To make up for the shortness of the last chapter, here's another one!

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"Sharky..."

"Hmm...?"

"Why do you like me back all of the sudden?" She asked between the kisses.

"Does it matter?" He asked with a smile.

"Well... I was being rather obvious about it for awhile, so why did you just now act?"

"Well, to be honest, I knew you liked me the whole time, I was just... too shy to act on my feelings I guess..."

"What made today different?" He smiled.

"I finally worked up the courage to make a move on the most beautiful mare ever."

"Awwwww..." She said happily. They started kissing again. They kissed for quite some time, until they were interrupted by a scratching sound at the door. Twilight leaped out of Sharky's embrace, blushing bright red.

"Oh... uh I'll uh... get the door then..." She mumbled. Sharky gave her another sly smile.

"Hurry back..." He whispered. Twilight's blush deepened and she trotted to the door. She opened it and Fang flew in, barking like a mad dog. He looked at Sharky and his barking stopped. He jumped towards Sharky happily, but when he got to Sharky he began sniffing him thoroughly. Fang scrunched up his face like he'd eaten something sour. Sharky didn't move to pet him or interact with him in any way. Fang finished sniffing him, then promptly bit down on his hand. Hard.

"OW!!!" Sharky screamed. He started slapping Fang and pulling his hand away, but the wolf refused to let go. Twilight magically levitated him away, but the wolf pulled Sharky's hand with him, growling and refusing to let go. Twilight released her magic grip on Sharky and he slammed his hand into the floor, knocking Fang out. Twilight gasped.

"SHARKY!?" Sharky grimaced and gave her an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know what else to do..." He sighed and looked at the limp body of the wolf. "I guess you were right about the danger..." Twilight calmed herself. It didn't seem like Sharky to smash a puppy in the floor, but it was self-defense. That made it ok... Right?

"I-it's... okay, you just suprised me is all..." She muttered cautiously. Sharky flinched.

"You don't like me after seeing that, do you?" He said sadly. Twilight flinched right back.

"No, I do like you! I just... didn't expect that sort of thing from you...." She shouted. Sharky looked down at his feet.

"You're right... I'm sorry..." He looked back up to her. "Why don't you go find out how he got away from Spike, I'll... take him away from here..." He said, sadly indicating his wolf. Twilight nodded and turned to leave. As the door closed behind her Sharky's face contorted into an evil scowl. "Blasted mongrel!" He shouted as he stood and kicked Fang's limp form. "I'll just put you with the rest of the trash!" He lifted Fang by the tail and carried him upstairs. He climbed up further into the tree and found the spot he had been looking for. It was a little hard-to-find closet in the top floor of the library. He opened the door to reveal a tied-up version of himself, still out cold. "Sleep tight..." He snickered as he tossed the wolf's body in the closet with himself. He shut the door and walked downstairs.

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I woke up, still completely exhausted. I felt a little stiff, so I stretched my limbs. I then realized I was tied up.

Oh, I get it, this is another one of those dreams where... I started thinking happily, then I saw my beaten pet.

"FANG!" I tried to scream, but there was a gag over my mouth, so it came out as a very quiet "mmmmmmmmf"

NO! Why would somepony beat Fang?! I questioned mentally, totally not concerned about why I was tied up. I was laying on my side a short distance from his still body. I rolled myself closer to him to see how damaged he was. He wasn't bleeding, but he looked battered and hurt greatly. I couldn't tell from looking at him, but I guessed some of his ribs were broken. I got mad. Whoever did this to Fang will PAY! I raged inwardly. I did my best to wrap my body around him protectively, and tried to think of a way out of... wherever I was.

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"Twilight! Back already?" Sharky asked. Twilight smiled.

"Yeah, Spike was playing hide and seek with Fang when he took off, that's why he didn't catch him." Twilight gave Sharky a shy smile. "I told him it'd be ok if he went to Rarity's. Now that all our problems are solved I was hoping..." Sharky grinned from ear to ear.

"Say no more!" He sat down and Twilight jumped into his embrace again. They continued to kiss. After a little while however, Sharky became more... aggresive with his actions. Twilight was enjoying herself for the most part, but he was being rough, pushing to hard, hugging her too close... Twilight didn't really mind, but Sharky had never once been rough with her... well, except the times he did it on accident. Sure, he had also never reacted to her advances, but him understanding suddenly wasn't that outlandish. Him being rough with her... that was just something he didn't do. She pulled her head away from him and looked at his face. He frowned. "Is something wrong?" He asked.

"You... you just are being a little... tough with me... are you ok?" He sighed and his eyes darted around the room.

"I-I'm just... a little upset about Fang..." He lied. Twilight gave him an understanding look.

"Oh you poor thing!" She gushed. "You really liked him, huh?" He nodded sadly.

"Well, if you really want to, Fluttershy should be back from the spa by now... you could tell her what happened and get a new pet..." Twilight offered. Sharky grinned again.

"Good idea!" He kissed her quickly on the lips. (I refuse to call them a muzzle.) "You're the best!" He placed her on the ground and took off out the door. As soon as he was gone she looked around to make sure nopony was watching, then she started bouncing around in a circle singing:

"He likes me! He likes me! He likes me!"

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Rainbow Dash sat on her cloud, scanning the area for Sharky. She hadn't gotten to talk to him at all the past few days, and it was starting to bug her for some reason. Sharky walked down the path to Fluttershy's house, and Rainbow Dash could see that he was making sure to take his time. On his way there, he was aimed at by a certain multi-hued mare. She jumped off her cloud and angled herself towards him.

