if believing that would cause more of Rarity's unnatural, addictive fluids to release and drop into her mouth. A little drip of it leaked out of Rainbow's mouth and began to dribble down her cheek. Rainbow began trying to pull more of it using what suction power she had in her mouth. This made Rarity's brain also go into overload, making it good company for Rainbow's own.

"Ooo-OOOOOO-Ooooo-oooh! Rainbow Dash!" Rarity moaned and threw her back into the air like an pleased cat, hoping the shift in her body weight would cause gravity to take effect and pull more of her m - fluid out and into Rainbow Dash. Her hopes were answered, as the new position she took made it pour out even faster than she imagined. "Aaah-aaah-aah-aah-aah-aaaa-aaah!"

Rarity, Dash thought to herself in the back of her mind, as everywhere else in her mind was preoccupied. Pour it in. Pour it into me! I want – I need to be filled with your essence.

Rainbow Dash, Rarity thought back, even though they couldn't communicate telepathically. Drink it. Drink it all. Let me empty my excess garbage that shouldn't even be in me into you, where I know your hungry stomach will appreciate it...let me fill you up - completely and totally- with my essence, and my love.

They both arched their backs as best they could in their positions, their simultaneous screams of eck...sta...cey bouncing off each the walls, and each other.

Twilight struggled against her bed covers, feeling the slime's twisted magic pushing on the buttons in her brains to induce urges to mate that had been left behind in the natural evolution of the species.

Shining Armor had placed her in a hospital ward as soon as his men rescued from Fluttershy's cottage. It became painfully obvious that something was wrong with her, but when Shining asked her what Rarity and Rainbow Dash had done, Twilight remained silent.

Lying on the bed, trying to pretend the bed sheet was an iron binding, and that there was an invisible fence keeping her to the bed, Twilight questioned herself over and over why she hadn't answered Shining's inquiries honestly. Perhaps it was because she wasn't sure there was anything he could do, even if he knew what happened. Perhaps she was just too embarrassed by it all. Maybe she was afraid of what he would do to Rarity if he knew the full extent of what Twilight's friend did.

She could hear friends all murmuring on the other side of the door. Applejack, Pinkie...and Fluttershy. Even though she knew her closest friends were never far away, Twilight didn't feel comforted by their presence. If anything, she felt worse, knowing that were she to give into the urge, as Rarity called it, they would be right there. She could get out of the bed and walk through the door, and they would be too happy she could stand to notice as she slipped one of them Rarity's slime.

The door creaked open, and Shining Armor stepped. Twilight weakly turned her to look at him.

"Hey." Shining pulled up a chair. A chair made of flat wood with twisting twine for support. Twilight found it rather fitting, as the twine's intricate loops made a spot-on symbolic representation of the turmoil going on inside her stomach.

Shining grabbed her hand. "You feeling all right?"

Twilight weakly shook her head.

"D-don't worry." Shining stammered. "We're gonna find your friends. We'll fix this. We'll make it all go away. All of it."

Twilight doubted there was anything Shining could to make this horrible situation go away. What surprise tool he could have had to fix her friendship with Rarity after going through this.

"We'll find her, and we'll make her fix this." Shining assured her.

The slime forcefully digested in her stomach pulsed, Twilight moaned and threw her stomach into the air from it. Shining put his hands on her shoulders to stabilize her. Twilight grimaced until her fit had stopped, when it finally did, she let out a deep breath.

Shining Armor shook his head, and got up from the chair, leaving the room with his back to her, letting her see how hunched over it was from sadness.

A moment after Shining left, Fluttershy came in in his stead.

"H-hi, Twilight." Fluttershy took up the seat Shining had left. "I hope you feel better soon."

"T-th..." Twilight tried to mutter a thanks, but couldn't finish the sentence.

"I really hope Shining Armor can find a way to fix this." Fluttershy added.

Twilight looked at her as weakly as she did Shining, then realized she needed to reveal what she had hidden if she was to have any hope of recovering.

"Fluttershy..." Twilight mumbled, reaching into her pocket and pulling out the green slime.

"Twilight, what's-!?"

