I stood on my cloud grinning at my victims, they had no idea what's coming.

“B-but how!?” Rainbow asks, gesturing to me with both of her front hooves. “When did you learn to control clouds?”

I point back to my wings. “It seems stronger magic wasn't all I got when these puppies turned up. I learned I had the ability in the Griffon colonies, I was surprise aswell when I managed to stand on a cloud and not full through.”

“This is most joyous my champion, you can join your sister in cloud sitting....Oh I just realised...” Luna trails off.

I nod. “Yeah I wondered when you were going to realise your predicament.” I smile again as I get into a pounce stance. “Ready or not! Here I come!” I jump from my cloud, in the seconds it took me to close the gap Luna teleported but Dash was still in shock at learning my new ability and didn't react fast enough to dodge my attack.

I reached out for Rainbow as she came to her senses a little too late, Dash moves to her left and my arms miss there target but as I pass her by my right wing hits Rainbow in the head. The last thing I see was Rainbows form falling from the cloud, I scream her name but I get no response. I panic and do the only thing I could, I jump after her tucking my body in tight to gain speed to catch her up. I get within inches of her body and finally grab her fore legs, I look to the ground and see it was very close, too close for me to glide.

I take a deep breath and hold Rainbow to my chest as I roll over to place her on top.

“This is going to sting.” I say as I brace myself.

I hit the ground with bone jarring force, I feel one of my wings give and something painfully break. I scream as me and Rainbow barrel roll across the ground, we finally stop as my back again smashes into something hard. I cry out as severe pain floods up my back, I was still holding Dash in my arms as the first pony to arrive on scene runs up to me.

“Oh my Celestia! John are you ok!?” The pony shouts.

I lift up my head and through pain blurred vision I see a tan coloured pony with a pink mane. When the pony steps closer I see it's Roseluck.

“R-Rose?” I whisper. “Heh, your a sight for pain filled eyes.” I cough a few times but relax as I notice Twilight and the others running towards me. “Oh good the others saw me fall too.”

“I didn't see you fall John.” Rose replies. “You hit my house.”

I tilt my head slightly and low and behold I was slumped under Roseluck's front window. I laugh slightly as Twilight reaches me.

“Brother! What happened?” Twilight proceeds to check my wounds and Rainbow who was still in my arms.

“Cloud....Wing...Rainbow fell....” My conciseness was slipping as the pain in my body grew. “Head...slipping....” My arms slowly release Dash as my brain finally says fuck you to the world and passes out.

I wake up to the sound of beeping assaulting my ears, I raise up a hand to my head and feel bandages tied around my forehead. I open my eyes and glance around, I instantly recognise that I’m in hospital. I move my head left and right trying to get a good view of the room I was in, and much to my surprise it was the custom room the hospital built to house my body.

I wince as fresh pain assaults my head. Lowering my hand it touches something soft by my side, I glance down and smile as my hand was touching Applejack's mane. She was quietly sleeping next to me, her head resting on the bed covers. I look to the rooms only window and notice that it's night, I move my head to the clock near the door and note that it's early hours of the morning.

Though my body was protesting about my movement I raise my right arm and lower my right hand to Applejack's head, giving her a slow stroke of her hair. In the scant moments I was touching her my body felt relaxed and my worries seemed to die away.

“Your awake.” I move my gaze to a dark area of the room and I notice slight movement approach the bed. “You had us worried brother.” The voice whispers, only to be revealed as Twilight a few seconds later.

“Hey, you stayed here all night?” I ask in a rasping voice.

“Me and Applejack did, but the others stayed as long as they could. We didn't know when you would wake up.”

“I feel like crap.” I reply.

“You took a nasty fall, we learned what happened from Princess Luna, she was going to help but the constant magic use she did all day sapped her strength. Luna barely made herself teleport one last time before she couldn't anymore.”

I suddenly realise something. “Rainbow! Is she ok!?”

Twilight smiles and looks over to another bed nearby. I follow her gaze and spot a sleeping form in the bed next to me.

“We had her moved in here so it would be easier to look after you both, it's been awhile since you two moved.” I notice Twilights ears fold back like she said something wrong.

“What's wrong sis?” I ask, a small tinge of panic rising in my body.