"Heeeey! Sharky!" She yelled as she flew down from the clouds. He turned and looked up as she crashed into his stomach.

"OOF!" The wind was knocked out of him as he fell on his back.

"Oops, forgot to slow down..." Rainbow Dash mumbled.

"Really? I never would have guessed." Sharky said sarcastically. Rainbow Dash blushed.

"Heh heh, sorry..." She was standing on Sharky's chest. "Anyway... I've been looking for you for like, forever, where have you been?"

"Here, there, everywhere. Could you stop standing on me?" He said in an annoyed tone. Rainbow Dash blushed deeper and jumped off of him. "Anyway, why were you looking for me?" He sat up.

"Well... we never really got to talk after the race... I just wanted to see you. After all, you are the only pony to ever beat me in a race, and you beat a manticore!! That makes you... pretty awesome." She said somewhat shyly. Sharky got an evil grin, but hid it quickly.

"I'm awesome huh?" He said mischeviously. "Well, what did you want to talk about?"

"Umm... well actually, I wanted to ask you something..." She mumbled.

"Oh, and what's that?" He asked expectantly.

"Well..." She cleared her throat. "*ehm* Well like I said, you're pretty awesome and I wanna go to dinner with you." She said quickly.

"What was that? Slow down." Sharky said with an evil smirk.

"Will you go to dinner with me?" She asked shyly. Sharky smiled, then laughed. Hard.

"BWAHAHAHA!!! Me? Go to dinner with YOU?" He laughed. "That's ridiculous, you're not cool enough to date me!"

"W-what?!" Rainbow Dash asked in shock. He hadn't ever been this mean the other times she'd seen him! In fact, she had thought he was really nice!

"READ MY LIPS!! YOU. ARE . LAME. I wouldn't date you if you were the last mare alive!" He yelled in her face.

"Y-you w-why but..." She stuttered out. She was tearing up. Sharky dove in for the verbal kill.

"YOU ARE LAME! YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE THE WONDERBOLTS NOTICE YOU! GET OUT OF HERE!!!" He screamed in her face. Rainbow Dash broke out into tears and flew away. Sharky laughed to himself. "Mwahahaha... This is the most fun I've ever had!" His face twisted into an evil grin and he continued laughing at Rainbow Dash until she was out of sight. He continued his evil laugh as he turned to walk to Fluttershy's house.

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"Mmmmff! Mmmmff! MMMMFF!!!" I tried yelling through my gag, but the sound was barely even audible to me. Fang still hadn't woken up, so I was still alone. In the dark. Twilight's magic had worn off before I had woken up, so I had no way out of here. I was freaking out on the inside, but I was trying not to move too much that way I was still curled around Fang. I was really starting to lose it now though, and I tried struggling against my bonds for the 200th time, knowing it was useless. My wrist slid around in the rope it was tied in. I froze. My wrists had been tied so tightly the circulation had been cut off. Why were they loose now? My eyes moved down to Fang. I gave a wolfish grin behind my gag. Perfect.

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"Ok Applejack, Wilona is feeling just fine now." Fluttershy told her friend.

"Well thank ya Fluttershy!" Applejack crowed as Wilona jumped up on her and started licking her face. The sight reminded Fluttershy of somepony that had been on her mind a lot lately. She still couldn't believe she had yelled at Twilight over him. She felt really bad for it, but she didn't feel like it was the wrong choice either. He was always so nice, and he liked animals too! Plus, even though he wasn't a pony, Fluttershy still thought he looked... nice. "Thanks fer dealin' with this so soon after your spa day!

"Applejack... Can I tell you something? If you don't mind..."

"Sure sugacube."

"Ummm... will you promise not to tell anypony?"

"Ah sure will promise!" She said happily. Her dog was better, which always put her in a good mood.

"I... I like somepony..."

"Really? Now who would that be?" She asked intently, focused on Fluttershy.

"Sharky..." Fluttershy muttered. She was blushing.

"Y-ya don't say..." Applejack stuttered. 2 of her friends? This can't be good. Fluttershy picked up on Applejack's nervousness.

"Applejack? What's wrong? It's bad that I like Sharky isn't it?... I'm sorry..."

"No sugarcube, it's nothin' like that. It's fine fer you ta like Sharky."

I just don't know how she's gonna compete with Twilight... Applejack thought to herself. Ah mean, she so frail... if Sharky doesn't like her back... She didn't even finish her thought. Fluttershy's sigh of relief took her back to reality.

"Oh good. I was worried it was bad for me to like him..." She mumbled.

"Nah there's nothin wrong with likin' him. He's nice and strong and--" Fluttershy narrowed her eyes and her wings flared out.

"You like him too?" She said it like it was a threat.

"N-naw, Ah was just sayin' it's ok fer you ta like him..." Applejack stuttered. Fluttershy calmed down and folded her wings back up.

"Oh... I'm sorry... I didn't mean to scare you..."

"I-it's fine sugarcube." Applejack regained her composure and started walking to the door. "If I were you, I'd tell Sharky about this." She opened the door and ran right into Sharky's leg.

"Tell me what Applejack?"

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Because Sharky and I are, for all intents and purposes, the same person, I tend to feel what he feels when I write. As such, I am now extremely pissed off, and have to play a game where I shoot peolpe to make myself feel better.