"Rarity gave this to me..." Twilight began to explain, placing the slime on the complimentary wood counter next to the bed. "She said something about me needing some medication of my own after she tricked me into eating some slime just like this...only it was red. I think it can change color, and expand...she said to give it to you, or whoever I 'chose' for a mate..."

Fluttershy gasped happily. "Twilight, this is great!"

Before Twilight could stop her, Fluttershy took the slime into her hands.

"Fluttershy-!"

"We can give this to your brother, he and his men can study it, and we can understand a little more of what's happened to Rarity and Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy said.

The slime began to twitch and fidget in Fluttershy hands, startling her. She panicked and dropped it to the floor, but it had tasted her essence, and as such, it became determined for her to taste its.

"Fluttershy, get away!"

Fluttershy tried to follow Twilight's instructions, and backed away towards the door hoping to get away from the slime. It was too quick for Fluttershy's timid feet to outrun, leaping up into the air and getting onto her face, squirming into her lips the same way the red slime did to Twilight last night. Fluttershy stumbled forward, clutching at her throat as the goo trickled down, and collapsed onto the bed.

"Fluttershy..." Twilight started to cry, unable to accept that despite all her best efforts, Fluttershy had become victimized anyway. "You're an idiot, an idiot, Fluttershy...kind, caring...but an idiot."

"I'm sorry, Twilight..." Fluttershy apologized, so selfless to completely ignore the fact Twilight had just insulted the quality of her brain. "I just wanted to help..."

"I know..."

They looked each other in the eyes, neither of them able to stop the flow of tears as they felt the slime's spiking in their stomachs. Fluttershy didn't have any experience with the urge, so she assumed that why was it was felt so powerful, but Twilight noticed that her urge seemed to magnify, feeding into Fluttershy's, which fed back into her, causing an infinite loop of rapidly escalating need until they both gave in.

"I'll..." Fluttershy said weakly, getting up to her legs. "I'll go tell the others we want to be left alone."

Fluttershy went to the door, opened it, and asked for assurance Applejack and Pinkie could leave her and Twilight alone to 'discuss some sensitive things'. Applejack and Pinkie gave it without concern.

"Thank you." Fluttershy said to them quietly before closing the door and locking it. She turned her eye to Twilight.

Twilight pushed herself out of the covers slightly and nodded, signaling it was okay.

Fluttershy hesitated at first. The slime could reprogram her brain, but not her shy demeanor. But she gave in quickly, rushing to the bed and leaping on the bed – and on Twilight. They embraced each other, and sealed their lips with each other under a tight lock and key.

They moaned. They clawed and groped at each others' clothing, having the wanton desire to pull it off, but lacking the intelligent thought process to do so. A few moments ago, they were close friends. A few moments after, they would be deeply ashamed of themselves. But in this instant, right now, they were mating animals in the grip of their ritual.

Lying separate from each other on their new rock bed, Rarity breathed heavily, panting, hugging her chest tightly, still recovering from the high of using Rainbow to relieve her excess production.

"Aahh...ahh...that was, I won't deny, that was good, Rainbow Dash." Rarity murmured.

"Yeah..." Rainbow replied, rubbing her full stomach. "That was pretty fun...I don't want you to risk doing it again, though."

"I don't think I shall, darling." Rarity muttered, rolling over and pushing herself up off the rock. She jumped down from the rock and whipped her cloak from the rock. "I'm going to go into the forest and use some plants to make a disguise, then go into town and get us some food. Maybe make sure Sweetie Belle is okay, if I can see her..."

"Ah, you don't need to do that!" Rainbow said. She gestured smugly to her stomach. "You're plenty of food for me, hehhehheh..."

Rarity glared. "Pardon me, darling, if I object to feeding on myself."

"Oooohhh..." Rainbow rolled her eyes away. "Yeah..."

"Why don't you gather those leaves we talked about while I'm out?" Rarity suggested as she wrapped the cloak around her shoulders as casually as a mother putting her coat on while going for milk for her infant.

"Yeah, okay..." Rainbow remarked, watching her beau leave the cave. "Well...I guess I better get started, then..."