“Well, when you hear this don't freak out ok?”

“Um...Ok?”

“You and Rainbow have been out for....four days.” Twilight looks to the clock. “Correction almost five days. In twelve hours.” I lay back in shock more so at the fact Applejack was such a heavy sleeper.

There was silence in the room for a few minutes as I processed Twilights statement.

“Four days? I guess that's why I feel I've been sleeping for a while.” I saw Twilight nod. “How's Applejack been?” I move my hand back to stroking Applejack's mane.

“She's held up pretty well, she was almost on the verge of breaking down when you wouldn't wake up on the first day. After that though the doctor stated that you will wake up when your body deems it the right time to do that, Applejack calmed down but hasn't left your side since.”

“She's my sexy mare, I wouldn't leave her side either.”

Twilight nods again. “Would you like to wake her up or just go back to sleep?”

I shake my head. “No, I'll wake her up tomorrow, then we can see each other properly.”

“Ok brother, I'm going to head home now I've seem you're going to be fine. I'll see you tomorrow.”

I give Twilight a small wave as she leaves the room. When Twilight leaves I sigh and lay my head back down, smiling again I leave Applejack's mane alone and close my eyes as my body drifts back into slumber.

Vinyl slept, and it was a good sleep. She had never slept like this in years, sometimes she would be exhausted from her gigs but this was a sleep of satisfaction, a sleep of contentment. For the first time in a long while Vinyl felt safe, and Vinyl wasn't easily frightened.

Vinyl was dreaming which is something she always did but tonight her dreams were filled with the vision of one stallion....

“Yes....use those fingers....that's right....every part....” Vinyl mumbled in her sleep.

Vinyl gripped her pillow tighter as her mumbles turned into groans of pleasure, her tail twitched and swished under her covers. For several minutes Vinyl was deep within her dream, but that was right up until the moment her body tensed for almost a full minute.

When her body relaxed Vinyl suddenly awakened. She looked around her heavy breathing the only thing she could hear in her room. Vinyl went to move only to look under her covers and find the large wet patch emanating from her hind quarters.

“What is wrong with me?” Vinyl asks herself. “Why do I keep thinking of him?”

Vinyl removes her covers and slides out of bed, using her magic she removes her wet sheets and places them into her laundry basket.

“Octy is going to kill me.” Vinyl says, knowing full well this isn't the first time she's had these dreams. “But then again this is the first time I’ve had dreams about him...Ugh I feel so conflicted.” Vinyl puts one hoof to her head. “I need a wash.”

Walking out of her room and into the main bathroom Vinyl turns on the shower and when it's at temperature she steps in.

Vinyl sighs as the water soothes her skin under her fur, the warm life giving liquid cascades down her back and between her thighs, cleaning her marehood of her dream state secretions. Vinyl opens her eyes as a knock is heard at the bathroom door.

“Octy?” Vinyl asks.

“Who else?” A reply comes.

“Give me a second.” Vinyl turns off the shower and steps out levitating over a towel as she opens the door. “Hey Oct.”

“Don't you hey me Vinyl. You have had one of those dreams again, haven’t you?”

Vinyl looks down to the floor. “Yeah, I'm sorry Octy, I-I'll do the laundry tomorrow.”

Octavia sighs. “No, I will do it.” Octavia smirks. “So? Who was it this time?”

Vinyl blushes and avoids Octavia's gaze. “I....”

“Come on you can tell me!” Octavia says, hoofing Vinyl in the side.

“It...It was...”

“Come on!”

“IT WAS JOHN OK!” Vinyl puts a hoof to her mouth.

Octavia stand still, a look of utter shock on her face.

“Oh...I see.” Octavia finally replies. “I dare to ask. Exactly what was he doing?”

“The better question would be what he WASN'T doing?” Vinyl giggles slightly.

Octavia rolls her eyes. “Let's get your bed recovered shall we?”

Vinyl smiles. “Yeah, thanks Octy.”

“It's nothing Vinyl, besides, what are friends for?”

“Everything Octavia, friends are for everything.”

Author's Notes:

Hey everypony, I know this isn't a long chapter but It's something to tie over the story until the longer chapter comes out, and there's even a hidden moral.

Enjoy!