Rarity came out of the cave and went through the forest, picking up plants she knew were safe to touch because she had read about on the backs of her exquisite shampoo bottles and those boastful magazines she loved thumbing through. Or at least, used to love thumbing through, before she became a fugitive. She took extra care not to walk through any paths that would lead back to the other cave, where those vines were...she shuddered at the thought of them.

After applying some natural productions from the flowers to her cheeks, dimming the potential for somepony to recognize her through the shadows of her cloak. After which, she stole her way through the forest, back towards town. As the Guards hadn't seen where Rarity and Dash had entered, they wouldn't know where to look and set up an ambush on her way out.

As she approached the warm, welcoming town, the buildings that were painted so bright and looked so inviting, Rarity pulled the cloak over her head to hide her face. Normally, she liked charming as many ponies along her daily commute as possible, but right now she wanted as little exposure as she could get and still get her business done.

As she walked, she was unfortunate enough to come across a poster with a perfect likeness of herself and Rainbow Dash on it. Eyes widening, Rarity scanned around the area to make sure nopony could see her. No one around was paying her any mind, more engaged with their pets or in some cases children, and so she clawed at the poster before ripping it straight off the wall. If anypony noticed, they didn't say anything, so she sighed, relaxing a little.

Thankfully, there was a market stall not too far away from the edge of town, so Rarity didn't have to risk venturing too far to find her sources of nutrition.

The market was being manned by a pudgy man with a short mustache. He had a variety of goods Rarity was very pleased with seeing. Everything she would need, apples, watermelons, fresh bread and the like...not a whole lot of things she wanted, but when her face was on a wanted poster, she couldn't afford to be picky.

"Excuse me, my good man!" Rarity called for his attention, running towards his stall with her hand raised for attention.

"Hey-a, pretty lady!" The man greeted her jovially. "What can I do ya for?"

"Erm, yes..." Rarity said, putting her hand on the desk, suddenly remembering a very problematic thing; she had no money on her. "Well, I would like to purchase some of your wares, but..."

"But?" The man said, motioning for her to finish.

"I have no money with me." Rarity admitted to him. "I am in a most unfortunate spot, but I would be more than willing to pay you back at a later date. In full. With interest."

The man's jovial demeanor faded, and he became angry. "Oh, no no no! I have had too many rude teenagers take advantage of my generosity than I care to count!"

"Ah, but I am not a teenager, I am a grown woman." Rarity sharply countered. "We're all adults here, and I assure I am a mare of my word. I will you pay you back by tomorrow."

The stall owner crossed his arms. "And I said no."

Rarity narrowed her cold blue eyes at him, unnerving him slightly, but not enough to make him crack.

"Let's try this again." Rarity said dangerously, and the man knew he should dash away and call the Royal Guards to protect him from this mugger, not knowing Rarity was already on their wanted list. Before he could move at all, Rarity seized his chin in her fingers, letting her lavender slime leak out onto him. "I... am a mare of my word. I will pay you back."

"Yeah, okay..." He droned, nodding his head. The spell made him believe anything she said, irrelevant to whether or not it was true. In this case, it was true; Rarity was a mare of her word. She could have just easily told him to dance like a chicken, or throw himself over a bridge.

Seeing he was under her spell, Rarity smiled and began telling him which of his wares he wanted. A vacancy in his eyes, he mindlessly put everything she asked for in a paper bag.

"Thank you very much, sir." Rarity told him, flexing the bag up and turning her back to him flirtatiously. "You can expect your payment within forty-eight hours."

Rarity sauntered away, before remembering both that she needed to keep a low profile – anypony who knew her would instantly recognize her seductive walk- and that she promised Rainbow she'd stop flirting so much. She started walking. As she got further away, her spell on the stall owner faded away with her presence, leaving him to scratch his head and wonder what caused him to space out just now.

Rarity silently muttered a verbal pat on her own back as she walked away with her prize. She was wondering how to get further into town without letting the increased security see her when she saw a patrol of two Guards walking by. She fiddled with the cloak until it completely shadowed her face, then waved to the Guards as they passed like nothing was wrong or suspicious. Her ploy worked, and the Guards continued on their route with giving her a second glance.

Rarity breathed heavily, really not expecting that to work out so well.

Sticking to the shadows, hiding under awnings, trees, or even the occasional sign post every now and again, Rarity managed to sneak towards the Boutique without another near- disaster like that. She couldn't wait to see Sweetie Belle again. She was so worried that the Guards had done something to her, roughly shaking her up for information on her sister's whereabouts, not minding her sensitive child skin at all.

Looking at the beautiful, contrasting tones of the paint on her shop, Rarity realized she had no way to get in without anypony seeing her go through the door. Cloak or no cloak, walking straight into her store would give away her identity. She decided it would be best to enter the window...even though that might make her look a like a petty thief.

She approached a window, making sure to use the bushes that grew around her building for cover. When she tried to open it, it wouldn't budge.

Locked! She realized. Now what?

"Hmm..."

Rather than try to use sheer muscle to shove the window open, Rarity took an approach that was much more 'her', and activated her slime finger. The slime effortlessly slid in, taking on the form of a fluid to leak under the window, before reforming on the other side into a more solid, but still flexible consistency. Wiggling it over, Rarity undid the latch holding the window. The window gave no resistance as she pushed it up. She put one long leg through the window to get stable, before ducking and bringing her whole body inside. She lost her balance and, despite flailing for something to grab hold of, tumbled to the floor with a thump.

"Who are you!?" A mildly squeaky voice shouted at her. "Rarity told me not to let strangers in without-!"

Hearing that voice again, Rarity lifted herself up and pulled the cloak off her face. Her heart melted at the sight of Sweetie Belle, shakily brandishing a chair for defense.

"Rarity?"

"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity smiled and reached her arms out to embrace her sister. Sweetie Belle threw the chair down and ran towards her. "Oh, I was so worried about you!" Rarity gave Sweetie Belle a kiss on the forehead.

"Where did you go?" Sweetie Belle asked. Rarity could hear in her voice that Sweetie had been as worried about Rarity as Rarity had been worried about her. "Are you staying or – are you gonna leave me again?"

"I am so sorry, Sweetie." Rarity hugged her sister tightly, hoping her embrace would give Sweetie the strength to accept what Rarity was about to tell her. "But I'm afraid I can't stay. You see, I'm in...trouble."

"Trouble? Like, when I touch your stuff without your permission trouble?" Sweetie asked. Rarity giggled at her sister's naivety.

"No, no..." Rarity stroked through her sister's mane. "This trouble is much more serious than that..." Rarity held Sweetie's shoulders tightly. "Now, listen carefully, because this is very important."

Sweetie Belle nodded to show she understood the gravity of her words.

"First, it's possible the Royal Guard may come into the house and ask you questions. Don't listen to what they tell you, you cannot tell them you've seen me."

"But you always told me lying was a bad thing..."

"You're not lying, you're just...keeping a secret." Rarity assured her. "Second, I need you to get into my safe and gather up a hefty sum of my bits. Some of them will go to a shopkeeper on Fluttershy's end of town. The rest, I need you to drop somewhere on the edge of the Everfree Forest where nopony will find them. Don't go into the actual forest, and do not let anyone see you. Do you understand?"

Sweetie Belle nodded.

Rarity gently kneaded Sweetie Belle's shoulders. "That's my girl."

"W-where are you going?" Sweetie Belle questioned, beginning to tear up, afraid she wouldn't be able to see her sister again. It broke Rarity's heart to see her like this, but she couldn't risk the Guards finding out where they were.

"I am so sorry, Sweetie Belle, but I can't tell you. If I told you, then the Guards could find out from you, but if I tell you nothing, then you can't tell them anything either."

Sweetie stared blankly for a second before nodding, a bit more eagerly this time. "Ooh, I get it! Because then that way, I can't get in trouble for not telling them where you are."

Rarity patted her sister on the head, feeling quite proud she made that conclusion on all her own, without Rarity needing to guide and steer her through the finer intricacies of Rarity's word games. "You'll be a fine young mare one day. Now, I must away." Rarity got up and starting climbing through the window. "Do you remember everything I told you?"

Sweetie saluted, putting on her best serious face. "Don't tell the Guards. Bits for the shopkeeper. Bits on the edge of the forest."

"Excellent! Toodle-loo, my darling sister!" Rarity fell out from the window, falling out of sight.

Sweetie Belle wasted no time in getting down to business, going up the stairs where Rarity kept her not-insignificant amounts of money.

The return trip to the cave was not near as stressful as the trip to town. Now that Rarity had avoided being caught once, she was confident she could do it again, yet not too confident that she would underestimate a passing Guard and subsequently find herself suddenly at the end of his spear. Ponyville was a small town. Simply increasing the security as Shining had done wasn't enough to catch somepony as sly she was. Having a slimey, gooey substance that leaked out of her fingers and brainwashed whoever she touched with it definitely helped.

As she returned to the cave, she was worried by the sight of the those vines, cut up and hanging from the lip of the cave's entrance like window curtains.

Rainbow Dash appeared, covered in dirt and dust, pushing the vines away like a veil. "Come on in! The place looks great!" Rarity observed the bulge in her stomach had disappeared. Likely from whatever hard work she did that caused all that grime to stick to her.

Rarity whimpered. "Are you...sure using those vines is wise?"

"It'll be fine." Rainbow assured her. "I cut them all."

Rarity's worry was not quelled, as she was sure the plants could live and thrive even without being connected to their original roots. They would snap up and ensnare them both as soon as either one of their curvy, irresistible chests brushed by them with their smooth, milky touch. Despite this, Rarity willingly went through, and was blown away by what she saw.

The bed looked like an actual bed now, a collection of leaves knitted on to simulate a mattress. Rocks were beaten, battered and carved into tables, and a pit was filled with crisp blue water they could use to clean themselves.

"This is amazing, Rainbow Dash!" Rarity exclaimed, putting her hands together in awe. "How ever did you do it in such a short amount of time?"

"My stubborn inability to know when to quit!" Rainbow Dash proudly declared, amusing Rarity. "You haven't even seen the best part yet! I went by Zecora's place, and she was back, and she was awesome enough to give me some ice to make..."

Rainbow moved towards a conspicuously placed square rock and moved it, revealing a hole that was filled with ice. It was so deeply embedded into the wall, the ice was unlikely to melt.

"A fridge!"

Rarity gasped, stars in her eyes. It really was almost like a home now. Rarity smirked, putting the groceries down on the stack of rocks that was a 'table' and approached Rainbow Dash, wrapping her arms around Rainbow.

"Mmm...there's a lot to like about a mare who's good with her hands." Rarity complimented, crushing Rainbow's chest with her mammoth own. Ranibow's eyes dilated, her wings went spprooing, and she got a ridiculously goofy, toothy grin on her face.

Before they could get down on the floor and use themselves to 'rev their engines', they heard a loud clanking that echoed and bounced off itself, making it sound even louder...almost like...the rattling armor of a military march.

"The Royal Guard!" They quickly realized.

"How did they know we were here?"

"I-I don't know! We need to hide!"

"There's a nice little crevice in the rocks further down the cave..."

"It'll have to do!"

Holding hands, they hurried further into the cave as the booming approach of the Guards got closer and closer. The crevice Rainbow had mentioned was in between some big rocks, and there was enough room for them both to squeeze in, and enough shadows for them to hide.

"Rarity!" Shining Armor's voice shouted as his troop came inside. "Come out now! We had some campers tell us what you did and where you headed! It's over now! Now tell me what you did to Twiley!"

"Those teens-!" Rarity gritted her teeth, making fists. "And to think I seduced them for these cloaks! I ought to find them and feed them some of the goo!"

"Sssh!" Rainbow hissed.

Rarity closed her eyes and nodded, recognizing the need to be silent. Their eyes quivered as they heard the Guards rummage – more like ransack – their new home that had just been finished building. Rarity resented them for doing this. They were just doing their job, or course, to investigate and arrest suspects in the name of the law. That did little to settle her boiling rage. This was going to be their new home after the Guards had, in spirit, kicked them out of their old ones, and now they were messing it up as well. One of them made an observation about how the cave seemed set up for a living residence.

"Wait..." Rarity saw a silver lining as she watched a Guard open their fridge and wondered aloud what the purpose could be in throwing ice into a hidden cave wall. "I know that Guard. I used the slime on him once before."

"So..." Rainbow drawled. "Think you can get to him again?"

"I think I can." Rarity raised her hand out and willing the slime out of skin into her palm as a small puddle. Rarity swirled around the puddle in her hand, trying to get the magic to reactivate in the Guard's head.

The Guard suddenly froze in his tracks, despite all the training he had gone through to remove all traces of fear. Rarity smiled, knowing he was hearing her soft, sultry voice and the slime's sloshing in his head. Completely under her control. Rarity couldn't help but enjoy the feeling of having a puppet. Someone who did what she said for them to do, unable to resist or deny... she was a manipulator at heart, and manipulators enjoyed anything they made their manipulation easier.

"I'm...going to check over there." The Guard informed his partners, pointing at their hiding place.

"All right." Shining Armor nodded.

The Guard waddled his way over, looking for all intents stoned out of his mind. It was arguable that he was.

Once close he got close enough, the Guard bent over to look his mistress Rarity in the face. Rarity cupped his chin, soaking his chin wet with the slime.

"Now, listen, darling..." Rarity spoke to him, and her voice echoed in his head over and over until it drowned all his other thoughts. Like a tyrant's army repeating a chorus of hope-crushing chants until it was the only constant in the hearts and minds of his indentured slaves. Now, listen, darling...listen, darling...dar...ling. "You're going to go back, and you're going to tell your Captain we knew you were coming and made our escape. Understood?"

The enthralled Guard nodded slowly.

"Good." Rarity patted his cheek. "Now go and be a good slave." Good slave...good slave...good...slave.

The Guard made a confused noise before moving away from her and marching back into his troop. He recovered quickly and saluted, shouting for Shining Armor's attention. "Captain Shining Armor, sir! I believe that the suspects have somehow caught wind of our approach and vacated the premises."

"AGGH!" Shining Armor screamed and stomped, and to Rarity's surprise and Rainbow's amusement, even used a swear word. "Back to square one! All right, come on, people!" Shining Armor clapped his hands loudly. "Let's go..."

The Guards dejectedly put everything back where it was, figuring things like a pothole of water of cave wall full of ice wouldn't be much of a clue to the whereabouts of their suspects. They marched out, grumbling and muttering about needing to catch the rogues before they hurt someone else with their methods.

Rarity and Rainbow Dash waited for awhile to be sure the Guard were gone before they stepped out. They couldn't believe their luck that they hadn't been found.

"Oh!" Rarity started crying and hugged Rainbow Dash suddenly. "Can you believe, Rainbow Dash? We're safe now...the Guards aren't going to come back and investigate a hideout they think is abandoned. There's no way they'll figure out we were right here all along...we're safe now."

"Yeah..." Rainbow Dash hugged her back. "Those teenagers are gonna get it though."

"I agree..." Rarity said, relaxing from Rainbow Dash and sitting on the chair. "That can wait, however. Come. Sit down." Rarity patted on the rock. She wanted to value this moment, this certainty they could stay here and keep themselves fed, as long they didn't caught in town. Rarity really wanted to this time to just relax and breath, as they had no time to stop and reflect on their next course of action between 'sliming up' Twilight, fleeing from the Guard, seducing those boys, setting up the cave...

A moment of peace...to give some serious thought to how they would get out of this situation.

Author's Notes:

Now we've gotten to the really creepy part. Because rebelling against a certain movie totally works by writing about erotic, er, chest drinking.

I actually read about it. (Um, the drinking, not the movie.) Apparently, it's avoided because of the connections to childbirth. Which is understandable, but unfortunate, as I think it's really quite arousing when between two consenting adults. Isn't love about two hearts becoming one? And how much closer to 'being one' can you get beyond drinking something that was produced by the glands of your partner?

Am I putting too much thought into this?
... Yes. Without a doubt.

...Lot of mentions to characters' brains. Hmm.